To the editor: My father, at 85 years old, passed away at the Adirondack Health hospital from pneumonia and other complications on Dec. 22. I was present with him for most of the 30 hours of his stay. There are not sufficient words to express my gratitude to Dr. Atkinson for his ...

To the editor: The following is an excerpt from my Dec. 19 letter to the village board: I write to provide personal feedback and pose a few questions regarding my recent experience with short-term rentals in the village of Saranac Lake. On Dec. 17, a Short-Term Rental Permit was ...

To the editor: I’d like to start today with a little simple math. If you had the enviable task of spending a billion dollars over the course of 30 years. With no earned interest or investment income during that period (which is very unlikely) you would have to spend a little more than ...

To the editor: Are we trying to eat the entire elephant in one bite? After years of not listening to our fire department, we now need a firehouse. Great, let’s take that bite. If we had listened to the firemen, it wouldn’t be an emergency right now. We would have planned for it ...

To the editor: Let’s be honest: The holidays can make it challenging to eat well and stay active, especially in the Adirondacks, where long winters add extra barriers to physical activity. During this time, remember that some activity is better than none. Here at The Heart Network, ...

To the editor: I haven’t written for a while, because I am appalled by the daily criminal activity of the current Trump administration and his also appalling behavior. (Example: making Rob Reiner’s murder about himself.) Today, I felt that it was necessary to point out some ...