Have you ever been peacefully driving along a busy road and then suddenly had to slam on the brakes for a crossing white-tailed deer? We have, and while in most cases the deer and car drivers come out unscathed, in many other cases deer are killed, cars are totaled, and the driver forever ...

November marks American Diabetes Month, with healthcare providers, public health agencies, educators and community organizations across the country rallying against the diabetes epidemic. Here in northern New York, a regionwide coalition has been in the trenches combating diabetes and ...

Too often, the debate over solving the affordable housing crisis that has gripped our state and nation overlooks rural communities, which are blessed with ample space and a lower cost of living – at least compared to urban centers. But the truth is that nowhere is fully immune from the ...

The Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson arrived in Saranac Lake in October of 1887 a global celebrity. In the previous four years, he had published “Treasure Island,” “Kidnapped,” “A Child’s Garden of Verses,” and, most sensationally, “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ...

Wilmington property owners were shocked by their assessments this spring. The average assessment increased by 47%. Unfortunately, this probably is not the end of this trend. While assessments are Wilmington’s hot-topic of the year, short-term vacation rentals are the region’s hot-topic ...

A little less than an hour ago, I stepped into the Bookstore Plus on Main Street to purchase a book and browse what is popular. As a librarian, this is an easy way for me to make my purchase list for the library. While there, a student of mine greeted me. Before I had finished saying how ...