When it comes to winter weather, Scott McKim has just about seen it all. “Last year, we got down to minus 40 just straight ...

My friend Darla — who may one day be canonized as the patron saint of lost and hungry animals — swore up and down not long ago that she was through with pets. After her elderly miniature pinscher, ...

The Historic John Brown House will be decorated as a rural Adirondack farmhouse might have been in the mid-1800s. The house will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and free, ...

On Saturday at 7 p.m., the Backwoods Brass will perform a holiday concert in the Great Room at Saranac Village at Will Rogers. This five-piece brass band assembles the extraordinary musical talents of ...

Photo by Grace McIntyre Representatives from the organizations that received the latest round of LEAF grants pose with their envelopes at the North Elba Town Hall. LAKE PLACID — The North Elba Town ...

As I prepare to retire as the founding executive director of Champlain Area Trails (CATS), I think back on the amazing journey we’ve had since CATS started in 2007. One part of our mission has always ...

It is the time of year when I am reminded of this relevant preface to the book Old MacDonald’s Factory Farm by C. David Coats: “Isn’t man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife – birds, kangaroos, deer, ...

I was watching a documentary show on television where this freight train in California went out of control and it just kept going faster and faster and the engineer was signalling “Mayday! Mayday!” ...

After a five-year hiatus stimulated by the COVID pandemic, Joy to the Children, the benefit in support of arts programming for youth, was held at the Mirror Lake Inn. Once again, people from around ...

Local towns and villages have received millions of dollars in state grants for water quality projects. In all, 19 municipalities and organizations in Assembly District 115, which includes Franklin, ...

On this oftentimes dreadful planet, it is hard to imagine how the words “Peace on Earth” have any true relevance anymore. To many people on this Christmas Day, that phrase is considered obsolete, just ...

Volunteer members of Search and Rescue of the Adirondacks gather for a photo at a North Elba Town Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, where they received the funds from a LEAF grant. From left, ...