Archives Archive - Page 9 of 12 - Lake George Mirror

Works and Days: Tending to Bees, a Household and the Environment

Laura Von Rosk, an artist and curator, and her husband, Dr. Sam Bowser, a research scientist specializing in the physiological ecology and evolution of single-cell organisms, have more than enough interests and accomplishments for an ... Read More

The Pandemic is Delivering the Future of Rural Health Care

To curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, New York State began limiting face-to-face interactions in mid-March. In response, local health centers and hospitals accelerated the use of virtual or remote health care, otherwise known as ... Read More

Land and Water Conservation Fund Protecting Local Battlefields

The US Land and Water Conservation Fund supports more than national parks and wildlife refuges. Since it was established more than 50 years ago, the fund has also delivered $1 million to New York State to help protect historic battlefields, many of ... Read More

The Making of “Summer Rush”

Three restaurants. Three alpha males. One small town. And one family, a father and two sons, wives beside them, struggling to make the most of a short summer season, sometimes at the expense of one another. That’s the premise behind “Summer ... Read More

Vincent Schaefer’s Modest Proposal: The Adirondack Park as a Sanctuary from Air Pollution

Fifty years ago this August, Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks met at Eagle Nest, the great camp of its chairman, Harold Hochshild. Members brought their spouses, and it seems as though the ... Read More

Lake George Park Commission Advances Revised Stormwater, Stream Corridor Regulations

The Lake George Park Commission has voted to move forward with long-deferred regulatory changes that, its members believe, will tighten protections of the lake’s water quality. Rounds of meetings with the Department of Environmental ... Read More

New York State Opens DEC’s Lake George Launch Ramps

With Support from High School Students and Citizen Scientists, LGA Monitors Health of Lake’s Tributaries

An outdoor education area operated by the Lake George Association at Lake George Village’s Recreation Center center will be ready for students learning about stream ecology once classes resume. Using a grant from the Lake Champlain ... Read More

Adirondack Bookshelf: The Winter Army by Maurice Isserman

Hal Burton. Arthur Draper. James Goodwin. These figures, each one an Adirondack legend, opened the area to winter skiing, from the backcountry ski trail on Wright Peak to the first downhill runs at Whiteface. Not coincidentally, all three were ... Read More

A New Golf Course for a New Century

In 2025, the Ticonderoga Golf Course will be one hundred years old. Established as a country club by International Paper for the use of its managers and their families, and to induce more families to move to Ticonderoga, it was a gathering place for ... Read More