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Ballard Park in Westport will once again host a free, seven-week live music concert series. Performances will take place on Thursdays at 7PM, running from July 6 to August 17, 2023. This year’s lineup features everything from Beatles tribute bands to elite jazz musicians. Ballard Park is perched atop...

MORIAH, N.Y. — A fishing tournament for the kids in the North Country is decades in the making. On Saturday, kids from across Essex County, N.Y. were angling in Roe Pond in Witherbee, N.Y. for the 33rd annual Roe Pond Kids' Fishing Derby. Kids younger than 15 years old...

Project plans for bistro, wellness retreat are under Adirondack Park Agency review. A downstate couple, who purchased the former Paleface ski resort and Bassett Mountain estate in Jay, are hoping for Adirondack Park Agency and state Department of Health approvals in time for a partial opening of their planned bistro and wellness retreat by mid-June.

Some mountains get short shrift because they sit in close proximity to more popular destinations. Round Mountain in Keene Valley qualifies as one — it seems safe to say that thousands of High-Peaks-bound hikers stampede past Round’s unassuming trailhead in pursuit of bigger game without even realizing its existence.

Fiddlehead Brewing Company Join Effort to Support UVM Children's Hospital. Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont Lake Monsters are pleased to announce a partnership with Two Brothers Tavern in Middlebury, naming it as the first "Official Outpost of the Vermont Lake Monsters." "In the coming years, we are hoping to create...

The Crown Point Banding Station closed its doors on Saturday, May 20, with a good crew taking down tents, canopies, [a] weather station, and nets in short order by 11 a.m. The rain that was predicted went around us and the strong winds also didn’t come while we were picking up. Tom Barber had the nets up (and a few birds already bagged) when I got up at 5:30 a.m. He had picked six June bugs from the nets while putting them up and I found just one in the nets I put up. As I came out of the tent he said, “The Gray Catbirds are biting this morning and that was the first bird, I picked out of the main net lane.” He said, “I got a new bird for the year, a Brown-Headed Cowbird out of the North net.”

Every summer - especially since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic - trails in the Adirondack Park swell with hikers. For the third year in a row, the Department of Environmental Conservation is enacting a parking reservation system in a section of the park that needs moderation, in order to keep roads safe and lots organized.

ADDISON COUNTY — As an increasing number of books are challenged due to their content and pulled from shelves throughout the country, Addison County librarians are working to ensure local readers continue to have access to a diverse selection of titles — including those that have been banned in other states.

Jay, NY – Adirondack Life and Adirondack Land Trust announce My Adirondacks, a project that invites kids, ages 5 to 17, to photograph an aspect of the natural world within the Adirondack Park and share why it matters to them. Submissions can be sent to aledit@adirondacklife.com and will be accepted now through August 19, 2023.

MIDDLEBURY — One of Shannon Bohler’s favorite rewards from directing Middlebury Union High School student musicals has been seeing the young actors receive accolades from the audience after the curtain has dropped. “They’re so happy and they’re so proud; that’s the best,” she said during a recent interview....

Here I am again at the Ticonderoga Library, getting a break from the Crown Point Banding Station after catching some nice birds this morning [May 16.] [We will be] looking out for some thunderstorms this afternoon, which should knock down some birds that have been flying right over us for a couple days. We caught some new birds (for this year) to band this morning, [including] Tree Swallow, Canada Warbler, and a Brown Thrasher just before I left (which is the bird on the cover of the bird list for the Crown Point Historic Site.)

Xenophanes was a wandering poet. The times of his birth and death are unknown, but he is said to have “flourished,” that is, been active, around the middle of the sixth century BCE. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order for us...

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will open for the 2023 season on Saturday, May 20. The museum will be open daily with free admission from May 20-Oct. 15. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order for us to be able to fund reporters covering local news, we need your help! For full access to this story and all online content, please log in or subscribe to the Addison Independent.

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