KEENE — Frances “Franny” Stone trained for this past weekend’s hike in the High Peaks Wilderness with her daughter, Meghan, all summer in their hometown of Meadville, Pennsylvania. There’s not much by way of hiking hills in the area, so they would get up at 5 a.m. to go up and ...
LAKE PLACID — I was only a minute into the hike and five spider webs had already brushed across my face. I quickly realized this was a trail less traveled. It had likely been some time since anyone else had made the trek back to Holcomb Pond. Given the jam-packed trailheads now ...
ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution in August seeking to remove the section of state tax law that designates the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism as the mandated contractor for tourism promotion. Supporters of the resolution say the county should ...
ALBANY — The Olympic Center in Lake Placid was one of 17 landmarks across New York state that were illuminated red, white and blue in honor of Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1. “The hardworking men and women of labor are the backbone of New York — and today we honor their daily ...
WAWBEEK — On Aug. 20, Philip Kokotailo and his friend were looking for a padlock they thought may have fallen off a truck on the bridge on Bartlett Carry Road when they found something else lost in the water — a stolen ATM. The ATM had been stolen from a business on Main Street in Lake ...
JAY — The towns of Jay and Keene will be hosting a second annual Sustainability and Energy Fair on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jay Village Green and the Amos & Julia Ward Theater. The event will bring together advocates and business owners with the hopes of ...