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Service Stations: American Legions in the Adirondacks

by Niki Kourofsky | Jan 11, 2023 | December 2022

Photograph by Carrie Marie Burr My earliest memories of the local American Legion—Post 1619 in West Plattsburgh, less than a mile from our house—were of watching slow-pitch softball under bug-swarmed lights on muggy summer nights. My father belonged to a league that...

Aaron Mair

by James Odato | Oct 24, 2016 | December 2016

Photograph by Daesha Harris The Sierra Club president on race in the Adirondacks Aaron Mair smiles when he tells the story of his first meeting with the Sierra Club, in 1994. But the smile does not quite reach his eyes. “I walked into the New York City club,”...

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Guide to the Great Outdoors 2023

Adirondack camping: where to go, what to do and everything in between—plus your source for birding, paddling, hiking, biking, can’t-miss events and more!