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• Religious vaccination exemption proponents lose second legal challenge December 10, 2019
  A lawsuit challenging New York’s law denying religious exemptions from vaccinations has been dismissed again.
• Opioid overdose deaths in New York state fall almost 16% December 10, 2019
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Health officials say opioid overdose deaths have declined for the first time in a decade among New Yorkers outside of New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that opioid fatalities dropped 15.9%-from 2,170 in 2017 to 1,824 in 2018.
• Senate Leader cool to taxing the wealthy to close deficit December 10, 2019
• As impeachment vote nears, Stefanik ramps up national defense of Trump December 10, 2019
  Democrats issued formal articles of impeachment against President Trump this morning. North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik continues to play a national role defending the President against allegations that he used his power to target a political rival. Stefanik, a Republican, portrays the impeachment inquiry as a partisan attack designed to overturn the 2016 election. She […]
• Artist and arts organizer Ursula Trudeau remembered in Saranac Lake December 10, 2019
  A memorial service will be held this Saturday in Saranac Lake for Ursula Trudeau, an artist and arts organizer who lived in the village for more than half a century.

Historical Features

• Bread Time Stories: Who will bake the bread? December 9, 2019
  (Dec 9, 2019) We kick off our occasional holiday series, "Bread Time Stories," with a tale from William Matson, who grew up in Norwood, in St. Lawrence County. He shares the story of three generations of bread bakers. His grandmother and mother were well-known in the community for baking bread for family and neighbors during […]
• Thanksgiving: Elementary school librarian teaches what the textbooks don't November 28, 2019
  (Nov 28, 2019) If you look at a public school textbook, chances are you won't see much written from Native American perspectives. As Thanksgiving approaches, librarian Amerique Wilson at Roberto Clemente Elementary School 8 in the Rochester City School District attempts to address that. [full story]
• Rediscovering the "Corn People" of the St. Lawrence Valley November 28, 2019
  (Nov 28, 2019) Five centuries ago, the St. Lawrence valley, from Watertown to Quebec City, was ruled by a culture that modern anthropologists call "the corn people." When the first French explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534, he found bustling towns and well-ordered fields. A few decades later, when Samuel de Champlain reached the same […]
• Trudeau Sanatorium sale continues wave of new investment in Saranac Lake November 13, 2019
  (Nov 13, 2019) We've been reporting over the last year on big economic development moves in Saranac Lake. The Adirondack village has seen its downtown Hotel Saranac come back to life. There's a new resort under construction on the waterfront of Lake Flower. Pendragon Theater is moving to a new location downtown. Now a group […]
• Books: "The Winter Army" - the story of the 10th Mountain Division in World War II November 11, 2019
  (Nov 11, 2019) A new book traces the history of the 10th Mountain Division from its inception in 1940 to its breaking of the German hold of Italy's mountains near the end of World War II. [full story]