Nostalgia at the heart of theme park that has weathered through the decades. Many enchanting experiences emerge from the Adirondacks, but nothing compares to witnessing Santa in his sleigh sliding through the switchbacks above his workshop. He laughs as he barrels down the hillside, faster than imaginable, barely slowing as he swings through several turns.

Donna Kagiliery steered an ATV with one hand and held a watering can in the other. She revved down her drive-way on the outskirts of the town of Ohio, pausing to water lush potted plants. The tree-lined path opened as she drove by her vegetable and flower gardens, a pond, storage buildings and a brown-and-red single-story home without power lines.

After years of splitting district between Westport and Elizabethtown, residents to vote on whether to create new building in Lewis. Jay Fiegl, a science and physics teacher at Boquet Valley Central School, said it’s remarkable how many Adirondack kids have never had classic Adirondack experiences. “They’ve never climbed a mountain, never tasted maple syrup, never been on a boat on Lake Champlain,” he said.

Here are some tips and tricks from two renewable energy developers on planning an off-grid home in the Adirondack Park:. ADK Solar’s Broc Jennings said he will make a list of all household appliances and the number of hours a day they’re used to estimate electrical load. Jennings said they usually plan a battery storage system to hold two days of autonomy. Some people may want more.

Fighting breaks out during discussion on closure of site of cancelled drag story hour and alleged staff harassment. Warren County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Rockwell Falls Public Library Tuesday night following what other media outlets described as a heated board meeting in which punches were thrown. It’s...

While no longer nesting in the Adirondacks, these impressive raptors can be seen during migration. It has been over 50 years since golden eagles nested in New York. Fortunately, we can still see these magnificent raptors migrating through in early spring and fall with many overwintering downstate. Golden eagles nested...

In yet another case of a bait-and-switch weather forecast with the promise of partly cloudy skies and temps pushing 60, the late October morning broke with rain. I almost called Doug to postpone our climb of Mount Adams from near the Upper Works trailhead and historic blast furnace. Instead, he texted me saying I should bring traction devices just in case. It was supposed to clear but still be chilly at elevation. At 3,460 feet, Mount Adams is one of the higher fire tower peaks.

Environmental groups zero in on small woodlots as part of larger carbon offsets initiative. Environmental organizations are increasingly focusing on landowners to help with the storage of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. A new carbon offset program hit the Adirondacks this month, which offers cash to woodlot owners.

The state has added more land to the Adirondack Forest Preserve in the town of Newcomb. On Oct. 16, the Department of Environmental Conservation purchased 181 acres from The Nature Conservancy for $217,400. The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners. Become one of them. The Essex County property is located...

Adirondack Park Agency approves permit for 3rd Adirondack lake to use ProcellaCOR. Use of an aquatic herbicide to kill one of the region’s most invasive plants continued to gain momentum Thursday. The Adirondack Park Agency approved a permit for the Paradox Lake Association to use ProcellaCOR EC in 2024...

State fire safety group to release report before year’s end. In light of a proposed microgrid in Raquette Lake, the Adirondack Park Agency is creating an energy storage application it hopes will address fire and safety concerns when such a project falls under its jurisdiction. The Adirondack Park Agency...

More truck trips and blasting allowed in Fulton County. Coeymans-based Carver Sand & Gravel is closer to expanding its 320-acre mining operation in Fulton County and changing the terms of its permit. The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) on Thursday issued it a conditioned permit to increase its truck loading hours...

Flurry of respiratory cases reported in the North Country. Influenza and COVID-19 are on the rise in parts of the North Country compared to the rest of the state, according to state and federal health data. The flu and COVID-19 hospitalization maps published by the state Department of Health and...

Middle-class residents cut off from affordable homes. A scarcity of long-term and a surfeit of short-term rentals, escalating home costs and diminishing housing opportunities for average workers were all part of a now-familiar landscape, this one painted by a new housing report written on behalf of Warren County. Warren County...

Advocacy groups aim to get ahead on educating hikers on spring conditions. April is generally a down season for hiking crowds but that could change this spring during the full solar eclipse that will be on view in some Adirondack regions. As a result, organizations have started coming up with...

An old Adirondack war wound of mine is a situationally painful left wrist through which I can not only predict the weather, but tell barometric pressure, elevation and the volume of trading on the stock market in Brussels. It was earned descending the old Ranger Trail of Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain around...

The long wait for forest preserve plans: Records show 782,000 acres are without any management plans. A half century later, hundreds of thousands of acres are without management plans. By Gwendolyn Craig. New York regulators have fallen behind in creating and implementing dozens of plans intended to protect forest preserve...

I can write about this wilderness hike because I know I’m not going to convince you to check it out. I’m about to gush about one of my favorite Adirondack hideaways, yet I have little fear I’ll see you there. The trail is long and flat, the terminus has a marshy appearance, and I am no influencer. But I am in love with this special location anyway.

Air Force veterans, other volunteers work to restore two Cold War-era planes. Since 2017, Air Force veterans previously stationed at the Plattsburgh Air Force Base have been meeting every Saturday morning when the weather is nice at the Clyde Lewis Air Park along Route 9 to restore two Cold War-era, nuclear-capable bombers with histories at the base going back almost 70 years.

Last December Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation committing New York to conserving 30% of its land and water surface by the year 2030. Known as “30×30,” such an achievement would protect biodiversity, wildlife habitats and clean water and would significantly contribute to our state’s efforts to limit climate change. At the time, roughly 20% of New York’s surface was protected in some fashion: municipal, county, and state parks; state forests; conservation easements; and, most important, the 2.9 million acres of the state forest preserve, 2.6 million acres of which are in the Adirondacks, 300,000 in the Catskills.