The Adirondack Canoe Classic — more commonly known as the 90-Miler — is set for Sept. 6-8, with 250 boats and more than 600 paddlers signed up for the three-day paddling stage race. The race is hosted by the Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) with support from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, … Read more
The first annual Adirondack Nature Festival for People with Disabilities will be held at the Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the festival is a free and accessible event that is planned to run rain or shine.
A crew of painters are repainting the Mayor Frank Ratigan Memorial Bridge on state Route 3 this week. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the bridge, part of George LaPan Highway, is one of the main veins into the village’s downtown. A portion of the right lane of the road on the bridge has been closed … Read more
North Country Community College is inviting the public to a series of free, in-person programs this fall on topics ranging from Adirondack history to media literacy to artificial intelligence. North Country Live returns for five dates in September and October on the college’s Saranac Lake campus, and one additional presentation at the Saranac Lake Free … Read more
The village of Tupper Lake has planned a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday to celebrate the installation of new docks and wayfinding signage at its waterfront park. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports the ceremony will start at 11 a.m. The new Flanders Park docks have already had several weeks of use by boaters.
Governor Kathy Hochul Monday announced the completion of construction and the ahead-of-schedule opening of the second phase of the Adirondack Rail Trail from Saranac Lake to Floodwood Road. In addition, New York State recently awarded the contract for rail trail construction from Floodwood Road to Tupper Lake and work will begin immediately on the final … Read more
Adirondack Center for Writing’s (ACW) 2024 Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency will take place September 22 to October 6 at the Lodge on Twitchell Lake near Big Moose. Each fall, ACW offers a free two-week residency to six poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers – three from the Adirondack region and three from anywhere … Read more
The Adirondack North Country Association and its North Country Center for Businesses in Transition have teamed up with other organizations across the region in an effort to better understand the potential economic impact of the retirement of small business owners across the region. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Northeast Transition Initiative is seeking … Read more
The 90-Miler, which attracts more than 600 paddlers from Old Forge to Saranac Lake in early September every year, makes its return Sept. 6 to 8. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports day one takes paddlers from Old Forge to Blue Mountain Lake. Day two begins in Long Lake and ends at the “Crusher,” a state … Read more
The Adirondack Experience museum has received a $145,653 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Museums for America program. With this grant, the ADKX can begin to conserve 139 drawings — created between 1850-1926 — from its collection over the next two years, reports the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.