LAKE PLACID — The John Brown Farm State Historic Site will host its annual Civil War Encampment Weekend from Aug. 8 to 10. Over the course of three days, visitors will be able to interact with reenactor-educators from the Black Phalanx Brigade, a group of scholars and educators ...

WILMINGTON — Whether it’s looking from Vermont or Canada on a clear day, or someplace closer like Tupper Lake, Wilmington or Lake Placid, Whiteface Mountain is both iconically prominent and directionally differing in its appearance. Its 4,867-foot summit, the fifth tallest in the ...

ST. HUBERTS — Tucked in a narrow valley between the towering cliffs and lush mountain slope forests of Round Mountain and Giant’s Nubble, Chapel Pond’s backdrop is among the most iconic in the Adirondacks. On Tuesday, July 15, it seemed to sparkle endlessly under deep blue ...

SARANAC LAKE — Those driving west from Lake Placid toward Tupper Lake on nice summer days will have probably noticed dozens of cars parked at a trailhead along state Route 3 about 16 miles from the village of Lake Placid. Having hiked the trail, I can attest that the trail’s popularity ...

KEENE — Gazing up at towering cliffs and steep mountainside slopes staggering directly up from the water’s edge as my kayak glided along, I could have been mistaken for being at Yosemite National Park. But these scenes weren’t from some far-flung land way out west. Rather, they ...

LAKE PLACID — While the 56th annual Lake Placid Horse Show kicked off on Tuesday at the North Elba Show Grounds, the show’s Communications Manager, Marty Bauman, said things look different this year. The grounds underwent massive renovations over the past year that Bauman said are ...