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Bob Jones

Fish in a barrel

By Tom French

Cranberry Lake carver Bob Jones has 'hatched' countless fish, bird decoys over the decades he's pursued his craft.

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Peter Paine: in his sixth decade of fighting for the Adirondacks

By Contributing Writer

Peter Paine is the last surviving member of the TSC and spent decades on the APA board, but that is only half the story

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From Haystack to Nye, 100 years later

By Philip Terrie

Bob Marshall’s pamphlet of the peaks nears centennial

Clarence Jefferson Hall

Prisons expose gap in Adirondack history

By Holly Riddle

North Country native shines a light on the region’s relationship with prisons, and their invisible labor 

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6 facts about conservationist Peter Paine

By Mike Lynch

Learn more about Peter Paine, who has spent more than six decades helping to conserve the Adirondack Park.

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‘Haunted Adirondacks’

By Contributing Writer

Spooky tales and shaky details lurk within these Blue Line spots

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The Pavilion in Ticonderoga: An American treasure

By Tim Rowland

Fort Ti visitors will soon see the results of years-long restoration project of the Pavilion

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Bridges of the Ausable River

By Tom French

Representing two centuries of engineering history, sixteen of the Ausable River's bridges are listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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The case of the missing climbing pitons

By Phil Brown

Old markers have vanished from two Chapel Pond Slab climbs

Beaver Point lean-to's profile.

Lean-tos, and the people who love them

By Brandon Loomis

Lean-to love: Volunteers pay homage to the quintessential Adirondack shelter.

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