I attended the recent meeting in Bloomingdale regarding the proposed battery storage system being proposed at the substation on Mt. Pisgah. I admit I knew very little about battery storage systems except that they occasionally catch fire and other communities have blocked them from being built. ...

Alright, alright … So maybe it wasn’t the tequila. But Cinco de Mayo? Mexico, 1862: For over a year, the civil war had been raging north of the border. The northern states, despite having a bigger population and industrial base, were losing. They did not look politically stable. Many ...

Immunities against personal liability afforded to President Trump and others in federal government have helped spur the turmoil and lawlessness we see every day in the present administration. These immunities result from gaps in the law and judicial doctrines developed over time. Congressional ...

I have spent years fighting for an all-of-the-above energy policy that protects both our environment and the pocketbooks of upstate New Yorkers. Yet, the more I watch Albany’s aggressive Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) ...

Recently, social media has summed up the Village elections along party lines. Here’s the thing, we cannot be governed by political lines no matter the “justification.” Right now, many of us feel like we are constantly absorbing one piece of terrible news after another. It’s coming from ...

The Washington Post recently ran a Feb. 11, 2026 article titled “Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.” As I read it, and as we move through this Adirondack winter, my mind couldn’t help drifting to the green grass of the ballpark. And with ...