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Letters to the editor

We need help with North Country New Year

To the editor: This past Dec. 31, we welcomed more than 2,000 people for bands, comedians, a kids carnival, ice skating, art, dance, fireworks and more. North Country New Year was a huge success. The number of volunteers who organize all this could be counted on one hand. If it’s ...

Major causes of climate change must be the focus of climate crisis action

To the editor: It is agreed amongst the world’s scientific experts that the Earth is warming, that this is being caused by human activity and that serious impacts are occurring as a consequence of the warming. Burning fossil fuels and other carbon-based fuels, including wood and peat, ...

Big ugly bill

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is actually ugly. As Mr. Musk says, it’s an “abomination.” This bill will devastate rural healthcare, hospitals and nursing homes, as in here in northern New York. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world. We are the richest country in the ...

Vendors invited to the Hanmer at no cost

To the editor: Vendors are welcome, at no charge, to both the start and finish lines of the Hanmer Race on July 6. At the start line on Sunday, July 6, the Hotel Saranac will be serving breakfast sandwiches and coffee and a boat sales vendor will join the morning registration set up ...

Dear fellow North Country residents

To the editor: Do you want to do this job? If so, put down your video games, get off the couch and go apply at one of the many places with “help wanted” signs. We have four sources of employment that are badly in need of workers and will need you to step up as the refugees and ...

Think about this

To the Editor: In Friday’s Enterprise, Key Features Syndicate’s Rich Lowry article titled “The left will never recover from Donald Trump,” the writer focuses on changing culture. However, the more important changes North Country citizens face at Trump’s hands and may “never ...