December 2021

Natural Talent

“Oh my gawd, how am I going to tell my friends?” says Marissa Jonke, impersonating her mother’s Queens accent when Jonke broke the news that she was becoming a taxidermist. “They’re going to say, ‘What, is she a serial killer?’”

Millionaire’s Row

The view from the top of Lake George’s Prospect Mountain is amazing. You don’t have to take a long, sweaty hike to enjoy it, either, because of the Veterans Memorial Highway that opened in 1969. It is the only scenic drive through the state-owned forest preserve that Laurance Rockefeller built in the Adirondacks. He wanted more, but Harold Hochschild stopped him.

Old Craft, New Twist

John Henry Rushton was a trendsetter. The Canton-based boatbuilder, who made top-of-the-line watercraft in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was egged on by his famous customer George Washington Sears, aka “Nessmuk,” to design smaller and smaller boats for the diminutive adventurer.

Wishful Skiing

As summer turns to fall, foliage just beginning to pop and the air cooling, Olympian Andrew Weibrecht is looking forward to snow. Last winter, from January through March, the 35-year-old Lake Placid native skied 22 of the Adirondacks’ 46 highest peaks to raise funds and awareness for Make-A-Wish Northeast New York, a chapter of Make-A-Wish America, an organization that helps kids with critical illnesses realize their dreams.

The Visionary

When he was 12, Ash Anand’s youngest uncle took him to an open tract of land outside his home in West Bengal on the eastern side of India. “His motive was to inspire me to know that big things can be done,” Anand said.

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February 2026

Meet Lake Placid’s Tate Frantz, a top ski-jumping contender at the Milan-Cortina Olympics—plus Fourth Lake ice hockey, North Creek Ski Bowl lore, brews at Lake Clear's historic Charlie’s Inn and more!