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Anthony F. Hall

Anthony F. Hall is the editor and publisher of the Lake George Mirror.Anthony grew up in Warrensburg and returned to the Adirondacks and took a job with legendary state senator Ron Stafford. In 1998, Anthony and his wife Lisa acquired the Lake George Mirror, once part of a chain of weekly newspapers owned by his father Rob Hall. Established in the 1880s, the Mirror is America’s oldest resort newspaper.

Panel to Discuss 50 Years of Adirondack Park’s Private Land Use Plan

September 15, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Southern half of the map from the Preliminary Private Land Use and Development Plan for the Adirondack Park (1972)The Private Land Use and Development Plan for the Adirondack Park – which prescribes where, and how much, development is appropriate across the Adirondack Park’s 3.4 million acres of privately-owned lands – was signed into law by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in May, 1973. [Read more…] about Panel to Discuss 50 Years of Adirondack Park’s Private Land Use Plan

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History, Nature Tagged With: New York State Bar Association

6 Years Later Warrensburg Addition to Lake George Wild Forest Still Awaits Approval

September 13, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

View of the Hudson River from the Huckleberry Mountain Forest in WarrensburgThe 837-acre Huckleberry Mountain Forest tract in Warrensburg, Warren County, which New York State acquired from the Open Space Institute in 2017, will, in all likelihood, become part of the Lake George Wild Forest and be subject to the strictures of an updated Lake George Wild Forest Unit Management Plan. [Read more…] about 6 Years Later Warrensburg Addition to Lake George Wild Forest Still Awaits Approval

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: APA, DEC, Forest Preserve, Huckleberry Mountain, Hudson River, Lake George Wild Forest, Open Space Institute, Warren County, Warrensburg

The Black Mountain Fire Tower on Lake George Is One of Kind

September 5, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Black Mountain Fire Tower on Lake GeorgeThe fire tower on Black Mountain, in the Lake George Wild Forest on the lake’s eastern side in Washington County, NY, was constructed in 1916 and has been maintained by New York State Police since 1996 when a 39-foot extension was added. The 80-foot-tall structure supports several antennas, a microwave dish and an aerial beacon, the only one of its kind in New York state. [Read more…] about The Black Mountain Fire Tower on Lake George Is One of Kind

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Black Mountain, Essex County, Fire Towers, hiking, Lake George, Lake George Wild Forest, Search and Rescue, State Police, Warren County, Washington County

Emerald Ash Borer Spreading Throughout Lake George Watershed

August 28, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Hearthstone Point Campground (photo courtesy I love NY)Within the past six years, three new nonnative terrestrial pests have emerged to threaten the forests of the Lake George watershed. Among them: emerald ash borer, which was first detected in Warren County in 2020, at the bridge that crosses the Schroon River near Chestertown. That discovery was the first indication that this species might have established itself in the Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Emerald Ash Borer Spreading Throughout Lake George Watershed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, Adirondacks, ash t, DEC, emerald ash borer, Hearthstone Point Campground, Invasive Species, Lake George, Warren County

1955: A New Yorker Covers The Emmett Till Murder Trial

August 10, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall 2 Comments

1955 Associated Press photo of the jury at the trial of Emmett Till’s killers. Rob F. Hall (with pipe) can be seen taking notes in the press galleryIn 1955, my father traveled from New York City to Mississippi, where he was born and where his own father had been a newspaper publisher, to cover the trial of the two white men who had been indicted for the lynching of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy visiting from Chicago. [Read more…] about 1955: A New Yorker Covers The Emmett Till Murder Trial

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, New York City Tagged With: Black History, Chicago, Civil Rights, Journalism, Lake George, Political History, Publishing, Warren County, Warrensburg

Invasive Beech Tree Killer Found Near Lake George

August 9, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

a beech tree leaf exhibiting signs of BLD (courtesy APIPP)Beech Leaf Disease, detected at the western edge of the Adirondack Park in 2022, has spread to the Lake George watershed. Forest Health technicians from the Department of Environmental Conservation discovered a Beech Leaf Disease infestation along a trail on Bolton’s Edgecomb Pond property in late July, Bolton Supervisor Ron Conover said. The technicians were surveying the Cat and Thomas Mountains section of the Adirondack Forest Preserve, a DEC official told Conover. [Read more…] about Invasive Beech Tree Killer Found Near Lake George

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, Adirondacks, Beech Trees, Bolton, DEC, Forestry, Invasive Species, Lake George, trees, Warren County, Washington County

North Creek Ski Bowl Getting New Lodge, Lift and Zip Coaster

August 6, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

North Creek Ski Bowl Rope Tow building in 2006 (John Warren photo)For years, the engine that powered the rope tow at the Ski Bowl in North Creek – believed to be the first rope tow in New York State – lay abandoned in the woods a few hundred feet from the access road to the state-owned Gore Mountain Ski Center. [Read more…] about North Creek Ski Bowl Getting New Lodge, Lift and Zip Coaster

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Cross-Country Skiing, development, Gore Mountain, Johnsburg, North Creek, ORDA, skiing, snowboarding, Tourism, Warren County, winter sports

Lake George Officials Hope to Acquire Revolutionary Burial Ground

August 4, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

volunteers working with archaeologists in Lake George VillageA vacant lot adjacent to the site where Revolutionary War soldiers and others who died at the smallpox hospital at Fort George at the south end of Lake George were buried may be preserved as open space, with a historical marker denoting its historical significance. [Read more…] about Lake George Officials Hope to Acquire Revolutionary Burial Ground

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Archaeology, Cemeteries, Fort George, Historic Preservation, Lake George, Lake George Battlefield Park, Medical History, Military History, smallpox, Warren County

The 1940s Jalopy Races at Bolton Landing on Lake George

July 24, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Sam Hoopes racing a jalopy in Bolton in 1947 (photo courtesy of Black Bass Antiques)In 2020, Black Bass Antiques owner Henry Caldwell acquired an old scrapbook, one page of which was titled “Jalopy Races in Bolton in 1947.” It included a blurry photograph of Sam Hoopes racing a 1924 Model T jalopy. [Read more…] about The 1940s Jalopy Races at Bolton Landing on Lake George

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Bolton, Lake George, Sports History, Transportation History, Warren County

Lake George’s South Basin: The Unfinished Job of Land Protection

July 20, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall Leave a Comment

Lake George South Basin (courtesy Lake George Land Conservancy)According to Mike Horn, the Lake George Land Conservancy’s executive director, the Wiawaka Uplands project is the next step in that organization’s multi-year effort to preserve the ecological integrity of Lake George’s south basin, the most densely populated and heavily used portion of the watershed. [Read more…] about Lake George’s South Basin: The Unfinished Job of Land Protection

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: bicycling, Environmental History, French Mountain, hiking, Lake George, Lake George Land Conservancy, Pilot Knob, Prospect Mountain, Warren County

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