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...

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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

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...

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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...

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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....

17.11.2025 3

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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

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...

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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...

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...

15.11.2025 2

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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...

14.11.2025 3

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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...

14.11.2025 2

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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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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

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...

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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...

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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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Letters for Saturday, November 8, 2025

How does Trump retain his support? He took away their healthcare. He took away their food assistance benefits. He bankrupted their farms, and now...

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Letters for Friday, November 7, 2025

Don’t overestimate speed camera bounty The city of Schenectady expects millions from cameras catching speeders in school zones. I doubt it. In...

09.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Toughest decisions have yet to made in city’s budget

The Schenectady City Council and Mayor Gary McCarthy need to agree on three things as they set out to resolve a stalemate over the 2026 city budget...

09.11.2025 2

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HIGH NOTES: FRI 1107

In the Capital Region, Market 32/Price Chopper cut prices on 30 grocery items to help people afford food during the SNAP benefit crisis. Prices were...

08.11.2025 2

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Letters for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

School zone camera plan raises questions George Carlin once said that politicians hide behind three things: the flag, the Bible and children. When a...

07.11.2025 1

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EDITORIAL: Consider adding dangerousness standard for bail

Whenever state lawmakers come up with legislation that has the word “Protect” in the title, it’s usually because someone or something that...

07.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Amazon incentives could prove to be profitable for region

What kind of public official in their right mind would give $75 million in tax breaks and incentives to a company that is projected to have $80...

07.11.2025 2

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Letters for Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Urge Congress to restore vital benefits Today, millions of needy American families are losing health care and food assistance because of the...

06.11.2025 1

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EDITORIAL: Local elections are closest to what matters

It’s a good day to be an American because you get to have a say today in who makes the decisions on myriad issues that directly affect your life....

05.11.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Don’t punish citizens for seeking public information

It’s bad enough the degree of contempt with which government officials sometimes treat their own constituents when it comes to granting them access...

04.11.2025 3

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Letters for Sunday, November 2, 2025

Student sees benefits of school phone ban Since the start of the 2000s, phones have been a staple of everyday lives for students. Although the change...

04.11.2025 3

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Letters for Saturday, November 1, 2025

Hudson Valley power bill puts future at risk I’m a 16-year Central Hudson employee, and every day my team and I work to keep the gas flowing and...

03.11.2025 1

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EDITORIAL: Hope that fear over food insecurity sparks overdue changes

Fear is a powerful motivator. It makes people more aware, shocks them out of their complacency and inspires them to act. The signs about the threat to...

03.11.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: If you care about the library’s future, take the survey

Of all the controversies facing the community in the past couple of years, one of the most contentious has been over a library. Yes, a library....

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Letters for Friday, October 31, 2025

No Kings marchers had a shared goal Did you go to a No Kings rally? It was essentially different, and better than the several previous rallies and...

02.11.2025 2

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HIGH NOTES: Golf to fight cancer, protesters help food bank, square dance for church repairs

In Albany, the Dave Worden Classic annual golf tournament recently presented a check for $80,000 to organizations involved in the fight against...

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Letters for Thursday, October 30, 2025

Heed warning of Trump’s lies, cruelty What better metaphor for the state of our democracy than the demolition of the White House East Wing? Months...

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Letters for Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Thanks be to Trump Our chief liar and felon, AKA, Donald Trump, wannabe dictator, often whines about not being thanked for what he does. Let’s pass...

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Letters for Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Salvatore leadership on display on safety Gun buyback programs save lives. Thanks to Undersheriff Jackie Salvatore’s leadership, Columbia County...

30.10.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: Be vigilant to protect your right to fair elections

Free and fair elections. That’s what we say we have in this country. But in order for that phrase to be more than just patriotic rhetoric, we need...

30.10.2025 3

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EDITORIAL: Don’t cut off access to police radio chatter

Communities have seen first-hand what happens when politicians allow and encourage government policing agencies to operate without accountability and...

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Letters for Monday, October 27, 2025

Hope the new bishop will help pensioners It came to me as a surprise of Bishop Edward Scharfenberger announcing he was going to retire. But I do...

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Letters for Sunday, October 26, 2025

Trump, Vance fail to uphold basic values DJT has decided that only Whites need apply for immigration visas. I guess this means we should put our...

28.10.2025 2

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EDITORIAL: School cell phone ban a victory for goals, consensus

There’s almost nothing that school administrators, teachers, teacher unions, parents, taxpayers and state government have more difficulty reaching...

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