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Coronavirus changes boat inspection programs in Adirondacks

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Lake George Park Commission announced it is pushing back its inspection program from May 1 to June 1 “to protect the health and safety of the boating public and the commission’s boat inspection staff,."

NYS closes golf courses, marinas, boat launches

By Adirondack Explorer

An expansion of the “NY PAUSE” definition of “non-essential” businesses has resulted in the shuttering of boat launches, marinas and golf courses across the state. In an update on April 9, Empire State Development issued the following: Parks and other open public spaces are essential, except playgrounds and other areas of congregation where social distancing…

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ADK puts Northville-Placid Trail Challenge on hold

By Adirondack Explorer

In line with Governor Cuomo’s directive for New York State to PAUSE amidst the COVID19 pandemic and Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Michael Barrett’s urging to”hike locally and individually,” the Northville Placid Trail Challenge is suspended until further notice. This action was taken by the ADK Schenectady Chapter, which manages the challenge. While the trail remains…

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Coronavirus-related closures continue, including Hotel Saranac

By Gwendolyn Craig

A number of businesses are closing in response to the coronavirus, and Hotel Saranac is the latest. The hotel hopes to reopen later in the year.

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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…

DEC is asking people to take precautions when using trail registers to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo by Mike Lynch

DEC: take precautions when using trailhead registers

By Mike Lynch

The state Department of Environmental Conservation offered recommendations for using trailhead registers during the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Forest ranger tests positive for COVID-19

By Gwendolyn Craig

An Adirondack Park forest ranger has tested positive for the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks at hospital partnerships between upstate and downstate.

Seasonal residents get mixed welcome in return to Adirondack communities

By Gwendolyn Craig

“Most of us want to get here because we feel safer and because we don't want to get stranded for months someplace else."

Distilleries produce sanitizer

By Melissa Hart

Some Adirondack-area distilleries are switching gears and turning their product into hand sanitizer.

Small Adirondack hospital preps for COVID-19 in the rural North Country’s ‘calm before the storm’

By Adirondack Explorer

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.

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