LAKE PLACID — A rock throw from the Adirondack High Peaks, sap courses through over 100 miles of tubing like blood through veins across more than 200 acres of forest. Tucked away on Bear Cub Lane, Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest is not only a core asset of Cornell ...
Some younger readers may not remember it, but not very long ago, one couldn’t read newspaper articles for free. You had to buy the paper first, or get it from someone who had purchased it. Those days have come back, with modern touches thrown in. More than a year ago, the Lake Placid ...
To the editor: Often, when it comes to the risks of tobacco use, The Heart Network and its tobacco control and cessation partners here in the North Country focus on cigarettes and vaping. It is important, however, to call out the dangers of smoking cigars. According to the Centers for ...
We are living through a record-breaking winter — and not the kind of record desired, as it’s been the warmest and appears to be heading toward being the shortest as well. Visitors and competitive athletes are drawn to the North Country in December through March, and often well into ...
March: Be aware of its perils. March is already half over. Looking at it another way, there are still two weeks to go. March is known as a changeable, fickle month. The astrological sign associated with March is Pisces, the Fishes, the most indecisive sign of the zodiac. Round and round ...
Close rut race - The water swirled down the narrow passage. The two frail craft avoided being wrecked only by the narrowest of margins. Chunks of snow and ice threw them first to one side, then to the other. Spectators shouted as first one and then the other would get ahead. One was ...