Retiring school mascots
By Mike DeSocio
Adirondack schools move away from Native American team names, although some remain unchanged.
Stories
Parking stakes damaged, then repaired
By Tim Rowland
By Tim Rowland Someone who was apparently displeased with the state decision to cordon off parking areas on Route 73 to hiker traffic vandalized a section of “delineators,” metal pickets that were pounded into the pavement last month to prevent access to highway pull-offs. Social media photos showed the delineators bent to the ground, and…
State buys Huckleberry Mountain
The 1,263-acre purchase includes Crystal Brook, which the state’s announcement called an excellent cold-water stream for brook trout.
Lake George commission eyes weed killer that worked on Minerva Lake
The Adirondack Park Agency said a newly approved herbicide worked well killing Eurasian watermilfoil on Minerva Lake.
Searchers find missing man near West Pond
Forest rangers and other rescue personnel come to the aid of two men in separate incidents.
Six short spring hikes
Hiking in spring can have its rewards, even if it's messy at times.
Another crazy summer?
By Tim Rowland
Keene residents discuss plans for managing influx of visitors
Court of Appeals: Clearing trees for snowmobile trails unconstitutional
The decision by New York's highest court ends nearly eight years of litigation that divided environmental groups and overturns part of a lower court ruling.
The fight against sprawl
Woodward Lake project’s approval renews calls for smarter subdivision design
A bug-sized fight for hemlock trees
The silver flies' mission: To mate, lay their eggs and let their hatched babies devour the eggs of their prey, hemlock woolly adelgid.