The Adirondacks are prone to powerful windstorms, isolated tornadoes, and occasional hurricanes, derechos, and microbursts. Perhaps the second most destructive of these in modern Adirondack history (next to the 1998 Ice Storm) occurred in November, 1950. [Read more…] about Remembering The Big Blowdown of 1950
Less Than $1,400 To Go! – We Need You To Help Us Meet Our 2020 Fundraising Goal
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Kathryn Starbuck: Saratoga Suffragist, Attorney, and Politician
Kathryn Helene Starbuck was born in Saratoga Springs in 1887, only a few years after her father, Edgar Starbuck, had moved to town and purchased a department store on Broadway. Kathryn was a bright young girl and after graduating from Saratoga Springs High School went on to earn a degree from Vassar College in 1911.
In 1914, she became one of the first female graduates of Albany Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association the following year. [Read more…] about Kathryn Starbuck: Saratoga Suffragist, Attorney, and Politician
New Documentary On Esopus Creek, From Headwaters to the Hudson
On Friday, December 4, at 7 p.m., Tobe Carey will take to Zoom to introduce three cuts from his latest documentary, Mountain River: The Esopus Creek, Headwaters to the Hudson.
This feature-length film follows the Esopus Creek from its headwaters on Slide Mountain in New York’s Catskill Mountains, to the Ashokan Reservoir and on to the Hudson River at Saugerties, NY. [Read more…] about New Documentary On Esopus Creek, From Headwaters to the Hudson
A Master Thief, Irish Hostess, English Duchess, and the Origins Pan Am
In his stories Arthur Conan Doyle used the leitmotif that misdeeds are not impulsive acts of random individuals. They are machinations of a subtle criminal mind. Enter Professor James Moriarty, a figure with a phenomenal mathematical brain whose hereditary criminal tendencies were rendered deadly by his mental powers. [Read more…] about A Master Thief, Irish Hostess, English Duchess, and the Origins Pan Am
32nd Annual Christmas in Warrensburgh Wreath, Ornament Sales
Adirondack Balsam Wreaths and Christmas Ornaments are being sold by Warrensburgh Beautification Inc. (WBI) in time to decorate for the 32nd Christmas in Warrensburgh celebration on the weekend of December 5th and 6th. [Read more…] about 32nd Annual Christmas in Warrensburgh Wreath, Ornament Sales
Ten Broeck Mansion Holiday House Schedule
The Ten Broeck Mansion, home of the Albany County Historical Association, has announced its Holiday House 2020 schedule. The Mansion will be decorated with shimmering lights, festive trees and bright garlands inside and out. [Read more…] about Ten Broeck Mansion Holiday House Schedule
The Mighty Oak
Rat-a-tat-tat. Showers of acorns hit the ground and tapped our heads as my husband and I hiked the Appalachian Trail. Thousands of acorns strewn across the path atop multi-colored leaves made for treacherous passage. We were hiking a portion of the trail through the Berkshires, and the tall, straight red oaks that grow in these hillside forests had produced a bumper crop of mast. [Read more…] about The Mighty Oak
Trees, Knees, and Other Deep-Freeze Creaks
When temperatures dip well below zero Fahrenheit, especially if they fall precipitously, things go bump in the night. Frozen lakes and ponds emit ominous groans, snaps and booms that reverberate through the ice. Wood siding and old knee joints might creak. And if soil moisture is high and snow cover sparse, the soil can freeze deeply, causing the earth to shift in a harmless, localized cryoseism, or “frost quake” that produces a nerve-rattling bang. [Read more…] about Trees, Knees, and Other Deep-Freeze Creaks
Statewide Trout Stream Management Plan Released
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released the State’s final Trout Stream Management Plan for trout streams across the state. [Read more…] about Statewide Trout Stream Management Plan Released