Distilleries produce sanitizer
By Melissa Hart
Some Adirondack-area distilleries are switching gears and turning their product into hand sanitizer.
Stories
Small Adirondack hospital preps for COVID-19 in the rural North Country’s ‘calm before the storm’
The hospital has turned the old ambulatory surgery unit that had already been undergoing renovations into a temporary inpatient facility, increasing capacity for coronavirus patients by 50 percent and adding another four ICU beds.
State stocks trout as planned, to aid ‘mind and body’
By Ry Rivard
If a parking lot is packed, go somewhere else, and, if anglers are sharing a boat, they should stay 6 feet away from each other.
Essex County: Don’t visit us right now
The Essex County Board of Supervisors had a message for second home-owners and visitors to the Adirondacks on Tuesday: Stay away.
Historic dam in danger
By Tim Rowland
This 150-acre lake is a popular venue for anglers, boaters, hikers and birdwatchers. It was created nearly two centuries ago when the industrialists dammed up Putts Creek at the head of a precipitous chasm whose falls from the mountains into the Champlain Valley produced an awesome amount of industrial muscle.
Busted on the uphill at Whiteface
By Phil Brown
Whiteface should be able to develop a sensible policy that allows skiers to skin uphill throughout the day without putting downhill skiers in jeopardy.
Rangers rescue missing Marcy hiker
By Mike Lynch
Forest rangers located the missing Mount Marcy hiker Saturday, a 46-year-old Greenwich woman.
ADK, Keene, 46ers ask hikers to stay home
By Mike Lynch
The town of Keene, 46ers, and the Adirondack Mountain Club issued statements asking hikers to stay home and to follow coronavirus guidelines.
Adirondack songwriter sings his wish for safe neighbors
By Melissa Hart
In a post on Sunday, March 15, Dan Berggren writes “So what's a musician to do? Write a song and share it with you, so you can sing it and pass it on, too.”
Hudson River resort case referred to NY attorney general
Owners of The Brampton, a vacation destination in the Adirondacks along the Hudson River, were supposed to pay a fine of $87,600 by March 6. They have not.