Scott van Laer’s career moves full circle
Forest ranger Scott van Laer is retiring and taking a new role as director of the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center.
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‘Alpine Mary’ Lamb: A summit steward and 46’er many times over
When she’s not volunteering as a summit steward, Mary Lamb is doing trail work with the ADK46ers or answering questions, reading hiker accounts and looking at the photos of aspiring 46ers as an official correspondent for the program.
David Starbuck: Excavator of lost arcs
'Indiana' Starbuck unearthed park’s hidden tales. The Adirondack native taught thousands of diggers through 70 archaeological field schools.
NYS Sen. Dan Stec: ‘The hiking senator’
A conversation with the newly elected senator for a big part of the Adirondacks: "I'm all over the mountains."
Fusion owner infuses a taste of home into deli offerings
Every Thursday, Pragma Prajapati turns her Saranac Lake convenience store kitchen into a tiny pop-up Indian restaurant.
Cuomo advisor takes post at Adirondack Council
Cuomo's senior policy advisor for energy and the environment will be the Adirondack Council's vice president for conservation.
Farewell to an Adirondack legend
To know Pete Hornbeck was to love him, while appreciating his kindness, humor, generosity, quick wit, creativity and vast knowledge of all things Adirondack.
Brendan Wiltse: Champion for wilderness, known for motivating young activists
As a summit guide on Poke-O-Moonshine in college and later a summit steward for the Adirondack Mountain Club and then manager of John’s Brook Lodge for two and a half years while in grad school to become a scientist, Brandon Wiltse developed a real love of wilderness.
The joys and challenges of teaching in a small school district
Deborah Andersen has taught generations of third graders in Bolton Landing, including the parents of her students, most of her nieces and nephews, and her own children.
Ruth Kuhfahl: A friend to many, known for her trail work ethic
With her “easy projects” and welcoming personality, Ruth Kuhfahl has brought many people into the Adirondack fold and taught them about trail work