People in our rapidly moving society are rediscovering the simple pleasures of an ancient pastime, the art of storytelling. Organizers...
Mountain Lake Journal
The award-winning magazine series exploring the people, events, issues, and diverse cultures found throughout our region. Produced and hosted by Thom Hallock.
This Week: A mediator meets with the state and corrections officers in hope of ending the prison walkout. Meantime, Governor...
Hundreds of corrections officers walked off the job this week. They’re calling for the repeal of the Halt Act, a law that took effect in 2022, that included the removal of solitary confinement in the state’s prisons. The corrections officers also say staffing shortages are making working conditions even more...
New York is sending another $3-million-dollars in state funding to the village of Tupper Lake to help turn a historic...
The Adirondack Foundation Community Trust based in Lake Placid has been holding meetings throughout the Adirondacks for more than a...
The Shine On! Program at SUNY Plattsburgh and the New York State United Teachers Union hosted a community forum a couple of weeks ago on Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal before lawmakers this session to place new “bell-to-bell” restrictions on cellphones and smart devices in schools. Professors at SUNY Plattsburgh recently...
One of the torchbearers from the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, came to Clinton Community College, to talk with...
Housing, and the growing number of people who are homeless were on the minds of the many community leaders who...
This week on Mountain Lake Journal — the fun event raising money for a serious problem that’s growing here in the North Country. Millions of dollars are on the way to turn an old landmark into new housing in the Adirondacks. And audience members get to hold a piece of...
Just hours before they were set to begin, major tariffs on all imports coming into the U.S. from Canada were...