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
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
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
Regional Reads 2022 Adirondack Life What better way to wrap up 2022 than with an Adirondack-flavored tale or two from this year’s crop of regional reads?... Read More
Late-Season Riding at the Ausable Chasm Mountain-Bike Trails Phil Brown And then there are the mountain-bike trails he has spent more than a decade creating near Ausable Chasm, all bearing ... Read More