August 2021
Articles in this Issue

On the Edge
August 28, 2011, as water flooded the Upper Jay firehouse, volunteer firefighters Ralph Schissler and Dennis Perpetua...

The Neighbors
There’s the white clapboard house with the big cross over the woodpile, sitting on a lonely stretch of road between t...

Birds of Summer
I awoke in near-darkness to chirping, peeping and tweeting—the “dawn chorus.” I sat up in my sleeping bag where I was...

Triple Dipping
The Adirondack Park is dotted with lakefront beaches that have it all: playgrounds, lifeguards and, often, big crowds...
