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What do Great Camp Sagamore on Raquette Lake and the Sagamore hotel on Lake George have in common, other than their names? One was built in 1897 by William West Durant, the father of rustic architecture, as a year-round home for himself, which he ... Read More

More than 265 years ago, in March, 1757, Fort William Henry was attacked by 1,500 French regulars, Canadians and Native Americans, “which, for America, should be regarded as a real army,” a contemporary witness noted in his journals. ... Read More

Day use permits for campsites and docks on Lake George’s state-owned islands may be reserved and purchased online as of this spring, the Department of Environmental Conservation has announced. In past years, permits could be acquired only by ... Read More

Warren County will resume Occupancy Tax bonus payments to localities in 2023, the Board of Supervisors decided by a weighted vote on February 17. “We want to re-institute the spending plan as it was in 2020,” said Lake George Supervisor Dennis ... Read More

Jeffrey M. Killeen, the former president of The Fund for Lake George who helped negotiate the organization’s merger with the Lake George Association and became the new LGA’s first chairman, passed away on December 14 after a protracted illness. ... Read More

The Hyde Collection’s 60th anniversary year will see “our most ambitious offering of exhibitions in years,” John Lefner, The Hyde’s incoming CEO told the large crowd gathering in the museum’s interior courtyard on January 27. The opening of ... Read More

Warren County must adopt an integrated or systematic approach to the delivery of Emergency Medical Services if those services are to remain available and affordable, a committee of Warren County Supervisors has concluded. Among other things, the ... Read More

The Town of Ticonderoga has been awarded a $10 million grant to revitalize its downtown, New York Secretary of State, Robert J. Rodriguez announced on January 23. According to a press release from New York State, Ticonderoga is one of ten communities ... Read More

Lake George Village’s Board of Trustees has approved a six-month pause on all new commercial and multi-unit connections to its water system outside village boundaries. According to Mayor Bob Blais, the resolution adopted by the Board on December 19 ... Read More

Starting this month, owners of residential and commercial septic systems situated within 500 feet of Lake George or 100 feet of a major tributary will be notified by the Lake George Park Commission that according to rules it adopted unanimously ... Read More