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Earlier this summer, the Lake George Battlefield Alliance formally introduced the new exhibits at the Visitor Center, which it operates on Fort George Road in Lake George. Among them: a replica of a cannon that would have been used to defend Fort ... Read More

“The United States is experiencing significant shortages of primary care providers… Demand exceeds supply,” notes a recent report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Adirondacks are not immune to that trend. Far from it. ... Read More

The population of Warren County is aging, an analysis by Warren County’s Department of Planning and Community shows. “The percentage of Warren County’s population over the age of 65 more than doubled between 1970 and 2020,” the county’s GIS ... Read More

Beech Leaf Disease, first detected at the western edge of the Adirondack Park in 2022, has spread to the Lake George watershed. Forest Health technicians from the Department of Environmental Conservation discovered a Beech Leaf Disease infestation ... Read More

After suffering from neglect during the pandemic, the Charles R. Wood Park and its “Pappy’s Playground,” a naturalistic play area named in honor of Wood, will be restored and maintained at a higher level and on a regular basis, promises Lake ... Read More

For decades, research scientists have been collecting detailed information about the water quality of Lake George for universities, state and local governments and agencies and not-for-profit organizations. But, said Dave Wick, executive director of ... Read More

Harry McDougall, Essex County Clerk, Republican chairman, Dairymen’s League president and – more to the point – real estate agent, could not have known how accurately he had read my parents’ inclinations when he showed them a cottage that ... Read More

For most people, the natural world is a place to disconnect. For Sarah Hoffman, the Lake George Land Conservancy’s Communications and Outreach Manager, it’s the place where connections are made: connections people make with each other and with ... Read More

A gala for lake protectors could not have found a more exemplary one to honor than the late Jeff Killeen. On July 14, the Lake George Association announced at its gala – the second to be held since it merged with The Fund for Lake George in 2021 ... Read More

“She Did…What?,” the current exhibition at the Bolton Museum, profiles seven women, two of whom were sisters: Marjorie Sewell Cautley and Helen Sewell. Like the six other women, the Sewells called Bolton home (for at least parts of the year) ... Read More