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Opinion

Fund benefits students, educators

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Educational Opportunity Fund for the Lake Placid Central School District is delighted to announce that the following teacher grant applications, totaling $2,982 were passed at our November board meeting. We were delighted to approve $895 for LPMHS teacher Haley ...

On the Scene: Shipman Center gives thanks

Columns

At the Shipman Center's annual Thanks for Giving Dinner, where they honor people who have contributed through cash, in-kind donations, and volunteerism, the board was especially grateful for the $30,203.27 raised through the Center's Dmitry's Feast of the Peaks and Music Festival, aka Dmitry ...

Our Animals Ourselves: Home for the Holidays

Columns

Editor’s note: This column was first published in 2017. My husband often tells me the story about the best Christmas morning he ever had. He was an only child and even though he had a myriad of cousins who lived right down the road his most loved and trusted companion was his dog ...

Martha Sez: Is it OK To Say Gingerbread Man?

Columns

Well, here we are, entering the great maw of the holiday season. I am now taking time out from my list-making to write this column, just before Thanksgiving Day. Making holiday lists is the same every year, and every year I wonder: Why does it take so long to accomplish the tasks so clearly ...

Shop small, local during holiday season

Editorials

On Saturday, the Tri-Lakes region will join the rest of the nation in celebrating Small Business Saturday. It’s a celebration too big and too good to pass up. Geared to the start of the holiday shopping season and coming on the heels of Black Friday blowouts at national big-box retailers, ...

There’s another woman bobsledder

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I recently read Naj Wikoff's excellent article regarding the history of women's bobsledding. It is true that these women were responsible for making women's bobsledding into a competitive sport. I could not, however, help to notice that one woman's name was omitted. This omission ...