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Letters to the editor

Thanks for help with Easter gifts

To the editor: I want to thank Ray and Donna Dora for helping me to bring my Easter gifts to Elderwood nursing home in Lake Placid. Also thank you to the people who gave me gifts. God bless you all. Happy Easter to all, Shirley Hosler Saranac Lake

Transgender Day of Visibility

Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is an international day of highlighting the existence and celebrating the achievements of people in the transgender community in terms of social justice, acceptance of the community and to acknowledge the of importance the transgender people in our families, ...

Artificial intelligence writing apps are least of our problems

To the editor: In Mr. Vennie-Vollrath’s March 15 letter to the editor (“No place for plagiarism in newspapers”) he wrote: “Our local newspaper is no place for plagiarism.” Is he prepared to go to court with evidence that the accused letter-writer was using AI “to deceive”? ...

No matter his age, Biden is a fine president

To the editor: The number of Americans ages 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, reaching 80 million in 2040. The number of adults, 85 and older, the group most often in needing help with basic personal care, will nearly quadruple between 2000 and 2040. President Biden ...

Take Down Tobacco on April 1

To the editor: Youth across the North Country will participate in Take Down Tobacco National Day of Action on April 1, a nationwide movement of young people standing up and speaking out against the tobacco industry, organized by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Participants will focus on ...

Legislature must pass packaging bill

To the editor: I have been a regular summer visitor to the Tupper Lake area for all of my 74 years. Now a full time resident of the upper Hudson Valley, the greater upstate New York region is my home year round. I learned through experience how industry can affect the environment when our ...