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Letters for Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Letters for Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Right has its own share of violence The right wasted no time attributing the killing of Charlie Kirk to leftist violence. Conveniently,...

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EDITORIAL: Hochul must rededicate herself to transparency

EDITORIAL: Hochul must rededicate herself to transparency

If Gov. Kathy Hochul is going to win re-election, it won’t be because of her most recent positions on legislation designed to make government more...

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Gloversville voters approved a $40 million capital improvement project Tuesday. The vote was 211 to 73, a 74.3% approval, district officials said....

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EDITORIAL: Primaries are good for voters

EDITORIAL: Primaries are good for voters

For politicians and their political parties, the last thing they want is any public perception of disagreement or dissension. That’s why they don’t...

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Letters for Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Letters for Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Oppose candidates who enable Trump Next year we will decide on a new representative to Congress. Several candidates have expressed interest in the...

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Gloversville will spend nearly $600,000 to clean up five former industrial sites — including the former Fownes Brothers Glove Co. building that...

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Letters for Sunday, December 7, 2025

Letters for Sunday, December 7, 2025

How can Trump backers defend his actions? Francesca Simon warned in her Nov. 28 letter, (“Call out Democrats’ deceptive rhetoric,”) that critics of...

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Letters for Monday, December 8, 2025

Letters for Monday, December 8, 2025

We can’t let freedom and democracy die Nicholas Riccard of the Associated Press reports that half of American adults believe that our democracy is...

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EDITORIAL: Vaccine bill would protect New Yorkers’ health

EDITORIAL: Vaccine bill would protect New Yorkers’ health

If you had a way to spare infants from having a 90% chance of developing a dangerous form of hepatitis, you’d do it. If you could spare a quarter...

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EDITORIAL: Pause in sticker program gives city a chance to re-evaluate trash collection

EDITORIAL: Pause in sticker program gives city a chance to re-evaluate trash collection

Whatever Schenectady officials decide to do in the next few days with the city’s controversial trash sticker program — suspend it, end it, modify...

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EDITORIAL: Spa City invites public to participate in budget process

EDITORIAL: Spa City invites public to participate in budget process

Saratoga Springs has a unique way of doing things when it comes to government. Its commission form of government, in which elected officials...

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Letters for Saturday, December 6, 2025

Letters for Saturday, December 6, 2025

County should include Amish in tourism I’ve always been perplexed that Montgomery County has not included the Amish in its tourism efforts. I do...

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