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 ...

Dear Editor, The Lake Placid Alumni Association is one of the oldest alumni associations in the country. One of its missions is to assist alumni in continuing their education. In that endeavor, the association is now accepting applications for its alumni scholarship. All recipients must ...

Dear Editor, Let’s not cut Medicaid to gift money to billionaires. In our NY21 district, Medicaid covers 92,000 children — over one third, as well as 4,300 pregnant moms each year. New York kids on Medicaid/CHIP get free vaccines. They aren’t dying of measles or paralyzed by polio, ...

To the editor: As far back as the 5th century BC, Plato decried demagogues who propagate disinformation about a target group in order to stir up public fear of them and then present themselves as protectors of the public from their fabricated danger. President Donald Trump’s ...

Dear Editor, We want to thank all the businesses in the Whiteface Region who were exceedingly generous in support of the Steven Weinstein Memorial Fundraiser event held at the Twisted Raven in Wilmington on Jan. 24. We hosted the event to express our appreciation for all the ski patrollers ...

Dear Editor, The overwhelming generosity of the people of Saranac Lake​, helped provide joy to children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts this season. Across the U.S., the Samaritan’s Purse project collected 10.5 million shoebox gifts in 2024. Combined with those ...