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Guest Commentary

One 96-year-old woman’s view: We are free

One viewpoint of a 96-year-old female voter on the past, the present and voting for the future: Long ago and far away our founding fathers, with great wisdom and thoughtfulness, cited in an historic document that they pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor in their dream to ...

BluSeed Studios looking at long-term planning

It has become common knowledge that we are dealing with some significant financial challenges at BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake this summer and fall. We started an emergency GoFundMe fundraiser (www.gofundme.com/f/help-keep-bluseeds-lights-on) that will bridge to our longer term plans for ...

How Lake Placid water gets to your house

If you ask people where Lake Placid gets its drinking water, most would answer Lake Placid lake. While this is correct, it is only part of the story. Until the late 1990s, water was pumped out of the lake, treated with chlorine and sent out to its water customers. By the year 2000, the ...

Lake Placid’s police department heroes

After 9/11 the police and fire departments were heroes. Now a little over 20 years later law enforcement has been villainized. Of late, there has been talk of defunding the police department and funding more social workers. While the idea of finding more funding for social workers to ...

Thank you, village employees

Several weeks ago, when the weather forecasters were calling for a foot of wet heavy snow, accompanied with 70 mph winds, I started thinking about all the things the village of Lake Placid does to be prepared. About five years ago, the village brought in outside contractors and cut back ...

Donald Trump is a genius

Let’s admit it: Donald Trump is a genius. He has managed to convince many of us that he actually cares about us. Yes, he intuitively understands that many of us may feel looked down on and dismissed. We may be dismayed at the non-responsiveness and corruption in our political system. He ...