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A rendering shows a lodge proposed as part of Kampgrounds of America and Terramor Outdoor Resort's Adirondacks project.

Company looks to transform old KOA campground into glamping destination

By Gwendolyn Craig

Terramor Outdoor Resort, a Maine glamping operation owned by Kampgrounds of America, is looking to open a location in the Adirondacks.

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Region’s housing problems revealed

By Tim Rowland

Comprehensive four-county study digs into the roots of the Adirondacks' housing issues and offers solutions

winter squash

How big is too big? Small farms lay bare the struggles they face

By Tim Rowland

Essex County farm owners get candid about difficulties in growing pains, finding the right scale, maintaining profitability

Pataki

Former NYS governor wants to rent you one of his Adirondack homes

By Gwendolyn Craig

Three of the cottages on the 300-acre farm in Essex would be short-term rentals, according to an application to the APA

Adam Wild, director of the Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid, stands in between some tapped beech trees. Photo by Mike Lynch

Seeing the potential in beech

By Mike Lynch

A Lake Placid scientist sees an untapped potential in a tree species that has traditionally been considered a nuisance by many foresters and maple syrup producers. 

Sweet success in Lyon Mountain

By Adirondack Explorer

A Lyon Mountain operation is now producing birch syrup, and walnut and beech and butternut and, perhaps someday soon, linden (aka basswood) syrups.

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Amtrak’s Adirondack line to resume April 3

By Times Union

The Adirondack route runs from New York City to Montreal

Bob Calli of People First presents at View in Old Forge

Emotions high over proposed Old Forge housing project

By Jamie Organski

More than 150 people came to View in Old Forge Tuesday for two emotionally charged sessions over six hours about a now controversial affordable housing development.

Jon Close, a farmer from Mayfield with a long beard and wearing a purple sweatshirt, stands outside the Mayfield Fire House.

Mayfield farmer is betting on solar

By Gwendolyn Craig

A Fulton County dairy farmer is hoping to keep his business afloat with the addition of a 40-megawatt solar array.

orange and gray painted roof under cloudy

Essex County communities see $1B spike in property values

By Tim Rowland

Property values in Essex County — the eastern heart of the Adirondacks — total nearly $1 billion more today than a year ago.

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