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Adirondack Shakespeare Company’s Third Season Underway
The Adirondack Shakespeare Company (ADK Shakes) is back for their third season. This year’s Summer Festival Season features Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Hamlet, as well as Tom Stoppard’s comedy...
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APA Meeting Thursday Focusing on Economic Development
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at its Headquarters in Ray Brook, NY on Thursday, August 16, 2012. The meeting is one day only and will be webcast...
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Adirondack Family Activities:Schroon Lake’s Free Ski Center
We recently spent our New Year’s Eve with family and went exploring the Schroon Lake region of the Adirondack Park. The snow is here and my Adirondack family is going to enjoy every minute of it. My...
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NYS Makes Large Investment in Adirondack Broadband
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that New York State will award $25 million in funding to expand high-speed Internet access in rural upstate and underserved urban areas of New York through the...
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Twelve Years A Slave: Solomon Northup of Minerva
Minerva, primitive and remote in the early 1800s, hardly would have seemed a likely birthplace for a man who would write a book which would attract national attention, make the author a household name,...
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Peter Bauer: Homage to the 1924 Sign Law
The 1924 sign law that effectively banned billboards throughout the Adirondack Park shows how our forbearers were braver, wiser, and more prescient than we are today.It was a bold decision that...
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Sticks & Stones, Schroon Lake
Sticks & Stones Bistro & Bar in Schroon Lake was just a twinkle in the eyes of owners Steve Holmes and Gary Tromblee when we were wrapping up the selection of our favorite bars in the...
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An Adirondack Family’s Loss in the Civil War
It was the first time Grant had battled Lee. The two armies blundered into each other in deep woods just west of Fredericksburg, Virginia in early May of 1864. It would be known as the battle of the...
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High Peaks Happy Hour: Paradox Brewery, Schroon Lake
Free beer – today! There’s no sign making that claim, but Paradox Brewery in Schroon Lake gives away beer samples all day long. Try one. Even better – try them all!Located at 154 State Route 9, the...
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Peter Bauer: Crane Pond Road is a Mess
For nearly 25 years the Crane Pond Road has existed as an illegal and controversial 2-mile-long road in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness area. This summer, there were regular reports about cars and trucks...
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Tracing Northern Warren County’s Earliest Roads
In my book Echoes in These Mountains, I suggested two possible routes for the old military road used by Sir William Johnson during the French and Indian War, and later used by his son Sir John Johnson...
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Contemporary Rustic at Giant Mountain Studio
Giant Mountain Studio is host to a fine art gallery in Schroon Lake. Recently, an opening reception was held for Springtime at the Gallery – a group exhibit showcasing over 180 original works by 28...
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Gore Mountain Region Community Fund Grants
The Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region (CFGMR) is accepting applications from area schools, nonprofit organizations and local governments for its 2015 grant cycle. A component fund of...
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James Barry: Friend of the Working Man
Nearly a century ago, a North Country man played a role in one the most remarkable murder cases in New York State history. Attorney James J. Barry was a Keeseville native, born there in late 1876 and a...
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Lake Friendly Living Workshops Planned For Schroon Lake
The Warren and Essex County Soil and Water Conservation Districts are holding two workshops in Schroon Lake to educate about lake friendly living. As stormwater moves across impervious surfaces such as...
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A Return To The Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
Although I’ve been working in Albany with the Adirondack Mountain Club over the past two years, the Adirondack Park is relatively new to me. It’s not new to my family. I am beginning to discover a...
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Schroon Lake Snowshoer Drowns
On Wednesday Edward Vandercar, 66, of Schroon Lake, was reported missing to the New York State Police in Schroon Lake. A search by State Police, the Department of Environmental Conservation, State...
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Fork to Fork Culinary Bike Tour Set For May 21st
“Fork to Fork”, a 55-mile cycling event and culinary tour circling three scenic lakes and traveling through several Adirondack hamlets, will take place on May 21st. Cyclist will travel from The Hub in...
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The Future of Schroon Lake Panel Discussion
The Schroon Lake Association will host a panel discussion on the future of Schroon Lake, including a discussion of the threats of invasive species and water quality facing Schroon and Paradox lakes....
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Adirondack Film Society Screening Series In Schroon Lake
For the first time, the Adirondack Film Society (AFS) has partnered with the Strand Theatre to bring special curated screenings to the Schroon Lake. With a mission to advance the art and appreciation...
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