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Of the many distinguished Europeans who visited Lake George and Lake Champlain, the least often mentioned, and yet certainly one of the greatest, was the botanist Peter Kalm, a member of the Swedish Royal Academy who traveled through the region in ... Read More

Where does landscape end and abstraction begin? Perhaps at the point where the artist “abstracts” from a reimagined or recollected landscape, leaving in its place not merely a residue, an ash of light, but its very essence. That, at any rate, is ... Read More

Just north of Lake George, at the southern end of Lake Champlain, a small cable-guided ferry carries travelers between Ticonderoga, New York, and Shoreham, Vermont. I walk my bike onto the platform, and as we glide across the lake, the densely wooded ... Read More

Albert Graves, who later changed his name to Albert Clifton, was a drummer boy in the Civil War who was among about 100 captured northern soldiers that escaped a Confederate prison by tunneling under a road. Clifton later moved to Hague and built the ... Read More

Born in 1839 on Friends Point in Hague, Wildman Hall Sexton was one of the finest boat builders on Lake George. According to Dorothy Backus Offensend, his great-grand daughter, Sexton’s row boats were “comparable to a Lake George guide boat or ... Read More

Depending upon your interests and mood, you might wish for more birds and fewer landscapes in The Hyde Collection’s “Wings and Wilderness: Birds and Landscapes of the Northeast.” But it takes only a moment’s reflection to realize that without ... Read More

Warren County ranks among the healthier counties of upstate New York, with a high percentage of the population covered by health insurance, widespread access to primary care, a relatively high median income and low rates of unemployment. ... Read More

The Lake George region’s first licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary is urging both residents and visitors to learn New York’s cannabis laws and adopt responsible habits as legal marijuana becomes an increasingly visible part of the ... Read More

New Yorkers continue to donate money through their state income tax returns to support the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center, but none of those funds have been disbursed in at least four years, according to a new report from state Comptroller ... Read More

The Lake George region’s 2026 summer tourism season is almost as strong as last year’s, but early lodging figures suggest the rapid growth of recent years is slowing. Warren County lodging demand increased 0.3% in July compared with July 2025, ... Read More