After a gun-related mass murder, the inane babbling of right-wing politicos and pundits is as certain as day following night. Candice Keller, a Republican state representative from Ohio, stated that “transgender, homosexual and drag queen advocates” along with video games “are to ...

In his book, “Atlas Of A Lost World,” author Craig Childs points out that “The first arrivals (to the Americas) keep getting older and older because we’re finding more evidence as time goes on. Right now we can solidly say that people were across the Americas by 15,000 years ago. ...

Now that the new hotel is under construction on Lake Flower, the naysayers have come out of the woodwork again, commenting on social media about the elevator shaft … hello! The comment that bothers me the most, however, is the suggestion that the area should have been made into a ...

At the Aug. 21 meeting of the Town of North Elba/Village of Lake Placid Joint Review Board, there was a brief progress update regarding controversial application by MWH LLC/Hurley Bros. (case No. 1007) to locate and operate a bulk propane storage and transfer facility at 132 Old Military ...

I first saw Hamburg on my way to Berlin to study German in summer 1968. After three years of high-school French and six weeks in France, I flunked my college French placement exam. I had to take another language, and German fit my schedule. When I asked my freshman adviser what I should do ...

It hadn’t occurred to me until I received an email from Walt Ryan that it’s been 70 years since we graduated from the Saranac Lake Central School. He forwarded the plans being developed by Bud Drutz for a reunion Sept. 20 to 22. Much has happened since 1949 that began with formal schooling ...