Question: In the age of Amazon, and in the midst of major book retailers scaling back, how do you open and sustain an independent bookstore in the Adirondacks?

Answer: (via Jessie Fischer, owner of The Book Nook in Saranac Lake) Keep it small, and never take a vacation.

The city of Plattsburgh has four public places where people can get together for fun - the beach, the marina, the gym, and the civic center. But all four are losing money.

In an effort to balance its budget, the city council presented a financial analysis of each facility its meeting earlier this month. People packed the meeting, asking the city to consider ways to keep the four facilities open.

New York state’s public campaign finance commission met for several hours on Columbus Day to discuss the nuts-and-bolts details of how to implement a matching public donor system for statewide races.

Bob Kasprzycki is an artist and writer from central New York who will open an exhibit of paintings next month at the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake. He's just published first novel, "The Talisman." Set in British Columbia, the novel explores the rich history and traditions of Native Americans in that region of North America.

North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville) held two town halls on Thursday, the first in Lowville and the second in Johnston. Stefanik made her first public comments on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump at the town hall Lowville yesterday.