We Americans have been very lucky in many ways. One of them involves the truly horrific disease Ebola. Few people in this country have given Ebola much thought since the severe outbreak in Africa during 2014-16. It killed more than 11,300 people, primarily in Guinea and Sierra ...
“Earth was his house and heaven his roof; Sun, moon, and stars his light; Voices of wind and wood and wave His music day and night.” — RLS “As summer approached it was always a joy to go back to Grez. How eagerly we looked out the window of the coach for the first glimpse of the ...
President Trump made a rare appearance at a church last Sunday. It’s a safe bet the sermon was not based on Proverbs 15:1 — “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” If it was, it didn’t appear to have much effect. Before and after church, the president ...
Yes! Our five maple trees are tapped and we are just waiting for the sap to roll on in. Obviously, we are not in the commercial maple making business, but our two-gallon target has been consistently produced over the years. We’ve annually managed to collect enough maple sap to make enough ...
His heart felt as if it would pound out of his chest, the 15-year-old boy told a resource officer at a high school in Ohio on March 1. The deputy called for an ambulance to take the student to a hospital. Two other boys, one 14 and the other 15, experienced similar distress. They saw the ...
To the editor: What is happening at the regional landfill? Are there financial, engineering or environmental problems? Are operations there and at transfer stations transparent? And are local residents and haulers paying a fair price to dump trash? The short answer: I don’t know. In ...
In Texas, most politicians used to worry only about the primaries. Once they won their party’s endorsement, candidates would coast to victory in November. Journalists still refer to Texas as “ruby red,” meaning Republicans rule the roost. That is no longer reality. Texas is barely red, ...
This week’s Web Poll: Should New York outlaw hunting tournaments, as a bill in the Assembly and Senate proposes? Yes, No, Undecided This poll is not scientific, and its results represent only the opinions of Internet users who have chosen to participate.
To the editor: The Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of Transportation and the people are waiting for the change in the corridor definition and the results, but that is not the only language that needs to be changed. In articles and comments about the rail trail, you will ...
Midterm elections have been generally unhelpful to U.S. House candidates of the sitting president’s party. From 1918 to 2016, according to political scientist Jacob Smith’s study for Ballotpedia, the president’s party lost an average of 29 House seats in midterm elections. In 2018, ...
President Donald Trump continues to insist the United States needs an entirely new branch of the military, a Space Force. It is worth asking what on earth — or off it — that would accomplish. Trump seems to have watered his proposal down just a bit. Now he is willing to have the Space ...
To the editor: Many of us make assumptions. We assume our shoe is still tied. We assume that the gas left in our car’s tank will get us home. But whether it’s tripping over your shoelace or getting stranded on the side of the road, through trial and error, we have all probably learned ...
Numerous local residents winter in Florida, many in The Villages, including some friends of mine. One of them sent me a very interesting article about roundabouts there, and I wanted to share some of the information from that article. Armed with mounting data touting the benefits of ...
WASHINGTON — On Feb. 12, Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka “El Chapo,” was convicted of multiple crimes related to running the Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexico’s largest. Thirteen days before his conviction, authorities seized enough of the synthetic opioid called fentanyl for 100 million lethal ...
To the editor: The Lake Placid Alumni Association is one of the oldest alumni associations in the country. One of its missions is to assist alumni in continuing their education. In that endeavor, the association is now accepting applications for its alumni scholarship. All recipients must be ...
To the editor: This is the most challenging letter that I have ever written because it is probably impossible to say what I want to say without unintentionally offending some people. The bottom line is this: While I disagree with his conservative Republican economic and political views 95 ...
Wednesday’s deadly shooting in AuSable Forks was horrific. It’s easy to understand why some people’s emotions would run high. But we ask people to do their best to keep anger contained until more information is revealed. Witnesses described seeing David Bova fire multiple rounds at ...
John Pond is an odd-colored gem in the backcountry of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness, whose shores and waters are split by Hamilton and Warren counties. According to the “Property Rights Foundation of America,” John Pond gained its name from a Canadian, John MacKenzie, who moved to the ...
Today as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day [a day early for the parade and gathering at the Harrietstown Town Hall] initiated by Mayor Clyde Rabideau four years ago, we take a look back at a party and dance in 1973. It’s great to run across stories filled with local names such as the ...
LAKE PLACID — The High Peaks, particularly the Marcy Dam area, may be one of the most visited places in the entire Adirondack Park. But on a warm day with hardly a cloud in the sky, I only saw three other people out enjoying one of the easiest entries into the High Peaks. Setting out ...