To the editor: The current chair people for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Royalty Committee have started the process for the selection of the 2026 Winter Carnival King and Queen. As the past chairs of that committee, we were extremely pleased with the number of nominations we ...

To the editor: “Field of Dreams” was a movie. The belief that recruitment and retention require a new building is simply false. “If we build it, they will come” only works when people are being pulled by purpose — because purpose shapes core beliefs, and core beliefs create ...

To the editor: A recent survey from the Prevent Cancer Foundation found that one out of three women who are behind on at least one routine cancer screening would only go if they were feeling signs or symptoms of disease. The trouble is that many cancers don’t have symptoms in the early ...

To the editor: I’m addressing this letter to my neighbors who voted for Donald Trump last November. I assume you did so because you believed that he recognized the challenges you — we — face regarding being able to maintain a roof over our heads, feed ourselves and our loved ones ...

To the editor: I’m curious if the year 2026 finds the U.S. citizenry better off as Trump promised? He campaigned on bringing prices down, ending the wars and putting our country first. In his first year, has any of that happened for you and your family? I know I haven’t seen any ...

To the editor: I am grateful to all the people who helped me bring Christmas gifts to the nursing homes, AMC hospital and St. Joe’s veterans. I couldn’t have given the hundreds of gifts I wrap every year if it weren’t for the generous people who put items in my basket or supported me ...