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Guest Commentary

Who really are the mugs?

Now we’ve got the mug shot. Apparently, Donald and Melania practice in front of the mirror with the eye squint, him trying to look like Churchill or Clint Eastwood, his heroes, not sure which. I’ve long suspected he has practiced the pursed lips way of talking, too. Our country has ...

Why would or should the Adirondack Park Agency leave Ray Brook?

The Adirondack Park Agency was established to be a regional land-use agency for the 6 million acres within the Adirondack Park. Just as important were environmental protections for wetlands and administration of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. From the very beginning of the ...

‘Serious conflict of interest’ for the APA in Saranac Lake

The Saranac Lake Village Board is moving closer to leasing the Paul Smith’s Electric Light and Power building at 1-3 Main St. to the Adirondack Park Agency. The plan has been presented largely as a done deal with with details hammered out behind closed doors and little or no public ...

Offender of truth and duty

Boot camp drill instructors preach that “freedom isn’t free,” it’s paid for in blood. At Trump headquarters in Saranac Lake, the “freedom isn’t free” axiom appears just below the insignias of all branches of the U.S. military. The message is clear — members of the armed forces ...

The church today is still relevant

The Church these days is often considered to be anachronistic and increasingly irrelevant; something no longer needed in these modernistic, post-theistic days. But, here in Saranac Lake, there is a Christian organization that is working hard for the community. The Ecumenical Council of ...

Hochul must back greater LLC transparency

Citizens have a right to know who they’re dealing with, whether it be in government or private enterprise. But that’s not the case when it comes to Limited Liability Companies, or LLCs. LLCs, for example, can own property, apply for grants, operate as landlords and donate to ...