To the editor: On Nov. 13th, the Ed Op Fund for LPCSD met to consider the grant applications received by our October deadline. For the first time, we combined staff and student applications into one window and were delighted to receive many excellent initiatives for review. We are pleased ...
To the editor: We want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the community’s unwavering support of the Lake Placid Volunteer Ambulance Service over the years, particularly during our annual Christmas tree sale. This cherished tradition has brought us together with so many of ...
Silicon Valley is not the only place where a good idea has changed people’s lives and, in doing so, created job and income opportunities for others. The challenge and opportunity is, as Steve Jobs said to us, “Think different.” I think of my grandmother, then Climena Preston Alford, who ...
I hardly need to remind you of our current position in the calendar year. I’m not even going to mention Christmas. But as the present year comes to an end, we are trying — whether consciously or unconsciously—to decide what we want to bring with us into the new year. It’s like the ...
With the signing of a contract on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Keene Central School officially has a new superintendent, Mark Bennett, who will take up his duties in January. Bennett succeeds Dan Mayberry, who, after 13 years of leading the school, accepted a new position as Guilderland’s ...
“A certain man once lost a diamond cuff-link in the wide blue sea, and 20 years later, on the exact day, a Friday apparently, he was eating a large fish —but there was no diamond inside. That’s what I like about coincidence.” — Vladimir Nabokov, “Laughter in the ...