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Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Garden plots available in the Lake Placid Community Garden

To the editor: The Lake Placid Community Garden has a couple open plots available for the 2024 growing season. The Community Garden provides a space for members of the community to get their hands dirty and grow their own food and or flowers in their own designated plot. The garden is ...

Neighbors decry anti-transgender vandalism

To the editor: We are speaking up because last week a longtime Saranac Lake resident and transgender woman had her trans pride flag ripped off the side of her house, not for the first time. It is important to remind everyone that people of all gender identities and expressions are holy, ...

Newspapers should reevaluate printing animal trophy photos

To the editor: The glorification of hunting (and fishing) through graphic photographs of dead animals in newspapers is a disturbing and unethical practice that deserves immediate reevaluation. Newspapers too often have pictures of hunters proudly displaying their kills, creating a culture of ...

RFK Jr. campaign meet-up set for May 3

To the editor: In a world quick to label and divide, RFK Jr. is not just another candidate, but a voice for authentic change. Many wonder if he fits on the Right or the Left politically — some call him a conservative, others a liberal. Labels do NOT define his mission. Kennedy embodies ...