Wanted: Doctors who love mountains
By Leigh Hornbeck
The Adirondacks could face a shortage as a generation of adventurous family doctors retires.
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Loan payoff brings a doctor home to the Adirondacks
By Leigh Hornbeck
The answer to how she could both practice family medicine in the Adirondacks and pay her loans came from the 24-bed Elizabethtown Community Hospital, managed by the University of Vermont, in 2012.
Who’s counting peaks?
By Leigh Hornbeck
During my hikes with my kids, I’ve urged them to look around and enjoy nature. We identify trees and admire bark patterns and observe how moss grows. We leave only footprints, take only pictures.
Saratoga planners envision trail to the Adirondacks
By Leigh Hornbeck
The Palmertown Range is attractive to conservationists for several reasons. Studies by the Open Space Institute shows it offers migrating animals like moose and black bear a connection between the Adirondacks, the Green and White mountains and north into Maine.
Raising Kane
By Leigh Hornbeck
It’s scary to get lost while hiking. It’s worse when you have children who depend on you to deliver them safely out of the woods.