1+ day, 38+ min ago  (413+ words) Adirondack Explorer - Backcountry Journal Outdoor news, trip ideas and more (weekly) - Ripple Effect Tracking the movement of water, climate, and policy (weekly) Wait, don't miss out on Adirondack updates! Through its news reporting and analysis, the nonprofit Adirondack Explorer furthers…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (17+ words) Two North Country projects received state historic preservation awards, one in Chester and one in Saranac Lake....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (952+ words) There was no Fox News, no CNN, no Instagram. So when the War of 1812 approached, how was the average person in Elizabethtown or Ticonderoga supposed to find out what was going on? The Reveille. That's right, the very first newspaper…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (221+ words) Adirondack Explorer Through its news reporting and analysis, the nonprofit Adirondack Explorer furthers the wise stewardship, public enjoyment for all, community vitality, and lasting protection of the Adirondack park. Keep up with the stories that matter. Google recently introduced a…...

5+ day, 46+ min ago  (273+ words) The Adirondack Almanack is a public forum dedicated to promoting and discussing current events, history, arts, nature and outdoor recreation and other topics of interest to the Adirondacks and its communities We publish commentary and opinion pieces from voluntary contributors,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (510+ words) Manufacturing methods have changed over the decades, but the economic methods Fort Ann used to recruit new employers in 1895 sound quite contemporary. The Fort Ann Business Promotion Organization, with a goal of promoting economic development, preferably a shirt factory, was…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (432+ words) When I wrote about Mason in my book, "History and Legends of the Northern Adirondacks," I said that determining the name "has been a troublesome matter, one I leave unresolved for now." I gave a few possibilities, all of which…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (950+ words) My columns focus on the power of physical artifacts to give evidence of the past." I'm especially interested in easily accessible examples that are overlooked." A "jail liberties" marker in Canton, New York, fits these criteria. Speeding by on Main…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (564+ words) This year marks the 125th anniversary of an event that focused the nation's attention on the Adirondacks: the night Vice President Theodore Roosevelt made his famous wilderness ride to the presidency." " Edmund Morris, Roosevelt's biographer through a trilogy of books, actually…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (468+ words) Adirondack Explorer - Backcountry Journal Outdoor news, trip ideas and more (weekly) - Ripple Effect Tracking the movement of water, climate, and policy (weekly) Wait, don't miss out on Adirondack updates! Earth week starts now! All donations to Adirondack Explorer are matched....