Last Monday’s editorial (“FDA must get it right, and fast with vaccines,” Nov. 30) injects a note of caution into the news that two companies are applying to Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) so they can make their vaccines available to the public. As ...

November is National Hospice Awareness Month. Our High Peaks Hospice began in the Tri-Lakes almost 40 years ago with the vision and hard work of the late Dr. David Merkel. Yes, hospice is about dying — that scary, not-to-be-thought-of-but-inevitable event. Facing our death or the death of a ...

Throughout the year at St. Bernard’s School, we hold positivity as a light by which we are guided in our words, actions and decisions. Hope is both a result and a cause of positivity. During the month of November, we are focusing on the virtue of hope. We teach the children that to offer ...

“Chirp,” the latest work by North Country author Kate Messner, is a children’s chapter book that explores the topic of sexual harassment in an age-appropriate way. It’s relatively short, yet packed with timely themes layered within engaging story lines. The main character, Mia, ...

Please, help protect our community so our kids can get back to school. In-person learning is important to our local children getting the education they need to prepare them for the world. That’s especially true of students in our BOCES programs, which put an emphasis on hands-on, ...

Newton’s third law of physics states that “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” This perhaps provides a framework for examining the standoff that exists between the forces of Donald Trump and the forces of Joe Biden. When applied to human behavior, we hope the ...