WILMINGTON — The Ausable Freshwater Center is launching the sixth year of its guided watershed tours in the AuSable watershed and beyond. These tours are free to the public and include paddling, hiking and other interpretive programs. Gear is available for tour participants to use when ...

LAKE PLACID — The John Brown Farm State Historic Site will host the 3rd annual Adirondack Family Book Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. A vibrant partnership of John Brown Lives!, Lake Placid Public Library, The Bookstore Plus and several other community organizations, ...

SARANAC LAKE — The 16th Adirondack Plein Air Festival will be held from Aug. 12 to 17, featuring dozens of artists. More than 90 artists applied to participate, and only 40 were selected. Several artists are coming from as far away as Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Virginia and Maryland, in ...

LAKE PLACID — The John Brown Farm State Historic Site will host a Civil War encampment weekend from Friday, Aug. 9 to Sunday, Aug. 11 featuring historians and reenactors from the Black Phalanx Brigade and Fort Tribute. The weekend will include an encampment, demonstrations, films and ...

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Land Trust announced Tuesday, Aug. 6 that the Cobble Hill trail off Mirror Lake Drive will be temporarily closed for trail work through the end of the work week, Friday, Aug. 9, and again from Monday, Aug. 12 to Thursday, Aug. 15. Professional trail builders ...

LAKE PLACID — To maintain the Adirondack Rail Trail and keep it open for all to use, the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Rail Trail Association, the friends group, worked together to create rules and etiquette for the trail. The following list for ...