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Raquette Lake

Long Lake Receives Grant for 5 Historic Markers

December 8, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Buttercup Long Lake Historical SocietyGrants for five historic roadside markers have been awarded to the Town of Long Lake.  Funded by a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the signs commemorate the Raquette Lake Rail Bed, Raquette Lake Hotel, Raquette Lake Train Station and the Raquette Lake General Store and Supply.

A sign in Long Lake will commemorate W.W. Durant’s Buttercup Steamboat which was deliberately sunk in 1885 and recovered in 1959. [Read more…] about Long Lake Receives Grant for 5 Historic Markers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Historic Preservation, Long Lake, Raquette Lake, William Pomeroy Foundation

Police Chase Winds Through Adirondack Park

July 23, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

NYSP logoNew York State Police report they were involved in a pursuit from Utica into the heart of the Adirondacks 90 miles away.

Police say strip spikes were deployed twice, but did not stop the driver. The pursuit ended at Blue Mountain Lake, in Hamilton County. [Read more…] about Police Chase Winds Through Adirondack Park

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Blue Mountain Lake, Crime and Justice, Indian Lake, Inlet, Old Forge, Raquette Lake, State Police, Town of Webb

Poetry: A Definition of Time

June 27, 2020 by George Cassidy Payne Leave a Comment

A Definition of Time

On a dead-end block in
a Raquette Lake cabin,
she lays down to drink
alone, not giving a damn
about being married
in the finest old oak casks
or being distinctive with
a hint of perfect smoke
and peat. She just lays there.
While outside her bedroom
window, a slow-rolling plastic
scrapes loose the hard gravel.

Read More Poems From The New York Almanack HERE.

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts Tagged With: Poetry, Raquette Lake

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