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Amy Scattergood

Amy Scattergood is the former Food editor of the Los Angeles Times and the co-author of a book on whole grain baking and another of poetry.

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Golfer and Indian Lake resident Dewey Brown broke through barriers

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Dewey Brown, the first Black PGA member, bough Cedar River Golf Course in Indian Lake in 1947 and stayed there for the rest of his life.

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Safe spaces

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Camps home in on diversity as part of overall mission

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Keeping the campfires burning

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This summer, camps across the Adirondacks will reopen, filling cabins, launching canoes and relighting those campfires, albeit carefully.

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New grocer provides taste of Old World flavors

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Mini Euromart brings hard-to-find continental cuisine staples to the Adirondacks.

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Fusion owner infuses a taste of home into deli offerings

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Every Thursday, Pragma Prajapati turns her Saranac Lake convenience store kitchen into a tiny pop-up Indian restaurant.

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