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Opinion

A grand slam thank you

Letters to the editor

Dear editor: I’m excited to share that the Saranac Lake Youth Baseball and Softball Association recently completed its Grand Slam fundraising campaign! Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we were able to raise $40,000 in just over a year to improve our fields: Elks and ...

Carnival Countdown

Columns

I’m in Nori’s cafe, sitting on the river side, coffee in one hand, pen in the other, my yellow legal tab on the table. There’s nothing unusual about that, since I do it every day, barring out-of-area travel, out-of-control contagion, or out-of-planet intervention. But a couple of ...

Outdoor play is important even when it’s cold

Guest Commentary

Colder weather is upon us, but that doesn’t mean outdoor play for young children should be shelved until spring. The Heart Network’s Creating Healthy Schools & Communities program, which is funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Health, works throughout Franklin ...

Zonta says no

Letters to the editor

To the editor: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women was Nov. 25. Globally, gender-based violence is the most pervasive and least recognized human rights violation. Rooted in inequality, it affects women of every race, class, culture, ethnicity, age and ...

Sorry, wrong number

Columns

The reality of my retirement is that I am either incredibly productive or accomplish nothing. This week was no different. On my manic cleaning day, I unburied a letter that had been sitting on a side table for weeks. I remember it arriving in the mail, but I tossed it off to the side. Opening ...