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Columns

WORLD FOCUS: Safeguarding press freedom

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 ...

On the Scene: Vigil held in E’town to support immigrants, refugees

Approximately 100 people gathered in front of the Essex County courthouse in Elizabethtown on Palm Sunday, April 13, to protest the way immigrants, refugees and others are being treated in our country by the current administration in the White House, and by many members of the general public. ...

Martha Sez: ‘Black bears are not the kind that eat people’

Back in Michigan the other day, in my old home town in Metro Detro (Metropolitan Detroit), my sister and younger brother decided to Facetime me. When I heard the ringtone peculiar to Facetime calls and saw my cellphone light up — was it actually jumping around on the counter, or was that ...

Planting efforts begin to blossom in region

Garden planning began in earnest for seasoned gardeners when seed catalogs started arriving in January and as flower related ads increased online. Our single-digit days were a little less brutal when surveying seed offerings from favorite suppliers. Now months later, seed displays greet ...

Mad Hatter benefit caps an evening of awareness

On Saturday, March 29, Marie Cogar was crowned the 20th Mad Hatter at the annual Mad Hatter’s Benefit for Creative Healing Connections held at the Hotel Saranac. In addition, board president Helene Gibbens announced that the organization will once again hold traditional two-night retreats ...