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Much of the blue limestone used to construct the New York State Capitol and the Brooklyn Bridge was quarried from the shores of Lake Champlain. The massive stones were sent across the lake, through the Champlain Canal and down the Hudson River aboard ... Read More

Access to child day care services in Warren County has declined by 40% since 2019, largely because of the pandemic, according to Lynn Sickles, Executive Director of Southern Adirondack Child Care Network. But thanks to an infusion of federal funds, ... Read More

There is no proof that Abraham Lincoln ever read  Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America,” but two new books, “His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved the Nation” and “The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de ... Read More

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Lake George Park Commission, and Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance invite Lake George residents and visitors to the grand opening of the new Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) ... Read More

After the last of the ice leaves the lake, the annual smelt run begins. The small fish enter the lake’s tributaries and head upstream to spawn. One year, when the temperature hovered near freezing and a heavy snow caused a thick layer of slush to ... Read More

Rattlesnakes, it used to be said, do not advance beyond the oaks. Neither, apparently, does Lymantria dispar – commonly known as the gypsy or spongy moth. Since the creature feeds primarily on oaks, maples and other hardwoods, species ... Read More

Ken Parker, a former resident of Bolton Landing and a member of the Lake George Park Commission since 2006, is the state agency’s new chairman. Parker was elected by his fellow commissioners to succeed Bruce Young, who served as chairman from 2002 ... Read More

Our representative in Congress, Elise Stefanik, is among the Republican women whose careers have received a boost from their association with Donald Trump – an unapologetic misogynist.  As the political historian Leandra Zarnow writes ... Read More

Brian Mann arrived in Saranac Lake roughly twenty-five years ago to open North Country Public Radio’s Adirondack bureau. Since then, he’s come to be regarded as one of the state’s most talented journalists – an assessment affirmed by National ... Read More