ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton recently announced that online registration for DEC’s 2026 summer camps program will open March 22. Now in its 79th year, the DEC summer camps program offers week-long adventures in conservation ...
SARANAC LAKE — Six Adirondack Park-based environmental organizations welcome all to attend a webinar titled “Wake Sports in the Adirondacks: The Hidden Impacts and Dangers to Our Ecosystems” that will take place on Jan. 14. This educational presentation is free to the public and will ...
LAKE PLACID — It was unlike any other race at Mount Van Hoevenberg’s sliding track as 1,447 “competitors” raced down the ice at the same time. There’s a catch, though. These weren’t people, or even animate objects. They were lacrosse balls. The stakes may not have been as ...
LAKE PLACID — Sophia Kirkby is not only hoping to qualify for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Winter Games in February, but she’s looking to bring her off-ice passion for ceramics with her as well. The Ray Brook native, who competes in doubles luge, crafted thousands of handmade and ...
SARANAC LAKE — North Country Rep. Elise Stefanik made a sudden announcement on Friday, Dec. 19 that she was suspending her campaign for New York governor and would not seek reelection to her NY-21 Congressional seat. The surprising decision came a week and a half after Long Island ...
SARANAC LAKE — “You could spend days in here,” Mike Delahant said as he showed state Assemblyman Michael S. Cashman, D-Plattsburgh, around the Robert Louis Stevenson Cottage Museum on Thursday, Dec. 18. Members of the Stevenson Society of America board had heard the newly elected ...