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A view of the ancient Roman Colosseum, in Rome, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Italy Colosseum Director Students practice with a mannequin simulating a...

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Andrew Medichini — Ap

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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: 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 it’s the...

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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...

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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...

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Letters for Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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...

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A cashier scans groceries, including produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), at a grocery store in...

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Geoff Mulvihill

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The U.S. Capitol is photographed on 37th day of the government shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington. Speaking to reporters, Senate...

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Mary Clare Jalonick

Letters for Monday, November 10, 2025

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....

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EDITORIAL: MON 1110

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Letters for Sunday, November 9, 2025

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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As access to the federal Home Energy Assistance Program is stuck in limbo with the federal government in shutdown, local officials are trying to...

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Todd Mcadam