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Letters to the Editor

Honor Flights

To the editor: The deepest heart-felt gratitude for ALL who make the North Country Honor Flights possible. It keeps the flame of patriotic pride alive, lest we forget. Vivian Losser Lake Placid

Voices of youth matter

To the editor: “I wish everyone could come together to fight the climate crisis instead of leaving it to my generation to speak up.” As an adult I truly feel the frustration of this quote from a young person in our North Country community. For a second year in a row the Saranac Lake ...

School lunch matters

To the editor: Do you recall someone raving about their school lunches? I sure don’t. I remember when ketchup was called a vegetable. In a recent essay, a student reminded us why school lunch matters. “School lunch may be the only meal some of those children have everyday.” [sic] ...

Thanks for the village clean-up support

To the editor: The Adirondack Sports Council would like to thank all the volunteers and those who supported the Lake Placid village and town clean-up. Over three dozen volunteers showed up May 4 to pick up bags and scour neighborhoods. They collected a half ton (1,080 pounds) of garbage ...

Communication and compromise

To the editor: Is anyone else tired of us talking at each other rather than with each other? This is what one North Country young person wrote about that issue: “A healthy, diverse community will have an important challenge: to find balance between quite varied viewpoints in a way ...

LP Alumni Association seeks scholarship apps

To the 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 be ...