Entries Tagged as 'Adirondack Life'
At this time of year, inquiries about snow are not uncommon. Here are some tools we use at The Center to quickly assess the current situation as it relates to cold, white stuff. Check these hourly and you too can be an expert on Adirondack snow conditions.
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Tags: camp·map·ski·snow·snowmobile·weather
Binghamton blogger bingoblab has a thought provoking post regarding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort.
In case you have not noticed, the history of the Adirondacks and state politics will both combine into failure for your plans. There is just too much opposition. Do you know your plans are akin to what Walt Disney did to Orlando? Except Orlando was not the vacation homeland for generations of Rockefellers and other wealthy New Yorkers. Disneyworld would have never been started in the Adirondacks and you won’t get there either.
Very perceptive.
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Tags: economic development·tupper lake
This story is just breaking and deserves a special mention.
Police identify woodsman
Man tells police he has lived in woods for past 20 years
Buried in the thick woods of northern Warren County, 2 miles from the nearest road, was a testament to human adaptability.
A tarp-covered lean-to loaded with clothing, sleeping bags and provisions — items believed to have been stolen from seasonal homes around the Brant Lake region — was his residence, at least for the last several months.
The man police believe endured the elements of the Adirondacks in a pine-branch shelter was Alan G. Como, 56, whose last known address was in Massachusetts, police said. He told police he’d lived in the woods for the past 20 years.
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Tags: bushman·camp·crime·warren county