Patriotism has always been at the core of Lake Plaid’s identity. This community has always embraced and celebrated Americans’ achievements in sports and other fields of human endeavor. Saving the “Charters of Freedom” is one of them. It was more than 200 years ago that the most ...
A year ago, the Adirondack Community Foundation launched the Adirondack Innovation Initiative (A2I) to help build and grow a tech-focused ecosystem within the Adirondacks, a program led by Svetlana Filipson. On Thursday evening, July 31, the Foundation celebrated its first anniversary at a ...
Waking up to hazy skies in Keene Valley as the sun comes up over Spread Eagle Mountain, I smile groggily. The early morning mist is so beautiful here in the Adirondacks. Then I remember that the mist is, at least in part, wildfire smoke, and it loses its bucolic appeal. I no longer find it ...
To the editor: Growing up there were common themes that no matter what side you buttered your bread honesty was foundational. From Cub Scouts, school, church and parents truth was the mantra. From “chicken little” and the “boy who called wolf” morality mattered. Fast forward to the ...
Ever wonder what it takes to make a baguette or croissant, or why the ones made in Montreal are just so much better than pretty much any baked around here or beyond? It’s in the technique and the materials; that’s what two Paul Smith’s College culinary arts students are finding out this ...
I wake up early in the morning, around 5 o’clock, and go to the window. Because it’s summer, the eastern sky is light and growing brighter. Only one star is still visible. It’s Venus, just shining away. Star light, star bright: What do you say when it’s not first star I see tonight, ...