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When life gives you rain, go on a mushroom hunt

By Tim Rowland

A fruitful search for fungi on Champlain Area Trails in Essex

Students at Paul Smith's College stroll from campus building.

State police officials choose Cazenovia over Paul Smith’s College

By James Odato

New York State Police chose a closed central New York college for its auxiliary academy

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Schroon Lake discovery reunites owner with 1972 ring

By Times Union

Craig Stump, 8, found half-century-old class ring at the Schroon Lake beach

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Rangers gain experience fighting Quebec wildfires

By Mike Lynch

Four Adirondack rangers return from two-week assignment

What does the future hold for short-term rentals in the Adirondacks?

By Tim Rowland

A look at the conditions that fanned the flames of the STR boom, and what's in store

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Help is on the way: Saranac Lofts

By Tim Rowland

Affordable apartments and commercial space in downtown Saranac Lake

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Unknown vandals rip up Keene’s Marcy Field

By Tim Rowland

Adirondack landmark, softened by recent rains, now marked by deep ruts.

Huge Eastern white pine discovered in the Adirondacks

By Chloe Bennett

A record-breaking heavyweight thrives in old growth grove in Hamilton County

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Paul Smith’s College breaks with Fedcap

By James Odato

Paul Smith's College Interim President Daniel Kelting notified faculty and staff that the school will be unwinding its administrative partnership with Fedcap and the school had terminated its application for approval of the Fedcap acquisition.

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State investigating cloudy creek near Barton Mines

By Gwendolyn Craig

This story has been updated to include new information provided by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. It also corrects the flow of Thirteenth Brook.

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