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people surrounding a hole in the ice and pulling out a fish

Ice fishing picks up new fans, thanks to guide

By Contributing Writer

Hungry Trout Fly Shop owner uses frozen lakes to provide outdoor learning

People gathered around a maple syrup evaporator

Adirondack maple producers see early start to season

By Holly Riddle

Early warm weather starts sap flowing, and causes problems for small producers

Ferris examining a Kent painting of the falls on the East Branch of the Ausable River in Jay.

Portrait of an Adirondack artist

By Tim Rowland

New Rockwell Kent exhibit at SUNY Plattsburgh shows evolution of his work and showcases the breadth of the college's collection

Dave Gibson wearing plaid shirt stands next to a fireplace

A high-tech approach to telling stories

By Tim Rowland

Warren County oral history project uses new tools to tell old Adirondack tales

The original ledger showing the deed of properties being transferred to Blacks in the 1850s

In the Adirondacks, a pre-Civil War fight for voting rights

By Times Union

Pre-Civil War ledger documents Adirondack property transfers that helped secure voting rights for Black men

A statue of abolitionist John Brown and an African American child at John Brown Farm in North Elba.

State and local partners build plans for John Brown Farm

By Gwendolyn Craig

State agencies and John Brown Lives! are taking a close look at John Brown Farm and what its future could hold.

Slushing the High Ice at the saranac lake ice palace

Saranac Lake ice palace takes shape

By Tom French

Volunteers forge ahead on annual winter carnival tradition

View off the rest Range from a cliff on Potash.

The potash connection

By Tim Rowland

Solving a forest mystery

Judy Stock, publisher emerita of The Hague Chronicle

Chronicling Hague

By Tim Rowland

Community-run publication documents small-town Adirondack life

Akwesasne paul smiths bookmobile

Keeping the Mohawk language alive

By Times Union

Paul Smith’s students help build mobile cultural center to bring books to Akwesasne residents

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