April 2023

Featuring

Picture This: Our 2023 Photography Contest

Between us, my fellow photography contest judges—executive editor Annie Stoltie and senior editor Lisa Bramen—and I have 57 years of experience gazing at piles of amazing entries...

Helping Ukrainians Far from the Front Lines

Annie Stoltie

Five thousand miles away in Lake Placid, Beth Brunner was frustrated. She wanted to do something to help the Ukrainia...

Picture This: Our 2023 Photography Contest

Adirondack Life

The winners of our 2023 annual photography contest.

Man with beard drilling hole in maple tree

As Maple Goes High-Tech, the Romance of the Old Ways Lingers

Brian Castner

I know I’m not the only one who took on chickens as a pandemic project. Tomatoes and raspberries too. But the big one...

Ice Jam Inn Brings “Elevated Comfort Food” to Upper Jay

Lisa Bramen

It’s doubtful that moules frites and Upper Jay were ever mentioned in the same breath before chef Zack Ryder opened t...

The Revolutionary Roots of Lake Luzerne’s Name

Richard Dressner

A few months ago I came across a 1788 handwritten letter by a French nobleman, the Chevalier de La Luzerne, that was ...

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April 2023

The park in pictures: winners of our annual photography contest—plus Adirondack guides past and present, the joys of backyard sugaring, celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Tupper Lake and more!