There’s a simple beauty to hiking — you need only put one foot in front of the next. You don’t need to do intense calculations. You don’t need to do somersaults. You only need to keep walking. Even if you’re struggling at home, even if your life is in shambles, even if the world ...

In his thoroughly researched and masterfully written book, “The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History,” John Barry argues that although it can never be proved conclusively, evidence suggests the 1918 pandemic (Spanish Flu) started between Feb. 28 and March 2 of ...

Living here in the Adirondacks, I enjoy the beauty surrounding me and the challenges brought forth by life itself. I have found that when I encounter difficulties in my life — stresses and anxieties — I take it all to Mother Nature. I speak it all out loud to her. Whether I’m inside, ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation’s long-awaited amendment to the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor management plan has reached the Adirondack Park Agency in Ray Brook for a determination of compliance with the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. This is the second time ...

Recently on the “PBS News Hour,” David Brooks called COVID-19 a national stress test for how well and long we can maintain our collective faith in institutions and each other. Indeed, the coronavirus has shaken the very foundations of society as we all know it. But to call it a stress ...

Newspapers in the United States have traveled rough seas to the First Amendment freedoms we enjoy today. From the colonial Stamp Act through wartime censorship to today, when thousands of newspapers were slammed with the public health emergency known as COVID-19, people who work for newspapers ...