Small Adirondack community rallies to change racist hill name
Name-change petition circulates for renaming hill in Franklin County after historic Black settlers
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Tractor Supply’s focus on ‘rural priorities’ leads to resignations at company’s Ray Brook store
As company rolls back DEI and environmental policies in response to conservative backlash, employees of Ray Brook location quit in protest
Saranac Lake rallies around LGBTQ activist who has been target of vandalism
By Lauren Yates
Kelly Metzgar, director of Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance, has seen repeated vandalism of her Pride flags
Bringing Black history to light
By Tim Rowland
Author Amy Godine digs into little-known Adirondack history in her new book 'The Black Woods'
John Thomas Brook name change made official
By Tim Rowland
A sign was unveiled Saturday officially changing the name of Negro Brook in Vermontville
Honoring Blacksville
By Tim Rowland
Historic marker gives recognition to little-known Black settlement in Loon Lake
Advocates cheer Adirondack brook’s name change
By Mike Lynch
The renaming of a brook in honor of 19th century Black settler John Thomas has given diversity advocates a burst of hope.
Exploring climate and justice from Brooklyn to the Adirondacks’ Timbuctoo
Students to travel to Adirondacks this summer as part of inaugural climate and science institute
Keeping the Mohawk language alive
By Times Union
Paul Smith’s students help build mobile cultural center to bring books to Akwesasne residents
Report provides inclusion ‘blueprint’ for New York’s outdoors
The state has work to do to make open spaces more equitable, inclusive and accessible, according to a new report.