August 2023
Articles from this Issue

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In the Weeds: The Fight Against Eurasian Watermilfoil
The spring thaw also brings warmer waters, which happen to be the preferred habitat of an invasive aquatic species th...

Norwegian Woods: Brynilsen’s Viking Village
Although this beloved Fourth Lake resort has been in operation since 1895, when it was known as Camp Monroe, Vikings ...

A Trove of Vintage Lake George Photographs
For 75 years, Jule and Fred Thatcher captured everything from chowder parties to swim marathons and everyone from pri...
