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Outdoors

Keene uses parking ban to divert hikers

KEENE VALLEY — The town of Keene implemented a roadside parking ban for three local roads on Friday. The town plans to step up enforcement this weekend in an effort to limit the number of hikers congregating at trailheads and in residential areas. Parking on Johns Brook, Market and ...

Camp Guggenheim cancels sessions for this summer

SARANAC LAKE — A youth summer camp on the shore of Lower Saranac Lake will be closed this summer, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Camp Guggenheim, owned and run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg, was scheduled to run for six week-long sessions from June 28 to Aug. 7, with the ...

Ranger issues rare tickets for climbing at falcon nest site

KEESEVILLE — For the first time since the early 2000s, a state forest ranger ticketed rock climbers for ignoring falcon protections. On April 11, Forest Ranger Sarah Bode cited two rock climbers for failure to obey a DEC sign at Poke O Moonshine, a mountain near Keeseville famed for its ...

Winter wins a round, but spring is coming

SARANAC LAKE -- While spring has had its moments so far this year, winter has not gone away yet. Tri-Lakes residents awoke on Wednesday, Earth Day, to find a solid blanket of snow had fallen overnight. That's fairly normal for April in the Adirondacks. At present, eastern states -- ...