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George Carrothers

Long Lake business owner: Public access to causeway to remain in place

By Tim Rowland

George Carrothers says he will not fight an Adirondack Park Agency directive to tear out a lakeside deck at his bake shop.

High Peaks wedding

Hikers weigh in on best date excursions

By Melissa Hart

10+ ideas for hikes that could take a relationship to new heights

AFRs Bowler and Farry and EMS personnel on shore of Little Square Pond

Rangers assist in Black River flooding, and help hikers

By Adirondack Explorer

Rangers assist lost, injured and dehydrated hikers around the park.

White Lake

DEC to hold Sept. 2 public hearing on proposed White Lake quarry project

By Megan Plete Postol

Independent consultant deems application 'insufficient'

Clarence Petty helps a legislative fact-finding team make dinner over a campfire in 1961.

‘A Wild Idea’

By Adirondack Explorer

Book tells the story of the at-times contentious campaign to create the Adirondack Park Agency

mountain haze

Learning to love Mount Haystack’s elusive summit

By Mike DeSocio

On 2 different climbs, author encounters clouds and haze, blocking stellar views

Keene coffee shop after Irene

Looking back at Irene, 10 years later

By Tim Rowland

Keene and Jay residents reflect on the lasting impacts from Tropical Storm Irene, which swept through the North Country 10 years ago.

Another Paradise Cove

In Long Lake, a deck dispute prompts landowner to push back

By Gwendolyn Craig

Found in violation, a Long Lake business pushes back against Adirondack Park Agency's enforcement process.

oswegatchie headwaters

Up the Oswegatchie without a paddle

By Tom French

In search of the river's elusive headwater

help wanted signs

Businesses struggle with limited, overworked staff; influx of summer visitors

By Jamie Organski

'Help wanted' signs abound in Adirondack communities, as business owners find themselves stretched thin trying to remain open.

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