By Francesca Krempa Summer tourism in the Adirondacks will almost certainly look different this year, thanks to coronavirus. Different, but not impossible. To attract visitors and ensure a safe reopening this summer, businesses in Lake … [Read more...] about Southern Adirondacks look to boost confidence in safe reopening
Economy
Nature’s defense fund at risk
A pandemic threatens conservation budget and $3 billion environmental bond act By Gwendolyn Craig Early this year Gov. Andrew Cuomo held what one might call an uplifting budget presentation before an audience of state workers and legislators … [Read more...] about Nature’s defense fund at risk
Wanted: Doctors who love mountains
Park could face shortage as generation of adventurous family doctors retires By Leigh Hornbeck Woods McCahill moved to Lake Placid in 1980, fresh out of residency. It was always his dream to work as a family physician in the … [Read more...] about Wanted: Doctors who love mountains
Loan payoff brings a doctor home to the Adirondacks
Mary Halloran was serving in the Peace Corps in Niger when she decided she wanted to be a primary care doctor back home in the Adirondacks. Halloran, now 52, grew up in Minerva, a town of 800 in the southwestern corner of Essex County. She’s the … [Read more...] about Loan payoff brings a doctor home to the Adirondacks
Adirondack summer camps close or adapt for pandemic summer
By Janet Reynolds Children and parents everywhere have been getting the bad news in recent weeks as summer overnight camps in the Adirondacks began alerting them that the summer they had hoped to spend doing anything but sheltering in place is no … [Read more...] about Adirondack summer camps close or adapt for pandemic summer
Tourists return to Lake George
Million Dollar Beach will open Memorial Day weekend By Gwendolyn Craig A pandemic and restricted economy didn’t stop tourists from checking out Lake George on a sunny Thursday. The summery weather heading into Memorial Day weekend and the … [Read more...] about Tourists return to Lake George
