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District, Stefanik are stuck with each other President Trump changed his mind recently and decided that Rep. Elise Stefanik will not become the U.S....
In Schenectady, Market 32/Price Chopper and the nonprofit Field & Fork Network in Buffalo recently partnered to offer a program to help local...
Lower speed limit on Erie Blvd. is not helpful The new 25 mph speed limit on Erie Boulevard has made traffic worse, not better. It is much too...
You or some of your fellow citizens come up with an idea for a proposal to improve your city or village. You then work hard to gather enough...
Republicans need to find some backboneThere is waste and fraud in the government, but not in the agencies that are being cut and dismantled by Trump...
By Erica SchwartzFor Gazette OpinionJavascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
If you support the concept of a representative democracy and the people’s right to vote, then you should support efforts to encourage citizen...
We must defend our democracy from President Trump’s ill-conceived policies. He failed to keep his campaign promise of improving the economy...
On March 25, The Leader Herald ran the front page article, (“Community rallies for girl fighting rare cancer,”) about 5-year-old Lilyann Smith's...
Our country’s states and counties decisively elected Donald Trump as president of the United States. Since he has taken office, he has worked...
In the March 30 Gazette, a letter from Jolan Gagnon (“Keep politics out of school athletic gala”), in response to the March 14-20 Your Niskayuna...
I read the April 1 front page Daily Gazette article, (“Town fires employee; Allegedly lied about teacherJavascript is required for you to be able to...
Don’t expect Trump to act to stop nuclear warI have no respect for Trump. I’ve seen nothing that he has ever done as constructive.
By Dr. Roger H. HullFor Gazette Opinion
Trump supporters need to accept our progressOur Constitution says we are to “form a more perfect union."Javascript is required for you to be able to...
Schumer shows he’s not the leader we need I was appalled by Sen. Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote in favor of the continued resolution when the...
Treat violent inmates as the threat they areThe recent prison strike was for unsafe conditions with both guards and inmates being attacked.
Back in 2019, then-17-year-old Brooklyn native Leah Robinson-Smith just wanted to hang out at a friend’s house to decompress. A public school...
In Rhinebeck, the CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck announced a new scholarship for high school students who are entering college with a focus...
By Chris Liberati-ConantFor Gazette Opinion
We must step up to defend democracy Judging from the many recent letters appearing on this page from people alarmed about the trajectory of the Trump...
Americans can long longer remain silentI am incredibly concerned by the overwhelming number of egregious actions taken by Trump and his team on a...
By Lew BentonFor Gazette Opinion
Where is Stefanik when we need her?An open letter to Elise Stefanik: Elise, where are you? Long time no hear.Javascript is required for you to be able...
By Dr. Kris Duffy, Dr. Carlee Drummer, Dr. Greg Truckenmiller, Louis Coplin and Dr. Steady MoonoFor Gazette Opinion
Defense of Musk and Trump defies logic I must commend Gerard Havasy for his March 15 letter, (“Trump, Musk doing what must be done,”) defending...
There are many definitions of cost when it comes to government. There’s monetary costs. Taxpayer costs. Time costs. Costs in the quality of service....
Abandon science at risk to the peopleListen to the Politicians say, “Away with Science!”
School districts don’t often pull specific expenditures out of the annual budget and expose them to voter approval. There are reasons for that....
Trump, Vance not taken by ZelenskyyBest con job ever. I watched a master manipulator pull a magic trick on the world political stage.
They say integrity is how you behave when no one is watching. Government ethics, on the other hand, is how you behave when everyone is watching....
By Dr. Elizabeth WalshFor The Sunday GazetteJavascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser...
We must tear down Online Iron CurtainWhat was meant to bring us together has only driven us further apart.Javascript is required for you to be able to...
Sunshine Week may be technically over, but the fight to hold government officials accountable continues all year long. It’s a fight waged on a daily...
While Gov. Kathy Hochul is going on TV and placing ads trying to solicit fired federal workers to come fill vacancies at the state, she’s...
State is mishandling corrections strikers Let me get this straight. Approximately 13,000 correction officers go on strike to protest unsafe working...
When people use the phrase, “It’s not about the money, it’s the principle of the thing,” you can usually bet on one thing being true - It’s...
When we talk about your right to know in this newspaper, we’re usually focusing on the New York state’s transparency laws, the Freedom of...
In Amsterdam, a new food pantry has begun serving residents in need and will hold its second distribution of food on Saturday at 1 p.m. at its 47...
Chip sealing has many benefits Recently there has been a discussion about a road treatment called chip sealing. As Hillsdale’s highway...
Transparency needed in bulk trash systemNow that the bulk item “sticker” program is being rolled out, my question is what happens when someone...
True intentions of Trump’s new termA few apothegms for the DJT era.
By Catherine M. ButrynFor Gazette OpinionJavascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
Murray stepped up to serve as mayor I would like to urge the residents of Broadalbin to get out and vote Tuesday. Having retired after 30 years as...
A lot of what goes on in government happens right before your eyes. Or at least it should. But government officials don’t always want the prying...
In Sunday’s editorial announcing Sunshine Week, we focused on how citizens must stake their claim on their ownership of their government by fighting...
Trump is stealing from our grandchildren As a social liberal and fiscal conservative, I’d like to point out something to my Republican friends that...
Ownership.Most of us don’t really own a lot of the important things we think we own.Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium...
We need to fix our broken country I have a broken heart over what has happened in my country. I was born in 1938. It was the year before World War...
By John FigliozziFor Gazette OpinionJavascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.