A little over two weeks ago, I was lying wide awake in my sleeping bag in the middle of the Debar Mountain Wild Forest, flinching at every snapping twig and raindrop that fell on my tent in the night. It was a far cry from my warm bed back in Saranac Lake, but I tried to remember the reason ...

In today’s divisive political atmosphere, it’s surprising to find legislation that enjoys widespread bipartisan support. Here’s one: the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force and Pilot Program. If signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, this pilot program will set the course for clean water and ...

As we all know too well, COVID-19 has affected our lives on so many fronts — losing employment, determining how to safely educate our children, and having limited access to family and friends, to name just a few. Underlying all of these changes are additional stress, anxiety and emotional ...

I was saddened and disappointed at the Tupper Lake town board’s decision to be silent on whether displaying the Confederate flag on one’s private property is in the interest of the community. I make no judgments about the rights of individuals to do so. It’s their property, and the ...

This is not an exaggeration: Your health and the health of everyone you know is at stake in next month’s election if Donald Trump and his Republican supporters in Congress are reelected. Three situations justify this alarming statement. First, more than 210,000 people have died from ...

From late June through September, I asked Elise Stefanik the following questions via her congressional website. All were acknowledged as received. All were ignored. 1. President Trump made the following tweet on June 9. “Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. ...