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street view of a log cabin building in lake placid

Iconic building at Lake Placid’s Olympic Center to be torn down

By James Odato

Former bar, currently a gift shop to be razed to make room for expanded entrance to complex

Leo DuFour

Remains of missing Canadian hiker found

By Adirondack Explorer

Leo DuFour became lost on Allen Mt. in Nov. 2024. A hiking party discovered his body on May 10

group of SCA student volunteers wearing blue shirts and yellow hard hats sitting on a bridge

AmeriCorps programs hope to continue despite losing funding

By Mike Lynch

Student Conservation Association trail work crews expect to start on time

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Paddling in his wake, through Adirondack waters

By Contributing Writer

A tribute to Don Morris, paddling legend, devoted father

A rendering shows the Paul Smith's Power and Light Building at 1-3 Main St. in the village of Saranac Lake as the Adirondack Park Agency's new headquarters. The agency would build a 19,000-square-foot addition behind it and a new parking lot.

State budget funds Saranac Lakes capacity study, boosts APA building fund

By Zachary Matson

The New York State budget feels more tenuous as federal funding cuts loom.

osprey nest

Insurance co. backtracks on Audubon Society cancellation after public outcry

By James Odato

Audubon chapter rejects offer from The Hartford to reinstate coverage

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Panel weighs in on balancing solar development with environmental protection in the Adirondacks

By Zachary Matson

How to balance farmland preservation with renewable energy goals in the Adirondack Park?

‘Envirothon’ gets students out of the classroom and into the woods

By Tim Rowland

Students draw on knowledge of Adirondack Park in annual science competition

Damion Stodola of the APA

Night of APA staff socializing ends with top lawyer involved in Saranac Lake bar fight

By Zachary Matson

Within hours of an Adirondack Park Agency staff social event at a bowling alley, Damion Stodola was involved in a physical altercation at the Waterhole

From left, Hamilton County IDA Executive Director Christy Wilt, Hamlets to Huts Executive Director Joe Dadey, local government leader Bill Farber, and ALT's Megan Stevenson at Griffin Gorge on the East Branch of the Sacandaga River in the town of Wells. Erika Bailey, courtesy Adirondack Land Trust

Hamlets To Huts to get land in Wells for developing lodge

By Mike Lynch

The 18-acre property is located off Route 8 in the southern Adirondacks

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