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Editorial Scams of all sorts have grown more frequent in recent years — maybe even more so in this last year, judging by what we hear from readers and loved ones, and what we see come into our own phones and email. Friday’s Enterprise contained an in-depth report by Aaron Cerbone about unemployment fraud, which has exploded this past year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, putting millions of Americans out of work. The federal and state governments helped those people by adding to their unemployment checks by quite a lot. Unintentionally, however, that sweetened the pot for scammers, and...

Adirondack Daily Enterprise A woman from Saranac Lake received a letter from the state Department of Labor telling her she had unemployment insurance money to collect — and then another and another. All of them looked very official. The woman, whom the Enterprise is not naming to protect her from retribution, said the phone numbers, postage and Key Bank debit card she got all seemed legitimate. But the letters inside telling her she had unemployment insurance to collect did not make any sense. She’s retired. “I thought, ‘Maybe New York state is really losing it,'” she said. The let...

File photo -- Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise Mar 02, 2021 — County health departments are getting big deliveries of coronavirus vaccines and lots of appointments are available. Jefferson County's clinic is Wednesday 8am-5pm at Jefferson Community College's McVean Gymnasium in Watertown. County health officials say they will be administering 1,170 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine, with "lots of appointments to fill." Appointments can be made online or by calling the county Office for the Aging at 315-785-3191. Transportation arrangements are available through the Volunte...

File photo -- Aaron Cerbone, Adirondack Daily Enterprise Mar 02, 2021 — County health departments are getting big deliveries of coronavirus vaccines and lots of appointments are available. Jefferson County's clinic is Wednesday 8am-5pm at Jefferson Community College's McVean Gymnasium in Watertown. County health officials say they will be administering 1,170 first doses of the coronavirus vaccine, with "lots of appointments to fill." Appointments can be made online or by calling the county Office for the Aging at 315-785-3191. Transportation arrangements are available through the Volunte...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo acknowledged in a statement late Sunday afternoon that some of the things he has said to women may have been “misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation.” Following a Saturday report from the New York Times that he allegedly sexually harassed a second woman, the governor, for the first time, said he now understands his actions “may have been insensitive or too personal” and some of his comments “made others feel in ways I never intended.” The governor’s statement came on the heels of a second woman coming forward with allegat...