The trustees of the Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation have announced this year’s awards to area not-for-profits. Of the 53 grant proposals received this year, 38 were funded in whole or in part. Read the full article in the...
Clarkson University's highest community service honor, the Bertrand H. Snell Award, was bestowed upon Kate Fish, retired executive director of the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) at a reception in her honor hosted by Clarkson President Tony Collins and University...
She grew up in the Town of Newburgh and by high school had joined her high school’s cross-country team, kickstarting her journey and connection with the outdoors. Now, Klarisse Torriente is cementing her love of nature in a role she...
By Zach Hobbs, ANCA CPR Outreach Coordinator In graduate school, I studied the concept of risk and resilience as it relates to the development of children and young adults. Put succinctly, the healthy development of humans is slowed by risk factors...
By Emily Russell Sep 09, 2021 — Every year the Common Ground Alliance, a group of local leaders in the Adirondacks, comes out with a blueprint for the blue line. It’s a kind of guide for building a better park...
by Dana Bamford, ANCA Summer Fellow Having grown up in suburban Boston, it was a real change moving to northern New York. Not because of the swarming Yankees and Mets fans and not even because of the dreaded winters — ...
Jay Ward, longtime president of Ward Lumber Company of Jay, has been thinking about transitioning his 130-year family business for over two decades. In consultation with his wife and daughters, and brother Jeff who runs the mill, he decided to...
May 27, 2021 — North Country businesses are starting to look beyond surviving the pandemic to building back. A regional economic development not-for-profit is set up to help them, thanks to a $1 million federal grant. The Adirondack North Country...
May 26, 2021 — Most counties in the North Country are reporting progress in getting residents vaccinated against COVID-19 though there are disparities for certain groups. A recent online panel talked about the history of medical and scientific abuse of...
