Long Lake lures tourists with drone’s-eye view
“It’s absolutely vital to our survival to market the Adirondacks to tourism. The industries that existed years ago in the Adirondacks aren’t here anymore."
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Cuomo budget prioritizes fight against climate change
"New York has to be the state that stands up and says once and for all, 'We have to do more and we have to do it faster, and let's pledge the largest amount of any state in the United States of America.'"
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.
Adirondack farmer-author discusses new memoir, and Essex Farm
Kristin Kimball owns and runs Essex Farm, the Champlain Valley, with her husband Mark. Simon & Schuster recently published her second memoir about her family’s life on the farm, “Good Husbandry,” a sequel to her 2010 bestseller, “The Dirty Life.”
Champlain Valley farmers branch out
Essex County’s farming revival of the last decade or so, which primarily fed regional markets at first, is increasingly supported by sales in urban markets elsewhere in the state—often in New York City.
Wanted: Adirondack home health aides
An increasing number of elderly residents in the Adirondacks are unable to get the care they need because of a severe shortage of those willing to do the work. Even as the number of home health aides has declined, the elderly population in the Adirondacks is growing.
Governor’s 2020 agenda has an environmental focus and a $3 billion “Mother Nature” fund
Though Cuomo did not specifically talk about these projects on Wednesday, the 318-page State of the State book mentions the Adirondacks 12 times, and statewide proposed programs and legislation could also affect the park.
State investment to save Lake George millions in sewer treatment
The roughly $24 million project is a necessary water-quality protection measure for Lake George, but it has also been a taxpayer nightmare.
Want to farm? Here are 2 opportunities
By Melissa Hart
Local farms hiring for 2020 season If you are interested in getting involved in farm work, two great local farms recently posted job announcements. In AuSable Forks, the historic Asgaard Farm & Dairy is recruiting a full-time farmer, with duties that include livestock management, fieldwork and participating in the daily milking rotation. The ideal candidate…