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Letters to the editor

Catholic Schools Week at St. Bernard’s School

To the editor: Catholic Schools Week is a special time at St. Bernard’s School, and an opportunity to celebrate what makes our school and our students truly unique. This week is about much more than classrooms and coursework — it is about recognizing the individuality of each child, the ...

A locally-built app for reflection and connection

To the editor: I grew up in Chateaugay. Like a lot of people from small places, I left for work, for opportunity, for the wider world—and I told myself I’d “come back someday” without really knowing what that meant. On Christmas Eve, I returned to visit my mother here in Tupper ...

The craziness reflects the man

To the editor: For anyone wondering, the majority of Somali Americans here are citizens, either naturalized or born here. Some famailies are starting their third generation in America. Our President has called them “garbage.” It is utterly disrespectful, and shameful for a president to ...

Choose hope and resilience

To the editor: I’m pausing my anxious living room pacing and my thousand-mile stare out the window to write this letter. I’m from Saranac Lake but live in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Friends and family call me to see how we are doing. I don’t have a good answer. I’m writing to sort ...

‘Bad idea’

To the editor: I just saw the NCPR story about the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department potentially collaborating with ICE. I sent the sheriff’s department an email about the idea, telling them “bad idea.” Richard Bentley Tupper Lake

Who are the terrorists?

To the editor: Federal police are murdering U.S. citizens and breaking into citizens’ homes. Who are the terrorists now? Chris Godfrey Rainbow Lake