Distilleries produce sanitizer
By Melissa Hart
Some Adirondack-area distilleries are switching gears and turning their product into hand sanitizer.
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Small Adirondack hospital preps for COVID-19 in the rural North Country’s ‘calm before the storm’
The hospital has turned the old ambulatory surgery unit that had already been undergoing renovations into a temporary inpatient facility, increasing capacity for coronavirus patients by 50 percent and adding another four ICU beds.
Essex County: Don’t visit us right now
The Essex County Board of Supervisors had a message for second home-owners and visitors to the Adirondacks on Tuesday: Stay away.
Historic dam in danger
By Tim Rowland
This 150-acre lake is a popular venue for anglers, boaters, hikers and birdwatchers. It was created nearly two centuries ago when the industrialists dammed up Putts Creek at the head of a precipitous chasm whose falls from the mountains into the Champlain Valley produced an awesome amount of industrial muscle.
Adirondack songwriter sings his wish for safe neighbors
By Melissa Hart
In a post on Sunday, March 15, Dan Berggren writes “So what's a musician to do? Write a song and share it with you, so you can sing it and pass it on, too.”
Hudson River resort case referred to NY attorney general
Owners of The Brampton, a vacation destination in the Adirondacks along the Hudson River, were supposed to pay a fine of $87,600 by March 6. They have not.
Park Agency presses forward with Tri-Lakes rail trail
By Tim Rowland
The line operated until freight service ceased in 1972. It was acquired by the state two years later. A 1996 UMP called for the line to become a scenic railway with adjoining recreation where possible, but that plan was never fully realized.
Two High Peaks rangers deployed for coronavirus response; governor announces new regulations
As cases of coronavirus continue to climb in New York, two forest rangers from the Adirondack Park’s High Peaks, are helping downstate.
State to New Yorkers: Get fresh air, cautiously
By Mike Lynch
"Traveling six hours to hike defeats the purposes of defeating the pandemic."
A welcoming wildland outpost
Between Cranberry Lake and Star Lake, just off St. Lawrence County Route 61, in the hamlet of Wanakena, Otto’s Abode aims to be not just a beacon of light during the desolate months, but one in a series of “Stations without a Signal."