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The answer to Debra Brenner’s concern about the economy? Dried beans. A pound costs a fraction of the cost of a similar amount of hamburger and,...

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Todd R. Mcadam

EDITORIAL: Review process plan has merit, but use caution

EDITORIAL: Review process plan has merit, but use caution

One of the many criticisms of New York government when it comes to business and residential development is the high cost in money and time created...

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Letters for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Americans need to stand up to tyranny What is tyranny? Tyranny is masked, roving gangs trying to remove a lone, frightened 37-year-old mother of a...

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Letters for Wednesday, January 14, 2025

We can no longer be silent to injustices In November, after the tragic National Guardsmen shooting in Washington, D.C., President Trump immediately...

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A decline in the number of consumers purchasing health insurance through government-run exchanges underscores the importance for a deal extending...

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Chad Arnold

EDITORIAL: With safety advances, be open to energy storage systems

EDITORIAL: With safety advances, be open to energy storage systems

Throughout history, it’s often taken a catastrophe, a series of highly publicized problems or a major threat to public health and safety to spur...

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Letters for Monday, January 12, 2026

Letters for Monday, January 12, 2026

Has Trump put you and America first? I’m curious if the year 2026 finds the U.S. citizenry better off as Trump promised. He campaigned on bringing...

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EDITORIAL: State ethics panel needs all members to be most effective

EDITORIAL: State ethics panel needs all members to be most effective

How effective can a state ethics panel be if it doesn’t even have the full ability to decide whether a government official entrusted by the public...

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Letters for Sunday, January 11, 2026

Library systems not acting in public interest I am an avid reader. There are four books due out in February that I would like to read. I searched...

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Letters for Friday, January 9, 2026

Letters for Friday, January 9, 2026

Trump exceeded his constitutional power I keep seeing people ask whether Congress approved President Trump’s reported capture of Venezuela’s...

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Don’t be fooled when government threatens to limit our rights

Don’t be fooled when government threatens to limit our rights

Many of us are probably familiar with the early-20th century Russian fable about the scorpion and the frog. To summarize, a scorpion wants to cross...

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EDITORIAL: Attorney general puts Spa City on notice for future rights violations

EDITORIAL: Attorney general puts Spa City on notice for future rights violations

You would think a government body in New York wouldn’t need to negotiate with the state attorney general’s office on an agreement to respect its...

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Letters for Saturday, January 10, 2026

Letters for Saturday, January 10, 2026

State must put more into human services In 1938, the people of New York state approved an amendment to the state constitution. It reads: “The aid,...

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Letter to the Editor: After storm, grateful to power line workers for sacrifices

Letter to the Editor: After storm, grateful to power line workers for sacrifices

To all of the National Grid line workers that worked through the recent ice storm to restore power to so many of us, we would like to extend our...

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Letters for Thursday, January 8, 2026

Letters for Thursday, January 8, 2026

Trump team is out to destroy America I have to laugh when the king of mortgage fraud and lying has his bootlickers, Pam Bondi and Kash Patel,...

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HIGH NOTES: Winter coats, warm clothes and socks donations, dance to fight childhood cancer

In Gloversville, the Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home and Wellness Council collected $6,500 through a basket raffle to raise funds for the “...

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EDITORIAL: The flu is everywhere, and it’s dangerous

Most people can ride it out. The fever, the cough, the sore throat, the runny nose, the body aches. It takes a lot to wind up in the hospital from...

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Letters for Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Check what charities pay administrators Please consider some research into the topic of checking charitable organizations for the quality of their...

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