The opening of a new trail in the Bozen Kill Preserve is a good time to relish the benefits — physical, mental, and spiritual — of a walk in the woods.

Historical markers are guideposts to our past, bringing attention to local history that is rarely recognized outside of school.

Household water should be tested for lead. Even low levels can affect a child’s developing brain.

Sexual predators will claim more victims if we treat their crimes as taboo rather than reporting on them and confronting them.

Government programs, spending millions in taxpayer money, to kill coyotes is worse than pointless because the attempts at eradication have instead led to proliferation.

The theft of local election signs reveals a lesson in tolerance.

If each of us does our part with renewable energy, we can save more than money; we can save the world.

We got frantic calls from people who could not get their prescriptions filled and outraged calls from people who had loved and trusted their doctor, demanding an answer. We have none.

Austin Carter appreciates the police who offered protection when he was harassed. Since he was small, he has wanted to be a police officer himself.

A week ago, a friend of ours took part in Albany’s Pride parade. She spoke of how happy and together people felt that day. Gay men and lesbian women who had struggled so long and hard for acceptance could march in a parade, waving a flag of many colors, a symbol of their pride. And people cheered.