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EDITORIAL: State needs to tighten enforcement of cannabis, vaping laws and regulations

EDITORIAL: State needs to tighten enforcement of cannabis, vaping laws and regulations

One of the ways the state convinced skeptical government officials and members of the public to support the legalization of cannabis and e-cigarettes...

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Letters for Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Trump ignores those he pledged to assist Are you better off in Trump’s first 10 months? In 2024, Don Trump ran on the message he was going to end...

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Letters for Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Letters for Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Stop putting sports above academics There’s a cancer on the American public educational system, and that cancer is sports; in particular,...

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Letters for Monday, December 1, 2025

City Council should focus on budget Right now the city of Schenectady has no budget for 2026. But members of the City Council are focused on filling...

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Letters for Sunday, November 30, 2025

Letters for Sunday, November 30, 2025

Hochul must carry out cap-and-invest effort The American Lung Association urges Gov. Kathy Hochul to fully implement New York state’s...

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Letters for Friday, November 28, 2025

Society judged by its treatment of elders In much of today’s world, youth is celebrated while age is quietly set aside. Advertisements promise...

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Letters for Saturday, November 29, 2025

Lawmakers must act to reduce plastic Fact — plastic pollution is harming our health and our environment -- this is no longer up for debate. As the...

01.12.2025 4

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EDITORIAL: Adapt your driving habits for big changes in state points system

EDITORIAL: Adapt your driving habits for big changes in state points system

If you’re a good driver with a fairly clean record, you’ll want to keep up the good work. But if you’re one of those drivers who speeds up at...

01.12.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: SAT.11.29

EDITORIAL: SAT.11.29

Help yourself. Help your neighbor. Help your community. Or just Venmo your money to some faceless, multi-billion-dollar, out-of-state or foreign...

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HIGH NOTES: Turkey giveaways, help for seniors, run/walk for Sudan hospital

HIGH NOTES: Turkey giveaways, help for seniors, run/walk for Sudan hospital

In Rotterdam, volunteers for Liberty ARC helped distribute frozen turkeys to residents at the Maple Ridge Day Center on Hamburg Street. Liberty ARC...

29.11.2025 3

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Letters for Thursday, November 27, 2025

Letters for Thursday, November 27, 2025

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THANKSGIVING MESSAGE: ‘Now our minds are one’: Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address. Words that Come Before All Else

On this Thanksgiving, we share with our readers the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address. This address represents a tradition of the six nations of...

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Letters for Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Main Street Catskill was poorly planned There’s that old quote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It applies to...

28.11.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: Thanksgiving is a dangerous time to be on the roads

EDITORIAL: Thanksgiving is a dangerous time to be on the roads

When you’re counting your blessings for Thanksgiving, take a moment to be thankful that you all made it to your destination safely. Then be thankful...

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Letters for Tuesday. November 25, 2025

Letters for Tuesday. November 25, 2025

Dems right on orders, but wrong to inflame Six congressional Democrats recently posted a video exhorting military personnel not to follow illegal...

27.11.2025 2

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Letters for Monday, November 24, 2025

Trump shows that he only cares for himself Donald Trump’s ruthless and un-patriotic destruction of “The People’s House” is one of his most...

26.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Municipalities now have more tools to regulate solar, battery storage

EDITORIAL: Municipalities now have more tools to regulate solar, battery storage

Just a few years ago, communities facing the prospect of a major solar or battery storage facility being constructed within their borders were wholly...

26.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Learn more about Route 7 plans and give your input

EDITORIAL: Learn more about Route 7 plans and give your input

For Niskayuna residents and all those that drive, walk, bike or wait for a bus on Route 7, relief in the form of a new traffic plan for the area...

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Letters for Sunday, November 23, 2025

Letters for Sunday, November 23, 2025

Johnson fails to uphold true Christian values Of all the reprehensible members of Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson is hands down the worst....

25.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Heed warnings now about future threats to New York’s energy system

You flip the switch, the lights come on. You turn up the thermostat, the heat comes on. You turn on your TV or your computer or your stove or your...

24.11.2025 3

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Letters for Saturday, November 22, 2025

Working class must stand up to Trump At the time of writing, the government shutdown has just ended, and we have nothing to show for it. Federal...

24.11.2025 2

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Former Turning Point official becomes fraudster

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Letters for Friday, November 21, 2025

Letters for Friday, November 21, 2025

White House belongs to people, not Trump In response to Linda Siarkowski‘s Nov. 18 letter, (“Why condemn Trump after all he’s done,”) she...

23.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Mortgage payment spotlights housing insecurity crisis

EDITORIAL: Mortgage payment spotlights housing insecurity crisis

On its face, it seems like an abuse of resources to have a school district pay the mortgage for a resident through a program designed to help the...

23.11.2025 3

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Letters for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Letters for Thursday, November 20, 2025

Stefanik comes with all Trump’s baggage Rep. Elise Stefanik, Harvard educated one-time moderate, has transformed herself into a full-blown Trump...

