To the editor: It’s just a wild guess, but I’m thinking that U.S. Representative, Elise Stefanik, doesn’t really care about us, her constituents. How else can you explain why she voted to slash the funding for Medicaid, for example? Doesn’t she know how so many of her residents ...
To the editor: It’s summertime once again in the Adirondacks, and while our hot spells usually don’t last, when it does get hot, the temperature can quickly rise to over 100 degrees in a car with windows closed. This can and all too often does result in pets dying needlessly due to ...
Two wonderful events are happening on Aug. 2: the Saranac Lake Porchfest and the Bloomingdale Block Party. Yes. Yes. There are many, many more events around the Adirondacks, but the Bloomingdale Block Party and Porchfest are neighboring activities. Now, I am usually the person who tries to do ...
Woodland clearings are full of low bushes loaded with berries, abundant and free for the picking. Area berry farms (like those in AuSable Forks and Peru, New York) have high bush berries for those who want to purchase them or pick their own without bending so low. Delicious, satisfying, ...
To the editor: Hard work is a whole lot easier when volunteers turn out to lend a hand. In June, Saranac Lake Farm to School and The Heart Network hosted a community workday to help rebuild the Bloomingdale Elementary school garden, which is over a decade old and needed some serious TLC ...
It is hard to imagine, filling a page, even looking at the great variety of ads. Such as - “Wanted - Refined, young white girl to do housework and take care of 5-year-old baby. Five room bungalow. Two People. To sleep at bungalow. Wages $10. [does not indicate per week or per month] ...