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backcountry skiing

Backcountry ski options: Where to start?

By Mike Lynch

A beginner's guide for picking skis for the woods

road salt

Ghost panel misses first statutory deadline

By Zachary Matson

A mandated panel to study road salt contamination in the Adirondack Park still has not been formed. 

inlet school

In Inlet, a shuttered school is reborn

By Jamie Organski

Inlet Area Community Task Force creates gathering space for shared learning

Mt. Jo

An updated trail for a popular hike

By Mike Lynch

ADK gets grant to fund trail work planned for Mt. Jo

spirit sanctuary

A true sanctuary

By Tim Rowland

Spirit Sanctuary Trail offers peaceful stroll, passing by green burial site

Bob Jones

Fish in a barrel

By Tom French

Cranberry Lake carver Bob Jones has 'hatched' countless fish, bird decoys over the decades he's pursued his craft.

OSI Warren County land purchase

Piecing the puzzle: OSI deepens connections between Saratoga County, Adirondacks

By Mike Lynch

Lake Luzerne acquisition creates corridor linking Moreau Lake park to Ralph Road State Forest

cheney

A hike with charm and grit

By Tim Rowland

Short hike up Cheney offers a view to extraction history

Mike Lynch: Inspired by the Adirondacks

By Mike Lynch

Multimedia reporter describes why he loves working at the Adirondack Explorer.

moriah shock rally

Moriah community: Moriah Shock is more than a prison

By Tim Rowland

Closure of Moriah Shock opposed by inmates and community alike

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