Nonprofit offers half-price assisted living trial to help meet elder care needs
By Tim Rowland
Neighborhood House in Keene Valley hopes to draw attention to aging population in the Adirondacks
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Road to Garden trailhead in Keene reopened after flooding
By Tim Rowland
Flooding has washed out Johns Brook Road, closing access to the Garden trailhead in Keene Valley. The repairs will likely take a few days.
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Adirondack hiker shuttles shelved for year
By Tim Rowland
The state Department of Environmental Conservation provided a written statement confirming that it will work with the local governments to create a shuttle system with restroom and parking in 2022 to "play a critical role in helping to manage sustainable visitation in the High Peaks."
Keene residents, officials weigh in on parking situation
By Tim Rowland
Controversial delineators on Route 73 in Keene Valley may not be permanent, depending on the results of an ongoing experiment to manage an abundance of hiker traffic, said DEC officials at a meeting Monday night in Keene.
Parking stakes damaged, then repaired
By Tim Rowland
By Tim Rowland Someone who was apparently displeased with the state decision to cordon off parking areas on Route 73 to hiker traffic vandalized a section of “delineators,” metal pickets that were pounded into the pavement last month to prevent access to highway pull-offs. Social media photos showed the delineators bent to the ground, and…
Another crazy summer?
By Tim Rowland
Keene residents discuss plans for managing influx of visitors
Summer roadwork planned for Route 73
By Phil Brown
DOT plans to replace guardrails on stretch of road in Keene Valley
Essex County to run free High Peaks trail buses this summer
By Tim Rowland
The shuttles will operate 16 hours a day and pass every Route 73 trailhead once every half hour.
Keene Valley looks to better educate throngs of High Peaks hikers
By Tim Rowland
Many if not most of the hikers arriving in Keene Valley are simply on their own, and that’s led to what officials are calling a crisis of parking and a concentration of too many hikers on too few trails.
Garden parking lot to open Friday
By Mike Lynch
A key gateway to the High Peaks will reopen to motor vehicles on Friday. The popular Garden parking lot in Keene Valley has been closed since the spring due to a bridge replacement project on Johns Brook Lane.