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Policing for community

By Gwendolyn Craig

Training initiative puts focus on serve and protect

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Giving hunting a shot

By Megan Plete Postol

Women and 'newbies' adding to mix of Adirondack hunters

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Teacher becomes student, at the Ranger School

By Tracy Ormsbee

Baltimore teacher Tamara Jolly found solace at Wanakena's ranger school during the pandemic.

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Black & Hispanic caucus gathers in Adirondacks

By James Odato

Influential group draws top elected leaders to Lake Placid for first meeting outside of Albany

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Reborn on the Fourth of July

By Adirondack Explorer

For author, who has ALS, backcountry access is true independence

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Teen with disability finds ways to get outside

By Gillian Scott

Accessible recreation isn’t just for adults.

Young, rural and queer

By Megan Plete Postol

'Adirondack Queer' podcast sorts through issues around gender identity, growing up gay in the Adirondacks

Canoeists paddle with Outdoor Afro.

Outdoor Afro helps people of color find their Adirondack comfort zone

By Brandon Loomis

“There’s definitely comfort in numbers,” said Peggie Allen, of Troy. “It takes a lot to be the only person of color.”

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Bill would require diversity training for state’s tourism workers

By Tim Rowland

would be extended to employees of ORDA, the Department of Environmental Conservation and state contractors who have immediate contact with the public.

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Golfer and Indian Lake resident Dewey Brown broke through barriers

By Amy Scattergood

Dewey Brown, the first Black PGA member, bough Cedar River Golf Course in Indian Lake in 1947 and stayed there for the rest of his life.

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