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According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, outdoor recreation is a $34 billion industry in New York State, responsible for more than 250,000 jobs. In the Lake George region, outdoor recreation buttresses the tourism economy, which, according ... Read More

Oswald D. “Ozzie” Heck, who owned a camp on the lake’s east side, was Speaker of the New York State Assembly for 22 years, longer than anyone else. For everyone but the very few who find the state legislature a topic of more than passing ... Read More

A 400-unit apartment complex on the former site of a Ramada Inn in Lake George will, if approved and built, double the number of long-term rentals within the town, increase the number of households by one third and help stabilize a falling population ... Read More

According to the Lake George Park Commission’s Director of Law Enforcement, Lt. Joe Johns, the growing number of kayaks paddling too near the sternwheeler Minne-Ha-Ha last summer forced him to divert patrol boats to an unscheduled detail: escorting ... Read More

For the first time since the New York State legislature voted to limit annual increases in property taxes, Warren County’s Board of Supervisors will override the cap.  The tax cap, which first was applied to local governments and school ... Read More

Brendan Wiltse, Executive Director of the Adirondack Watershed Institute in Saranac Lake, has been hired to lead the Lake George Association, the organization announced on November 12. Wiltsie will join the LGA as its Executive Director on January 2, ... Read More

The typical approach to the interiors of Italian Renaissance palazzos emphasizes the houses’ public dimensions: as expressions of prestige, power, wealth, of family pride.  “Growing Up in a Renaissance Palazzo: Childhood in Italy, 1400-1600,” ... Read More

According to Dave Wick, the Lake George Park Commission’s executive director, “The Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District is the primary driver of proactive, on-the-ground conservation work in this county.” Its work complements the ... Read More

The 110-year-old Fish Hatchery in Warrensburg, county-owned and operated since 1982, is not only a public park and educational facility, drawing groups throughout the year to see firsthand how fish are raised, but an essential piece of the county’s ... Read More

On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the National Wilderness Act into law and with one stroke of his pen, protected more than 9 million acres of undeveloped federal lands. In a photograph taken that day, one can spot Stewart ... Read More