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Regulators and Rebels pt 8: The rebellion

By Adirondack Explorer

Tony D’Elia led call to 'abolish the APA'

Birchbark Bookshop

Rustic Adirondackana

By Adirondack Explorer

Birchbark Bookshop in the Adirondack foothills is a rough-hewn slice of North Country history

David Starbuck: Excavator of lost arcs

By Gwendolyn Craig

'Indiana' Starbuck unearthed park’s hidden tales. The Adirondack native taught thousands of diggers through 70 archaeological field schools.

Underground Railroad Museum

No longer underground

By Mike DeSocio

A North Country museum looks for new ways to tell the stories of the Underground Railroad

The year without Canadians in the Adirondacks

By Contributing Writer

New York's wildland trails, ski slopes and lakes have had less of a Canadian accent with the border closed during a pandemic year.

A little kindness, and a look at the week’s top stories

By Melissa Hart

The legacy of Tupper Lake department store owner Mose Ginsberg and more of the week's stories from the Adirondack Explorer and Almanack.

Public, preservationists voice support for Debar Lodge

By Gwendolyn Craig

The proposal to remove an Adirondack camp is a state Constitutional conundrum that has opened the floodgates of public comment.

Masten House

SUNY ESF foundation sells Masten House for $1 million

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Masten House has been sold for $1 million and will be a private residence, ruling out any plans for a High Peaks visitors center.

Remnants of the past: Lake George construction site exposes burial ground

By Gwendolyn Craig

Bones tell park's Revolution story, and raise questions about protections

Monty Worth climbs Bob's Knob Standard

Erasing discriminatory climbing route names

By Phil Brown

“In short, we recognize the problem, and want to be part of the solution—we will change route names.”

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