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Portrait of a community

By Leigh Hornbeck

North Creek’s decade-long art project reflects shared vision

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Exploring questions for the year ahead

By Brandon Loomis

The Adirondack Explorer heads into 2021 the same way we and inquiring readers begin every year: with lots of questions.

Comments show divide over Lake Luzerne map amendment proposal

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Town of Lake Luzerne’s request to weaken Adirondack Park Agency zoning restrictions on about 104 acres is moving forward.

OSI buys 2,200 acres in eastern Adirondacks

By Mike Lynch

The Open Space Institute has purchased 2,229 acres in the eastern Adirondacks and intends to eventually sell it to the state, the nonprofit announced Monday.

2020 EXPLORED: The state budget

By Gwendolyn Craig

Pandemic knocked an ambitious state budget, but some funding hung on

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.

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Q&A with Chad Dawson about resigning from the APA

By Gwendolyn Craig

Chad Dawson spoke with Adirondack Explorer about his growing frustration on the APA board and why he resigned.

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Wendy Hall: Defender of all living things

By Tracy Ormsbee

Wendy and her husband Steve have turned their concern for animals into the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge in Wilmington

Essex Chain Lakes culvert passage.

Campfires now OK at Essex Chain Lakes primitive tent sites

By Gwendolyn Craig

Campfires are now allowed at 11 primitive camp sites in the Essex Chain Lakes, and parking will be installed at the old Outer Gooley Club.

DEC, APA ask public what to do at Debar Mountain Complex

By Gwendolyn Craig

The public will have more time to comment on the state’s proposal to tear down an historic Adirondack camp and put up a day-use area.

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