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By Stephen Leon When Enchanted Forest Water Safari officials announced the park would not open for the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 crisis, Old Forge area residents and businesses feared that the closure would hit the local economy hard. There would be lost summer jobs, lost sales-tax revenue, and lost business income that would…
Despite coronavirus, many recently opened hotels, restaurants and attractions around the park are anticipating a bustling, albeit different, Fourth of July.
By Janet Reynolds Predicting the 2020 Adirondack Park tourism season’s crucial cash infusion is like trying to read a crystal ball. It’s a murky crystal ball, at that. The variables include the success of a state-mandated, four-phase reopening of the economy. If that goes well, there’s still the question of whether visitors will actually travel…
By James Odato
Lake Placid is preparing for 2,500 top athletes from around the globe to compete at some of the state’s most prestigious sports venues in January 2023.
For many families the shortage of providers or the prohibitive cost of enrolling in a child care center means looking elsewhere for support.
While the spread of coronavirus has remained relatively contained throughout the Lake George area, the community is aware its threat hasn’t completely subsided, especially as tourists travel in from other places.
“When you’re looking at being tens of billions of dollars in the hole, I don’t think voters of New York are going to say, ‘Let’s add another $3 billion.'"
The Adirondacks could face a shortage as a generation of adventurous family doctors retires.
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.
The impact of the closures goes beyond the personal disappointment of the families and the camp owners.