Every year now ends with the same headline: “Hottest year on record,” “Hottest decade ever,” “Earth enters uncharted climate territory.” The repetition has become so familiar that few people stop to ask what these claims actually mean. In August 2021, for example, Sen. Bernie ...

To the Saranac Lake Central School District Board of Education and the district facilities planning subcomittee: As a Saranac Lake native, a practicing attorney in our community and, most importantly, the proud mother of three young children, I write to you today asking that you place the ...

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to happen — it’s not.” — Dr. Seuss in The Lorax The time to act is now — and always. The Lorax is a great book. It shows how our actions today can impact future generations. It teaches us that we all have a ...

Democrats, historians, independent journalists and concerned citizens are raising the alarm. “Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes didn’t really happen, our democracy is lost.” The Republican Party continues to reshape visual truth with rhetoric ...

Recent commentary about village board meetings has focused on tone and personalities. That framing avoids the real issue. The true measure of effective local government is not whether disagreement is comfortable, but whether it is handled through a fair, fact-based and consistently enforced ...

As political party caucuses for the March 18 Saranac Lake village elections approach, voters of both major parties should remember that politicians are in the business of persuasion. While citizens running for office may try to convince the public that they are more closely aligned with one set ...