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Tim Rowland

Tim Rowland is a columnist, author and outdoors writer living in Jay. He can be reached at [email protected].

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The Sacandaga River above Auger Falls.

Exploring Auger Falls on the Sacandaga River

By Tim Rowland

A short jaunt in Wells best done as a loop

carved bear statue wearing a covid N-95 mask

Covid and beyond: Labor shifts are transforming North Country job market

By Tim Rowland

How Covid impacted the Adirondack labor market, which faces new challenges and adaptations

Abandoned house in the Town of Jay that will be rehabbed by Essex County.

Combating blight: Essex County launches program to transform vacant spaces into rentals

By Tim Rowland

An Essex County Land Bank initiative could result in more than 25 long-term apartment rentals, primarily in vacant upper stories of commercial building

knob lock summit

Knob Lock Mountain: Less traffic, more adventure

By Tim Rowland

Late summer is ideal time for hiking Adirondack herd paths

inmates at moriah shock

Adirondacks’ post-1970s economic shift: The rise of tourism, prisons

By Tim Rowland

Following a decline of industry, prisons were seen as an economic driver in the Adirondacks. Now tourism is taking its place.

The Rattlesnake Knob trail offers excellent Adirondack views.

Glimpses of the past and present at Rattlesnake Knob

By Tim Rowland

Former Four Peaks Camp adds 600 acres to state-owned land in Jay

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How Ticonderoga is addressing a childcare shortage

By Tim Rowland

Community turns former Catholic School into childcare center run by Silver Bay YMCA

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Run-down real estate set for reuse in two Adirondack centers

By Tim Rowland

Housing advocates work to add units in Jay and Tupper Lake.

View from Kipp Mountain

Unplanned detour leads to serendipitous trek up Chester’s Kipp Mountain

By Tim Rowland

A thwarted day trip turns into a smokehouse visit and a 'Chester Challenge' hike

The Hale House in Elizabethtown, which will become affordable housing.

Historic Elizabethtown compound to become affordable housing

By Tim Rowland

Northern Forest Center to turn Robert Hale House into 5-7 housing units

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