A student once asked the anthropologist Margaret Mead what she thought was the first evidence of civilization. Rather than say something about hunting tools, or cultural artifacts, or weapons, Mead answered that the first sign of civilization was a 15,000-year-old fractured femur that was found ...
To the editor: Once again, we at First United Methodist Church of Saranac Lake have received a grant from the Carpenter Foundation for our weekly community suppers. The foundation’s support plays a huge part not only in feeding the hungry, but also in the fellowship of gathering with ...
To the editor: While skiing in Fowler’s Crossing this week, my credit card decided to take its annual sabbatical in the snow. On any given day, my coat pockets tend to contain a mixture of loose change, my credit card, a Walgreens receipt, a green Skittle, and a crumpled yellow hallway ...
Democrats, historians, independent journalists and concerned citizens are raising the alarm. “Once a government convinces its people that what they saw with their own eyes didn’t really happen, our democracy is lost.” The Republican Party continues to reshape visual truth with rhetoric ...
To the editor: Last Sunday, P.S. Letters for Ceasefire hosted a viewing of “No Other Land” at the Saranac Lake Library. This documentary offers a heart-wrenching depiction of the destruction of West Bank Palestinian communities by the Israeli military, and the story of an unlikely ...
As the locals know, the Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected state park, at six million acres. Because it is so large and widely protected, taking care of it is very important for wildlife, the environment and local communities within it. The small town of Saranac Lake is in ...