Double H Ranch, a “magical place” for kids, closes summer camp in response to coronavirus
For the first time in its 28 years, Double H Ranch’s summer program was canceled. It typically serves around 900 children from June through August.
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‘A moment for crafts people to shine’
By Melissa Hart
Saranac Lake resident Gail Brill wanted to do something to help out during the COVID-19 crisis. So she put her creative skills to work, mobilizing a team of sewers scattered around the Tri-lakes area. They’ve been keeping busy sewing and distributing cloth masks to frontline workers around the region. Read about it in the Adirondack…
Meet Michael Barrett, the Adirondack Mountain Club’s new executive director
Michael Barrett talks about his new role as the executive director of the Adirondack Mountain Club, and what's next for the organization.
After a decade that reshaped the park, DEC regional director Bob Stegemann retires
By Tim Rowland
By Tim Rowland The timing of his tenure as Region 5 director for the Department of Environmental Conservation is not lost on Robert Stegemann. “I came in with Hurricane Irene and I’m going out with the coronavirus,” he said. But in between it was quite a run, a decade that is likely to be noted…
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.”
Brief Bio: Jake O’Connell
Advice for getting through winter: Get out and hike!
Trailblazer: Bob Liseno
Bob Liseno is a volunteer at the Adirondack Education Center in Saranac Lake, where he teaches students how to build lean-tos.
Honoring Inez Milholland
A mountain in Lewis, NY was renamed for suffragist Inez Milholland in December 2019. Video by Molly Ormsbee.
David Kanietakeron Fadden
David Fadden uses the Six Nations Indian Museum in Onchiota, his talks, and storytelling to dispel stereotypes about Native Americans.
Kathleen Suozzo
Kathleen Suozzo’s work is at the heart of one of the more difficult issues facing the Adirondacks today: upgrading aging waste-water and drinking-water treatment facilities in small communities.