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Opinion

LIBRARY NEWS: Solar eclipse, budget vote at the library

Columns

March seems to be ending on a warm note this year as we welcome spring back. Spring break is just a few weeks away. If you’re not traveling, we invite you to relax and read on the porch here at the Lake Placid Public Library. The large windows will give you a great view of the lake and ...

HISTORY IS COOL: 90 years ago

Columns

Daylight saving - Voters favored daylight saving time for this village in an unofficial balloting held Tuesday in conjunction with the annual village election. In all, 184 voted for it with 147 against. The question now lies with the village board to rule as to its adoption. The village ...

INTO THE TREES: Take a stroll through a Lake Placid maple sugarbush

Columns

LAKE PLACID — A rock throw from the Adirondack High Peaks, sap courses through over 100 miles of tubing like blood through veins across more than 200 acres of forest. Tucked away on Bear Cub Lane, Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest is not only a core asset of Cornell ...

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Editorials

Some younger readers may not remember it, but not very long ago, one couldn’t read newspaper articles for free. You had to buy the paper first, or get it from someone who had purchased it. Those days have come back, with modern touches thrown in. More than a year ago, the Lake Placid ...

Cigar smoking carries health risks

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: Often, when it comes to the risks of tobacco use, The Heart Network and its tobacco control and cessation partners here in the North Country focus on cigarettes and vaping. It is important, however, to call out the dangers of smoking cigars. According to the Centers for ...