To the editor: Following the news that the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health has been shuttered, tobacco cessation services like the NYS Quitline and nysmokefree.com are more important than ever. The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was ...

To the editor: We are thrilled to share our endorsement of Randy Winch for Wilmington’s town board. Randy Winch has an excellent reputation in our community. Those who have known Randy for many years know that he is down-to-earth, level headed, and helpful — but over the past few ...

To the Editor, The Lake Placid Community Day organizing committee would like to remind everyone that the seventh annual Lake Placid Community Day is this Sunday, June 1 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Lake Placid Horse Show Grounds. All those who live, work or volunteer in the community are ...

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, ...