RAY BROOK — The state Department of Environmental Conservation will host a public meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 23 to give a progress report on the 34-mile Adirondack Rail Trail from Lake Placid to Tupper Lake, address community concerns and answer questions. The meeting will be held from ...
ON BAKER MOUNTAIN — A man who identified himself by his trail name, Ma’at, pulled a metal folding chair out of the woods around 0.3 miles up Baker Mountain, one of the more odd bits of trash the “Trail Fixing Crew” found in the first week of August as they did trail maintenance on the ...
NORTH ELBA — The Adirondack Land Trust has purchased a scenic vista off of Adirondack Loj Road in Lake Placid with plans to develop the land into a recreation and conservation area. The large, open grassland field on state Route 73 is at the entrance to the Adirondack Loj Road — not far ...
PAUL SMITHS — Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateauguay Lake, recently sponsored a resolution in the state Assembly to honor the first week in August as Adirondack Water Week. Held from Aug. 4 to 13, Adirondack Water Week is an annual celebration that highlights organizations, partners ...
LAKE PLACID — While the little-known sport of disc golf has been slowly growing in the Adirondacks — there are currently three courses in the Tri-Lakes region — it has been exploding nationwide. An increasing player base wants more and nicer courses, better gear and new experiences ...
Just as I threw the disc at the Whiteface Mountain Disc Golf Course in Wilmington, the wind picked up. Like watching a train derailment in slow motion, my drive carried to the left and seemed to hover there for one painful instant. The first hole was 385 feet away, and I seemed to be on track ...