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13th Annual Garlic Festival in Warrensburgh Friday

October 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Thirteenth Annual Garlic Festival at the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers' MarketThe Thirteenth Annual Garlic Festival at the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market in Warren County, NY will be held this Friday, October 7th from 3 to 6 pm. [Read more…] about 13th Annual Garlic Festival in Warrensburgh Friday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Food Tagged With: Warrensburg

World’s Largest Garage Sale This Weekend

September 29, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

worlds largest garage saleThe 2022 World’s Largest Garage Sale, an annual tradition in Warrensburg in Warren County, NY, is set for this weekend, September 30th through October 2nd.

Now in its 42nd year, the World’s Largest Garage Sale is a true community-wide event with sales happening at multiple locations along Main Street and throughout Warrensburg residential neighborhoods. [Read more…] about World’s Largest Garage Sale This Weekend

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Warrensburg

Bands, Brews & BBQ at Hickory Ski Center in Warrensburg

August 19, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hickory Ski CenterHickory Ski Center in Warrensburg, Warren County, NY, will host “Bands, Brews and BBQ,” with Adirondack Brewery Micro Brews and Adirondack and Ledge Rock Hill Wines, set for Saturday, August 27th from 3 to 9 pm. [Read more…] about Bands, Brews & BBQ at Hickory Ski Center in Warrensburg

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Warrensburg

The 1903 Hudson River Spier Falls Dam Disaster

August 16, 2022 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

Construction workers installing a 12 foot diameter penstock at Spier Falls Hydroelectric Dam, 1901In the spring of 1903, more than a thousand men were at work on the final stages of the Spier Falls hydroelectric project on the Hudson River near Glens Falls.

A large number of skilled Italian masons and stoneworkers were housed in a shantytown on the Warren County (north) side of the river.

Most of the remaining work was on the Saratoga County (south) side, which they accessed by a temporary bridge. But the company feared that the high waters of springtime had made the bridge unsafe. To avert a potential catastrophe, they destroyed it with dynamite. [Read more…] about The 1903 Hudson River Spier Falls Dam Disaster

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Adirondack Dams, Adirondacks, Hudson River, Italian History, Labor History, Saratoga County, Spier Falls, Warren County, Warrensburg

Lake George Northway Bridges Being Replaced

August 9, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

project to remove the twin spans between Exits 22 and 23 of the Adirondack Northway courtesy of New York State Department of TransportationA $21.1 million, two-year project to replace the two I-87 Adirondack Northway bridges between Lake George and Warrensburg in Warren County with one single span is now underway. [Read more…] about Lake George Northway Bridges Being Replaced

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Department of Transportation, DOT, I-87, Lake George, Transportation, Warrensburg

NYS Awards $8M in Clean Water Project Grants to Adirondack Communities

April 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Entering Adirondack Park signThe NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) has awarded $638 million in grants to municipalities statewide for water infrastructure projects and Town of Indian Lake in Hamilton County was the biggest winner among Adirondack communities. [Read more…] about NYS Awards $8M in Clean Water Project Grants to Adirondack Communities

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, clean water, Dannemora, Environmental Facilities Corporation, Essex, Essex County, Grants, Hamilton County, Indian Lake, Lake Champlain, nature, peru, Saranac River, Schroon Lake, Schroon River, Warren County, Warrensburg, water quality, Westport

New Effort to Promote Western Warren County’s “First Wilderness” Heritage Underway

February 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

first wilderness heritage cooridorThe Warren County Department of Planning and Community Development has launched a collaboration with Cliff & Redfield Interactive (CRI), a Saratoga Springs-based rich-media communications organization, for a year-long campaign to promote community development and heritage tourism in the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor of western Warren County. [Read more…] about New Effort to Promote Western Warren County’s “First Wilderness” Heritage Underway

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: Chestertown, First Wilderness Heritage Corridor, Hadley, Horicon, https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/tags/warren-county-historical-society/, Hudson River, Johnsburg, Lake Luzerne, Schroon River, Stony Creek, Thurman, Tourism, Warren County, Warren County Historical Society, Warrensburg

Garlic Festival at Warrensburgh Farmers’ Market October 8th

October 1, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

garlic festivalThe Twelfth Annual Garlic Festival at the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market in Warren County, NY will be held Friday, October 8th, from 3 to 6 pm. The event features many varieties of certified organic and naturally grown garlic for sale for planting and consumption. [Read more…] about Garlic Festival at Warrensburgh Farmers’ Market October 8th

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Food Tagged With: Warrensburg

Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation Presentation

September 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Bond, 1786 courtesy The Bond, 1786The program Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation, focusing on the benefits of historic preservation – the funding sources and financial incentive programs available, the advantages of adaptive reuse, and the direct correlation with economic development, and presented by Steven Engelhart, Founding Director of AARCH (Adirondack Architectural Heritage) is set for Monday, September 13th at The Bond, 1786 in Warrensburgh. [Read more…] about Economic Benefits of Historic Preservation Presentation

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Warrensburg, Warrensburgh Historical Society

Seven Years Later Arbor Day Efforts Yield Results

April 29, 2021 by David Gibson Leave a Comment

Brother Yusuf BurgessApril 30th, 2021 is Arbor Day. On Arbor Day 2012, NYS DEC Forest Rangers and Foresters had recruited us to help plant young potted and bare root trees on an eroding section of Adirondack Forest Preserve south of Warrensburg in what was then known as the Hudson River Recreation Area. The saplings had come from the DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery. [Read more…] about Seven Years Later Arbor Day Efforts Yield Results

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Wild, Albany, DEC, Environmental History, Forest Rangers, Hudson River, Hudson River Recreation Area, nature, Saratoga Tree Nursery, Tivoli Lake Preserve, Warrensburg

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