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When Bizet’s Carmen debuted in Paris in 1875, it was a flop. Today, it is one of the three most widely produced operas in the world. Seagle Festival, which last staged Carmen more than 25 years ago, will present it again on July 23, 24, 25 and 26 ... Read More

A new state housing program designed to remedy the deficit in available, affordable long-term rentals is funding the rehabilitation of upper-floor apartments in two commercial buildings in downtown Ticonderoga, Nicole Justice Green, the executive ... Read More

After the Million Dollar Beach and the Adirondack Northway came the Prospect Mountain Highway. The last of Lake George’s three great public infrastructure projects, it was completed in 1969 and opened on June 14 of that year. In other words, at the ... Read More

The Adirondack Northway made Lake George more accessible than any other resort area in the northeast.  So, it’s appropriate that the birth of the modern interstate highway system can be traced to Lake George; specifically, to the 46th annual ... Read More

When “The Pirates of Penzance” opened in London in 1880, British squadrons were stationed at the four corners of the globe. The empire was at flood tide. The quality most esteemed by the aristocracy that ruled from its vertex was “virility,” ... Read More

Housing, transportation, economic development, infrastructure and the protection of the natural environment are the priorities identified by Warren County 2040, the new, county-wide comprehensive plan that was adopted by the Board of Supervisors on ... Read More

By July 4, 1945, the war in Europe was over. That weekend, “many more cars (were) parked on the streets of Lake George Village than have been seen here since the war started,” the Lake George Mirror reported. The transformation of Lake George’s ... Read More

“Gear Up for Tomorrow,” a 1960 newsreel promoting General Electric that was shown in movie theaters throughout the nation, was filmed largely in Lake George, for good reason. Lake George exemplified the promise of post-War optimism: a material ... Read More

If you’ve ever wondered why county, town and village highway department crews are as professional and as skillfully trained as they are, an annual event, held this year at Painted Pony Ranch in Lake Luzerne, can help explain it. Highway Department ... Read More

Like his mentor, Lake George’s John Apperson, Paul Schaefer mostly eschewed “the white trousers” of the conservation movement. “I’d like to throw some mud on them,” Apperson was wont to say, Schaefer recalled. Unlike the wealthy elites ... Read More