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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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Rail Trail

Rail and trail: Your questions answered

By Tim Rowland

State agencies give project updates on the Lake Placid/Tupper Lake rail trail, and rail rehab from Big Moose to Tupper

A-frame at Frontier Town

A new life for an iconic landmark

By Tim Rowland

After decades of vacancy, the former Frontier Town A-Frame readies for re-opening.

George Carrothers

Long Lake business owner: Public access to causeway to remain in place

By Tim Rowland

George Carrothers says he will not fight an Adirondack Park Agency directive to tear out a lakeside deck at his bake shop.

Keene coffee shop after Irene

Looking back at Irene, 10 years later

By Tim Rowland

Keene and Jay residents reflect on the lasting impacts from Tropical Storm Irene, which swept through the North Country 10 years ago.

Essex County's hiker shuttle bus

Hiker shuttle to start Aug. 21

By Tim Rowland

A DEC schedule shows the bus running from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will start at Marcy Field, stopping at the Rooster Comb trailhead before proceeding to its turnaround point at the intersection of State Routes 73 and 9.

frontier town gateway a-frame building

Essex County looks to jump-start Frontier Town gateway project

By Tim Rowland

Essex County has unveiled tentative plans for an equestrian center and trail system on 100 acres it owns on former Frontier Town property.

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On Lake Placid’s Cascade Road, tensions flare around residential, commercial development

By Tim Rowland

Zipline attraction Experience Outdoors faces complaints from neighbors.

hikers during COVID

How Essex County tamed COVID

By Tim Rowland

This largely rural, tourist destination, managed to achieve one of the state's lowest infection rates.

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Rattlesnake sightings on the rise in the Champlain Valley

By Tim Rowland

A rash of recent timber rattlesnake sightings has Essex residents on guard and wondering what's causing it.

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High Peaks hiker shuttle could still run this summer

By Tim Rowland

State had planned to hold off till ’22, but now wants to run one bus By Tim Rowland The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Essex County hope to begin scaled-back version of their long-envisioned but stalled High Peaks hiker shuttle service next month, they announced. The plan is for hikers to reach…

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