Tag: New York
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Issue: December 2025-January 2026
Which way New York?
Democratic and Republican analysts consider the consequences as U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik declares her candidacy for Governor. — By Maury Thompson read more
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Issue: December 2025-January 2026
Creative collective — Vision carries friends through film
Ravacon Collective creates short films from their HQ at the Shirt Factory in Glens Falls. — By Stacey Morris read more
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Issue: December 2025-January 2026
Election reshapes local governments in Mass., N.Y.
Voters in the Nov. 4 general election chose new mayors to lead the cities of Hudson and Glens Falls while re-electing incumbent mayors and turning over city council seats in North Adams and Saratoga Springs. read more
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Issue: October 2025
Elections 2025
Mayor’s races lead local contests in N.Y., Mass. By FRED DALEY Editor Mayoral races in Hudson, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls and North Adams are headlining a host of local contests as voters cast ballots in the Nov. 4 general election across New York and in the cities of Massachusetts. Voters in Columbia County will be read more
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Issue: October 2025
Will wolves roam again?
David Gibson, managing partner of the environmental group Adirondack Wild, is participating in the Northeast Wolf Recovery Alliance to promote the recovery and protection of wolves across the Northeast and in eastern Canada. — By Maury Thompson read more
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Issue: October 2025
A life spent linking region and the wider world
William B. Eddy attended a Sunday church service in early 1883 with the help of a technological forerunner of contemporary live streaming — By Maury Thompson read more
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Issue: August-September 2025
The divide over dirt roads
After months of controversy, officials in Hillsdale plan to pave a rural road – over the objections of most of the people who live along it. — By John Townes read more
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Issue: August-September 2025
Health care challenges ahead
Clinics, hospitals, nursing homes weigh effects of big Medicaid cuts Hudson Headwaters Health Network opened its newest family health center in May in Salem, N.Y. Now the center is among the many health care facilities across the region that are likely to lose revenue as the federal goverment cuts about $1 trillion in Medicaid read more
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Issue: August-September 2025
Lengthy strike disrupted region’s slate industry
About 600 area slate workers walked off the job on May 12 a century ago.The skilled slate workers at quarries around Granville, N.Y., and Poultney, Vt., were demanding an hourly wage increase of 5 cents — the equivalent of 92 cents in today’s dollars. Even with the increase, their wages, after adjusting for inflation, would read more
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Issue: June-July 2025
Talking tariffs
Local businesses try to find safe passage through fast-changing trade wars John Carr, owner of Adirondack Pub & Brewery in Lake George, is closely watching the effects of new U.S. tariffs, as he relies on imported malt and barley to produce his lagers and ales. Joan K. Lentini photo By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer read more
