Bonding over broadband
By Tim Rowland
May 30, 2021
Lagging in Wi-Fi access, rural neighbors work together to forge connections
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Tim Rowland is a columnist, author and outdoors writer living in Jay.
By Tim Rowland
May 30, 2021
Lagging in Wi-Fi access, rural neighbors work together to forge connections
By Tim Rowland
May 17, 2021
The state Department of Environmental Conservation provided a written statement confirming that it will work with the local governments to create a shuttle system with restroom and parking in 2022 to "play a critical role in helping to manage sustainable visitation in the High Peaks."
By Tim Rowland
May 11, 2021
Controversial delineators on Route 73 in Keene Valley may not be permanent, depending on the results of an ongoing experiment to manage an abundance of hiker traffic, said DEC officials at a meeting Monday night in Keene.
By Tim Rowland
May 8, 2021
By Tim Rowland Someone who was apparently displeased with the state decision to cordon off parking areas on Route 73 to hiker traffic vandalized a section of “delineators,” metal pickets that were pounded into the pavement last month to prevent access to highway pull-offs. Social media photos showed the delineators bent to the ground, and…
By Tim Rowland
May 5, 2021
Keene residents discuss plans for managing influx of visitors
By Tim Rowland
April 27, 2021
Around 100 people cleared out 2,000 pounds from Ausable River's banks this past weekend
By Tim Rowland
April 11, 2021
When complete the Adirondack section of the trail will be, at 160 miles, longer than the Northville-Placid Trail.
By Tim Rowland
February 28, 2021
Boatbuilder Peter Hornbeck was a Renaissance man whose light canoes and weighty legacy flow through Adirondack Park lore.
By Tim Rowland
January 20, 2021
A day in the life of ice fishing on Osgood Pond
By Tim Rowland
December 30, 2020
“There will be some churches that will die. But every death brings with it something new.”