Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at P2’s Irish (or is it French?) Pub Niki Kourofsky P-2’s Irish Pub, in Tupper Lake, has all of that and more at its annual St. Paddy’s Day blowout. What it doesn’t have... Read More
Wayne Failing: Master of Fun Michael Virtanen Solidly built and shrouded by bushy hair, beard and dark sunglasses, Wayne Failing looked like a modern mountain man.... Read More
Free Skate: How to Build a Backyard Ice Rink Adirondack Life For some Adirondackers, the ultimate in North Country living is being able to ski out the back door. But for Harold S... Read More
Service Stations: American Legions in the Adirondacks Niki Kourofsky My earliest memories of the local American Legion—Post 1619 in West Plattsburgh, less than a mile from our house—were... Read More
From Cold River to the North Pole Adirondack Life For 33 years Noah John Rondeau, the best-known Adirondack hermit of the 20th century, lived in a crude cluster of hut... Read More
Yvona Fast’s Hanukkah Latkes Adirondack Life As a young Jewish girl in Poland, Dana Fast’s non-religious, thoroughly assimilated family didn’t celebrate Hanukkah,... Read More
Photographer Pamela Underhill Karaz Captures the Wonders of Wildlife Annie Stoltie Just after Christmas some years ago, a coyote emerged from a stand of evergreens on Pamela Underhill Karaz’s property... Read More
Adirondack Made: Furniture Artisan Russ Gleaves George Hanstein Stepping into Russ Gleaves’s workshop, well off the beaten path in the town of Hope, is like stepping back in time. G... Read More
Wild Turkey: Dannemora’s Thanksgiving Tradition Niki Kourofsky Planning a table-groaning Thanksgiving meal for an army—while working around any number of schedules and eating habit... Read More
Butternut Squash and Leek Gratin Adirondack Life Tired of the same old Thanksgiving side dishes? Mix it up with this staff favorite from food writer Patsy Jamieson, w... Read More
The Long Drop: Craftsman Wayne Ignatuk’s Room with a View Adirondack Life When your backyard covers 200 acres, chances are good that you’ll need more than one spot dedicated to the call of na... Read More
Mystery Man: Unpacking an Adirondack Life Caperton Tissot Bids at 30, now 30, would you go for 40, I hear 40!” Numbers were rattled off in a mesmerizing chant. The crowd liste... Read More