Adirondack News

This weekend marks the beginning of a three-week celebration of "all things maple" in the town of Thurman.

DEC surveys found that there were 73 territorial pairs of state endangered peregrine falcons present in the state in 2009, with 42 pairs recorded upstate.

New York saw a big increase in the number of bears killed by hunters in 2009, but the local harvest remained steady according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

This morning, we're airing a conversation with Peter Hornbeck , the boat builder and environmental activist who want to serve on the Adirondack Park Agency board.

College students throw axes, toss wood and working with chainsaws for the SUNY Cobleskill Woodsmen's Club.

A homebuyer education class will be held at the Word of Life Bollback Room at 71 Olmstedville Rd.

The state has canceled the reservations of about 350 people who had booked campsites and other accommodations at a dozen state parks that may be closed because of New York's budget crisis.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation today warned Adirondack back country visitors to be aware of the danger of avalanches.

Only to be beaten by 2003 when 1370 Black Bears got harvested. No matter, because it was still a 40% increase over 2008.

Mayoral candidate Clyde Rabideau has set sights on the village as host to an Adirondack Small-Business Conference.

The potential appointment of a prominent Adirondack boat builder to the Adirondack Park Agency has highlighted the rift between conservation and development -- forces that have long butted heads over the park's direction.

Hundreds of schools were closed and more than 160,000 customers were without power Wednesday in the Northeast as a storm that's expected to "sit and spin" brought wet, heavy snow to some areas that have had a relatively snowless winter until now.

Mums create a dog at New York in Bloom. In 2009, Ocasio A. Willson, then an Albany High School senior and a member of the State Museum's after-school program, was a recipient of a Gates Millenium Scholarship more... Joan Reilly created a ?table,? complete with place settings, out of moss, bark, twigs and other natural materials.

National Grid is seeking state regulators' approval for a 33-mile transmission line from Rotterdam to Moreau that would bring additional power to Saratoga County, where the $4.2 billion GlobalFoundries computer chip factory is being built.

" The Adirondack Mountain Club called on the state Legislature today to reject Gov.

Join storyteller Bill Smith and master fiddler Don Woodcock for a winter afternoon of stories about growing up in the North Country and lively toe-tapping music.

The last couple of weeks, I've been sort of wrestling with this very basic question: Just how unpopular is the Adirondack Park Agency? A year ago, I was reporting on the fact that a surprising number of local government leaders were describing the Agency as a significant partner in local planning and developing.

Writing in the Washington Post , former Adirondacker and current Vermonter Bill McKibben works to dispel climate change doubts with an essay about this winter's weird weather.

New York State Police personnel specially trained in investigating and collecting evidence from suspected clandestine methamphetamine labs work Wednesday evening in a trailer positioned behind the Stonehelm Motel in Beekmantown.

State legislators vowed this week to overturn Gov. David Paterson's proposed reduction in the state Environmental Protection Fund, as nearly a dozen environmental advocates blasted the idea, while criticizing his associated proposal to freeze state land acquisitions for the next two years.