22.11.2025 2

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HIGH NOTES: Scout food collection, venison for the hungry, casino turkey donations

HIGH NOTES: Scout food collection, venison for the hungry, casino turkey donations

In the Mohawk District of Twin Rivers Council, over 246 Scouts and adults collected thousands of food items over the past two weekends as part of the...

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EDITORIAL: Finish budget, let next council fill vacancy

EDITORIAL: Finish budget, let next council fill vacancy

What’s that they say about how to get out of a hole? The first thing you do is stop digging. Well, it’s time for the Schenectady City Council to...

21.11.2025 3

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Letters for Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Letters for Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Writer mistaken about gift to bishop A letter to the editor in the Schenectady Gazette on Sunday, Nov. 16, claims that religious leaders in the Roman...

21.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Inhaler mandate could reduce suffering, cut costs

EDITORIAL: Inhaler mandate could reduce suffering, cut costs

• “Talking can feel like too much effort … I become 100 percent absorbed in just trying to breathe. • “It feels like what little air there...

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Letters for Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Letters for Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Listen to people and pass packaging act Beyond Plastics just released a new report, “Follow the Money: The David vs. Goliath Battle to Pass the New...

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Letters for Monday, November 17, 2025

Letters for Monday, November 17, 2025

Our brains are rotting According to the New York Post, the average person in New York scrolls a distance of 81.14 miles in one year. Why is this?...

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EDITORIAL: Use time to weigh all aspects of full-time, four-year supervisor

EDITORIAL: Use time to weigh all aspects of full-time, four-year supervisor

Time to think. In this ever-changing political environment, with residents and public officials seemingly rushing from one issue to the next,...

20.11.2025 2

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Letters for Sunday, November 16, 2025

Bishop joins the ranks of tone-deaf leaders I learned during weekend Mass that incoming Albany Bishop Mark O’Connell will receive a gift for his...

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EDITORIAL: Add transparency, efficiency to gov’t purchase process

EDITORIAL: Add transparency, efficiency to gov’t purchase process

Whenever a government board or IDA or school district makes a purchase — equipment, vehicles, fuel, salt for the roads, building materials for an...

18.11.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: Use hospital safety report to improve conditions in New York

EDITORIAL: Use hospital safety report to improve conditions in New York

When we’re sick or injured, the experience goes beyond the physical pain and suffering. At those times, we’re also at our most vulnerable. At our...

17.11.2025 3

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Letters for Saturday, November 15, 2025

Letters for Saturday, November 15, 2025

Pathway to destruction Trump is hell bent and determined to destroy the infrastructure of any state that did not support him in the 2024 election....

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EDITORIAL: Sick season is upon us. Don’t wait to prepare

EDITORIAL: Sick season is upon us. Don’t wait to prepare

You might be reminded by the noticeable drop in temperatures, or the sound of the furnace kicking on, or the 4:45 p.m. sunsets. Whatever lights the...

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Letters for Friday, November 14, 2025

Letters for Friday, November 14, 2025

Trump is pushing for decline of democracy Just a few observations: For Hitler they were the Gestapo, for Mussolini they were the OVRA, for Xi Jon Ping...

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HIGH NOTES: Gifts to libraries, money for gleaning, community action donations, Hometown Heroes

In the Mohawk Valley, the Carnegie Corporation of New York recently donated $10,000 each to the Amsterdam Free Library, Gloversville Public Library...

15.11.2025 2

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Letters for Thursday, November 13, 2025

Letters for Thursday, November 13, 2025

U.S. must wake up to Trump’s corruption The American public must wake up and confront the consequences of electing Donald Trump president. Driven...

15.11.2025 3

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Caroga Town Supervisor Ralph Palcovic at a meeting on Feb. 14. Palcovic Caroga Supervisor Ralph Palcovic concedes he and the town board misunderstood...

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EDITORIAL: Delay of electric building act is right thing to do

You’ve set your goals and thought this through. You’ve tested the idea with your experts. You’ve laid out your arguments for why you think...

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Letters for Wednesday, November 12, 2025

America in need of kindness over cruelty I hearken back to the days back in the late 1980’s when George Bush Sr. envisioned a “kinder and gentler...

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EDITORIAL: A state program that can actually improve lives and save taxpayers money

933 towns. 532 villages. 61 cities. 62 counties. It seems as if every time an early settler’s horse died in New York, they stopped traveling and...

13.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: WED1112

One of the problems with a lot of laws in New York is that they’re written so vaguely or incompletely that they make it difficult for even...

13.11.2025 2

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Letters for Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Trump calling mayor a communist is rich Trump, a convicted felon for falsifying business records, is also well known for misstating the worth of his...

13.11.2025 2

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Letters for Monday, November 10, 2025

Classless Trump revels in destruction Why did Donald Trump demolish the East Wing of the White House? It had beauty and dignity. It had class. Donald...

12.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: MON 1110

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Letters for Sunday, November 9, 2025

Democracy is what we do next after No Kings The No Kings demonstration was an exhilarating experience. Millions of people got to express their...

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EDITORIAL: New Yorkers deserve a fair, issue-oriented campaign for governor

Let’s have a good, clean fight. No low blows. No kidney punches. Follow the rules. When you get in a clinch, step back. And when you hear the bell,...

10.11.2025 1

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