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Opinion

Follos is the right choice for Wilmington

Letters to the editor

To the editor: It is my pleasure to endorse my friend and colleague Tim Follos for Wilmington town supervisor. When you think about Wilmington, what is it that you value? Is it the peacefulness and beauty? The neighbors and loved ones? The vistas, foliage and waterways? If so, vote for ...

The Willard J. Hanmer Races

Columns

Thank you Sue Dyer and your daughter, Kathy, for resuscitating the historic Hanmer Races. Sue is simply continuing to do great things for Saranac Lake because she can’t stop after all the great things she did as executive director of the Chamber of Commerce. I loved working with Sue as a ...

Picnic and barbecue safety

Columns

With summer here, I find myself getting grilled by families asking about safety precautions they should be taking when they barbecue outside. I don’t want any backyard fireworks to occur, so let me provide some information on this topic ¯ Keep your children away from a grill and the ...

Lost in translation

Aimless Insights, by Amy Cheney-Seymour

The other rainy morning at a local coffee shop an elderly man held the door for me. Whitehaired and slightly stooped, we exchanged smiles. As I walked out, a woman passed me going in. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the man touch the brim of an invisible hat and say to her, “M’lady,” ...

Thank you for including Planned Parenthood

Letters to the editor

To the editor: We wanted to follow up on our previous letter to the editor, “Planned Parenthood shouldn’t be excluded from Tri-Lakes Pride” on June 26. We want to personally extend our gratitude to the Board of the Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance for taking swift action ...