Stories of release: Inmates become writers
By Betsy Kepes
The incarcerated men are imaginative students, writing instructor Jackie Keren says, and they actively participate in class discussions and most are avid readers.
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Grants to help diversify two Adirondack destinations
The Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake and The Wild Center in Tupper Lake are partnering in the research project and training program. It will involve diversity training for staff and interviews with people of color in focus groups that are within driving distance from the destinations.
Race and real estate in Lake Placid
By Tim Rowland
Following the abolition of slavery, the South found new ways to exploit black workers. Ex-slaves were jailed for little or no reason and sentenced to hard labor. Others became sharecroppers, a form of virtual slavery that was all work and no reward.
Cocoa ‘on the edge of nowhere’ at Camp Santanoni
Beyond its historic intrigue, though, Newcomb's Camp Santanoni serves a more utilitarian purpose around two winter holidays and one March weekend: hot chocolate and a woodstove.
Adirondack Diversity Initiative director seeks to enrich park life
By Ben Westcott
Part of her job will be working to create diversity training programs that can be used by local businesses. This programming will train the staff of “customer-facing” companies to expand their ideas of diversity and welcoming.
A mountain shaped by fire
By Tim Rowland
In total, about 90 acres of woods were consumed by the fire, and bordering the burn site are acres and acres of what you would expect: spruce, fir, white pine, maple, birch—but no aspen.
A look at the 30th-anniversary edition of ‘Forest and Crag’
By Phil Brown
When Laura and Guy Waterman began researching and writing a history of hiking in the Northeast in 1979, they figured the project would take three years. Ten years later, the Appalachian Mountain Club released “Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains.”
Adirondack Experience digitizes maps spanning hundreds of years
The Adirondack Experience is digitizing 1,308 of the maps in its collection, dating back to 1703, thanks to a $60,500 grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
New Adirondack Welcome Center tells Park’s story
By Phil Brown
The Adirondack Welcome Center is a step up from the High Peaks Welcome Centers farther up the Northway.
‘Adirondack Explorer’ publishes Philip Terrie book
By Phil Brown
The new volume collects nearly sixty essays by an esteemed Adirondack historian.