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Opinion

On the Scene: Vigil held in E’town to support immigrants, refugees

Columns

Approximately 100 people gathered in front of the Essex County courthouse in Elizabethtown on Palm Sunday, April 13, to protest the way immigrants, refugees and others are being treated in our country by the current administration in the White House, and by many members of the general public. ...

Martha Sez: ‘Black bears are not the kind that eat people’

Columns

Back in Michigan the other day, in my old home town in Metro Detro (Metropolitan Detroit), my sister and younger brother decided to Facetime me. When I heard the ringtone peculiar to Facetime calls and saw my cellphone light up — was it actually jumping around on the counter, or was that ...

Planting efforts begin to blossom in region

Columns

Garden planning began in earnest for seasoned gardeners when seed catalogs started arriving in January and as flower related ads increased online. Our single-digit days were a little less brutal when surveying seed offerings from favorite suppliers. Now months later, seed displays greet ...

Martha Sez: Making clean sweep as spring season arrives

Columns

I can see a robin and a crocus in my yard. Some kind of partially frozen precipitation, about the consistency of a Slurpee, is falling on them both. It was April 15, tax day, almost 34 years ago, when my daughter Molly and I hit town. We had just come from Boca Grande, Fla., and it seemed ...

Mad Hatter benefit caps an evening of awareness

Columns

On Saturday, March 29, Marie Cogar was crowned the 20th Mad Hatter at the annual Mad Hatter’s Benefit for Creative Healing Connections held at the Hotel Saranac. In addition, board president Helene Gibbens announced that the organization will once again hold traditional two-night retreats ...

Scholarship applicants sought

Letters to the Editor

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 ...