4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (118+ words) John Sheehan, director of communications for the Adirondack Council, discusses challenges the organization has never seen before, including cuts by the Environmental Protection Agency to water quality protection efforts in the region. Sheehan shares how these funding cuts have significant…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (789+ words) A federal judge has struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, ruling that it is “simply beyond the limits of state law.” U.S. District Court Chief Judge Brenda K. Sannes stopped short of declaring the statute is unconstitutional,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (288+ words) In its first year, OurStoryBridge Listens: Present in the Moment has recorded more than 150 oral histories from residents of 23 states and Washington, D.C. Organizers believe it is the nation’s only digital short-form oral history project dedicated to preserving personal perspectives during…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (836+ words) After 18 years of bridging the divides of the Adirondack Park, the Common Ground Alliance has announced that it is concluding its work. “As a core member of the Common Ground Alliance, we celebrate its conclusion as the culmination of a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (264+ words) Several events are scheduled for September in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt’s night ride from Upper Works to North Creek. A 125th anniversary gala will be at the Timber & Thyme Restaurant, part of the new lodge at the North…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (340+ words) The Adirondack Almanack is a public forum dedicated to promoting and discussing current events, history, arts, nature and outdoor recreation and other topics of interest to the Adirondacks and its communities. We publish commentary and opinion pieces from voluntary contributors,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1156+ words) Until President Coolidge vacationed at Osgood Pond for 10 weeks in 1926, he hadn’t fished since he was a boy. “I just had a tree branch, some string and a bent nail,” Coolidge reenactor Tracy Messer recalled during a Tea and Tour…...