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Lake George Village’s new wastewater treatment plant is functioning as it should, preventing pollutants from reaching Lake George. “The results speak for themselves,” Lake George Waterkeeper Chris Navitsky said at the ribbon cutting ceremony at ... Read More

Paul Nasrani, the founder of the Adirondack Creamery ice cream company, believes in the positive powers of ice cream. The civic mission of his company is, as he says, “to promote the idea that food – even or especially ice cream – can bridge ... Read More

El Lagarto, Lake George’s three-time Gold Cup winner, now on permanent display at the Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake, is one hundred years old this year. To commemorate the centenary, Lisa Reis, a granddaughter of George Reis, ... Read More

The Lake George Land Conservancy aims to raise $850,000 to permanently protect 47 acres overlooking the Wiawaka Center for Women, which will retain title to the property. Mike Horn, the Conservancy’s executive director, said the largest part of ... Read More

It takes a village… to protect a lake. Or at least one particular village, on one particular lake. To prevent pollutants from reaching Lake George, the Village of Lake George has invested roughly $500,000 in a multi-purpose mobile unit that ... Read More

The Helen Hughes Memorial Chapel at Silver Bay YMCA, which was dedicated on June 25, 1922, celebrated its centenary on Sunday, August 14. Events included services, architectural tours and an organ concert in the chapel and a program in the auditorium ... Read More

Best known for promoting the recreational use of the Adirondack Forest Preserve, the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) has also been, at times at least, an influential advocate for preserving portions of the Adirondacks as wilderness, from which all ... Read More

Rock, bronze, steel, the detritus of industrialization, colors from nature and from art’s historical palette – these are the elements that, once, assembled, become a sculpture by John Van Alstine. Or, rather, once transformed. ... Read More

U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik is using her office “to undermine the credibility and legitimacy of our federal law enforcement agencies, which are doing the jobs we ask them to do,” says Matt Castelli, the former CIA officer and National ... Read More

US Representative Elise Stefanik is the highest-ranking official yet to accept Lake George Village Mayor Bob Blais’ invitation to help dedicate its new $24 million, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant on Wednesday, August 24. Ceremonies are ... Read More