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Letters to the Editor

Adirondack Park Agency should be served by local residents

To the editor: Downstate Democrats wouldn’t — and shouldn’t — pick a Texas Republican to serve on the MTA. Why should an eight-term ex-congressman from New Jersey who leads an organization that lobbies before the Adirondack Park Agency Board and only recently registered to vote from ...

Thanks from the Lake Placid Community Day organizing committee

To the editor: The Lake Placid Community Day Planning Committee would like to say thank you to the Lake Placid/North Elba community. This year’s Community Day was a great success and the committee is overwhelmed with gratitude to the many individuals and organizations that helped make our ...

New York State Quitline is a critical resource

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 ...

Randy Winch for Wilmington town board

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 ...

Community Day worth celebrating

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 ...

‘The insidious reach of speciesism’

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 ...