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Restored by the same architects who helped refurbish the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls is, against all odds, celebrating its one hundredth anniversary. And, as many had hoped, it is performing a role in Hudson Falls ... Read More

No one is likely to call Andrew Thompson “a sporting artist” – a commercial artist who illustrates hunting, fishing and wildlife books and magazine spreads – but, as he acknowledged in a recent interview, “fish have been a preoccupation of ... Read More

The 1755 Battle of Lake George, which confirmed Britain’s title to the lake and surrounding lands, will be commemorated on September 22, 23 & 24 with re-enactments and an encampment at Lake George Battlefield Park. “I am building a Fort at ... Read More

Endea Owens, in all likelihood the break-out artist of the year, kicks off the 39th annual “Jazz at the Lake” in Shepard Park on Friday, September 15 at 6 pm. Daniel Kelly, the composer and musician who curates the festival, expects her impact ... Read More

Lake George’s drive to honor the many who died at the smallpox hospital at Fort George in the first years of the American Revolution continues to gather momentum. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer reaffirmed his support for local plans to inter the ... Read More

The Gruskin Group, the multi-disciplinary New Jersey-based design firm whose founder, architect Ken Gruskin, is a lake resident, first sponsored “Jazz at the Lake” in 2009. At the previous year’s festival, organizer and co-founder Paul Pines ... Read More

A painting, rather than an example of the sculpture that made David Smith famous, introduces the visitor to “Songs of the Horizon: David Smith, Music and Dance,” The Hyde Collection’s sensational exhibition that will close on September 17. A ... Read More

Lake George Village’s water system has more than enough capacity to service the five to six hundred new residential units expected to be constructed in the Town of Lake George within the next few years. That’s the conclusion of a technical study ... Read More

Mutualism – the mutually beneficial interaction of two or more organisms – is not limited to the world of plants and animals. It can be found in our communities. In fact, it is the very definition of community. Example: a collaboration of three ... Read More

Scott Cotten may not have achieved everything he might have hoped to when he launched his length-of-the-lake swim on August 14, but he did manage to: swim nearly 20 miles, much of it in the dark, beating against a north wind; call attention to the ... Read More