Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is developing a new hiking trail in Wadhams to honor the late former state legislator Franz Leichter. This project follows his family’s generous donation of a permanent trail easement and the conservation of his property in collaboration with the Lake … [Read more...] about Champlain Area Trails Developing New Hiking Trail in Wadhams
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Beatific Buzz (The Sun)
"From a distance, the scene looked chaotic. The man would remove a wooden frame from a box, subject it to a puff of smoke and inspect it before gingerly placing it into another box. He did so again and again. Bees were everywhere. Thousands of them. Tim McGarry has been … [Read more...] about Beatific Buzz (The Sun)
Wadhams Hydroelectric Plant (Adirondack Explorer)
River Rat Glass & Electric... [in Wadhams, New York, is] a thoroughly Adirondack place: burly and utilitarian with a mix of cobbled-together ingenuity, a literal connection to place, self-sufficiency, and respect for renewable resources.The water that drops forty-eight feet … [Read more...] about Wadhams Hydroelectric Plant (Adirondack Explorer)
2nd Annual ADK Coast & Boquet Valley Studio Tour
Follow that Sign! Columbus Day Weekend (October 5, 6, & 7th) artists in our area will be opening their doors to you! "Life in the Adirondack’s doesn’t end after Labor Day, it’s just about to get to the good part… fall foliage…. crisp autumn days… and artists opening their … [Read more...] about 2nd Annual ADK Coast & Boquet Valley Studio Tour
Wadhams Hydroelectric Power Plant (NCPR)
[Matt Foley] began his career as a glass blower, but he wound up refurbishing old hydro dams in the Adirondacks. Using antique equipment, Foley is generating power that lights homes and businesses from St. Regis Falls to Westport. Matt Foley trudges across a snowy field to the … [Read more...] about Wadhams Hydroelectric Power Plant (NCPR)