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Annie Stoltie

A Wild Ride: When Sherman’s Amusement Park Was Our Family Business
Last summer, I was delighted to discover an article in this magazine about how the Caroga Arts Collective is bringing...

Hiking: Panther Mountain
This cyanotype of two gentleman picnicking atop Panther Mountain was captured almost 130 years ago by Grotus Reising...

Skills: How to Start a Fire
The science of combustion is enough to make an indifferent student of chemistry’s eyes glaze over, but starting a fir...

A Cut Above: Trail-Builder Luke Peduzzi
"I ’m not good with a paintbrush or anything, but I’m pretty good with an excavator.” Luke Peduzzi cracked the beer h...

Campfire Cobbler
Based on the southern cuppa-cuppa- cuppa-style cobbler, this is my method for making a cake-like dessert when I don’t...

Swede Mountain: A Southern Adirondack Fire-Tower Scramble
More than a century after it was erected on top of Swede Mountain, in Hague, the metal fire tower still stands. In it...

How to Keep that New-Crush Passion for the Adirondack Park
You, too, can spice up your leisure time with small adjustments to your methods and mindset. Below are some high poin...

Harold and Faith: A New Exhibit Spotlights Weston’s Muse
His artwork was called “rough and rugged as hickory stumps,” like the man himself. Friends described her as “soft, ge...

Billion-Dollar Bet: New York’s Risky Investment in Lake Placid’s Olympic Dream
When I go to see Mike Pratt at the Olympic Regional Development Authority’s glossy new state-funded headquarters in L...

A Lavender Paradise Nestled in the Champlain Valley
“I love the look of the lavender against the mountains,” says Lindsey Pashow, owner of Adirondack View Lavender. Pash...

Barefoot Hiking in the Adirondacks
Wynde Kate Reese sets off for a day hike that will take her to the top of Rooster Comb Mountain in Keene Valley. She’...
