In the Adirondacks, a common expression is, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a minute.” The corollary is, “If you like the weather, wait a minute.” What it means is that whatever the weather, we’ll deal with it as best we can as we pursue our activity. That way of life was ...
“The attempt to control fire ants has been so expensive, time-consuming and ineffective that biologist E. O. Wilson has called it ‘the Vietnam of entomology.’” — Amy Stewart, “Wicked Bugs” I spent Easter in Boston, visiting my grandchildren (and their parents). It was ...
This is such a wonderful time of year to stop by the Lake Placid Public Library. The weather is lovely, parking is a breeze, and the building is bursting with incredible books, magazines, games and more. Get ready for an incredible summer. Our team has planned a fantastic lineup of programs ...
During my 45 years of punditry for the Virginia Gazette, and before that writing for decades for the largest Hungarian-language newspaper in the United States as well as for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake and the Lake Placid News, I was never told what I can or can’t write ...
It’s time once again to pick the winners for the annual Best of the Mountains competition, and now it’s up to you. Voting starts on Saturday, April 26 and ends on Sunday, May 4. Inside this week’s Lake Placid News is a four-page publication announcing the nominees. The categories ...
Dear editor: Speciesism, the belief in human superiority, fuels the brutality of dairy CAFOs, reducing sentient cows to mere production units. This objectification mirrors the sexist commodification of women, where reproductive autonomy is violently usurped. In the dairy industry, this ...