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The owners of Adirondack Winery are making sure that everyone has an opportunity to Drink Pink for the remainder of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the sixth year, Adirondack Winery donates a certain amount from each specially marked bottle of their Drink Pink Berry Breeze blush wine for the American Cancer Society’s Marking Strides Breast Cancer Adirondack Chapter. » Continue Reading.
Drinking Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Women’s Health The Focus Of Community Health Forum
This years Adirondack Health’s Community Health Forum has been set for Wednesday October 24th, and will focus on women’s health, with the theme Laugh & Learn. The forum will be held at the Harrietstown Town Hall, 39 Main Street in Saranac Lake.
Starting at 5:30 pm, attendees will be able to learn about various women’s health topics from yoga to mammography, participate in fun activities, and indulge in light refreshments. » Continue Reading.
LGLC Hosting Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Info, Training
The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) is set to host a series of informational and training sessions for the terrestrial invasive pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid. The sessions are free and open to the public.
There are two opportunities to hear from LGLC staff and Charlotte Malmborg of the NYS Hemlock Initiative to learn about the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), including its threat to our forests and water, current research, and what residents can do to help. » Continue Reading.
Our Town Theatre Group Presenting ‘The Mousetrap’
Our Town Theatre Group has announced they will present Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, at the Lyle Dye Auditorium stage at Tannery Pond Community Center on October 19, 20 and 21.
Performances are set for Friday October 19 and Saturday October 20 at 7:30 pm and Sunday October 21 at 1 pm. Tickets are $12 and $8 for students through 12th grade. » Continue Reading.
TAUNY Marking 25 Yrs of Heritage Awards at Folklife Festival
TAUNY, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York, is set to host their TAUNY Folklife Fair: Celebrating 25 Years of North Country Heritage Awards on Sunday, October 28 from noon to 5 pm, with a closing concert by the Fraser Family Friends at 4:15 pm, at The TAUNY Center in Canton.
Over 25 years, TAUNY has recognized 129 individuals, groups, places, and events representing the array of traditions that make the North Country special. The Folklife Fair, held this year in place of TAUNY’s annual Salute event, will feature over thirty past award recipients and friends sharing their traditions with the community through demonstrations of material, visual, food, and musical arts, award-themed refreshments, and further hands-on activities and learning experiences. » Continue Reading.
Regional Figure Skating Championships in Lake Placid
The North Atlantic Regional Figure Skating Championships are returning to the Lake Placid Olympic Center from October 17 to 21, 2018. » Continue Reading.
Lake Placid’s Olympic Sliding Track Begins Season
The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) opened the combined bobsled, luge and skeleton track at the Olympic Sports Complex for U.S. national team training on Monday, October 15th.
Workers chilled the concrete and laid ice on the 20-curve, mile-long chute on Mt. Van Hoevenberg, just five miles east from the two-time Winter Olympic village. Athletes from USA Luge as well as USA Bobsled and Skeleton will hit the ice to begin preparations for their World Cup campaigns. » Continue Reading.
Gospel Choir Workshop, Concert in Saranac Lake
The Plattsburgh Gospel Choir is set to perform an evening concert, followed by a workshop for all singers, on Saturday, October 27th at the Saranac Lake First United Methodist Church.
The workshop with 2 master classes offered by the choir, runs from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. All singers are invited – and no music reading is needed. This class is free and open to the public, attendees are encouraged to bring a dish for the potluck dinner. » Continue Reading.
Adirondack Preservation Awards Announced
Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH), the region’s private, nonprofit historic preservation organization, will present its annual Preservation Awards on Friday, November 2nd, to several recipients that exemplify the extraordinary stewardship of individual historic properties and ongoing preservation work in communities across the Adirondacks. » Continue Reading.
Adirondack Experience Readies for Change of Season
The season is coming to a close for the Adirondack Experience, the museum on Blue Mountain Lake, but isn’t not the end of the activities. Each fall the museum gets ready for winter and provides opportunities for people to bring home a special Adirondack gift from their unique shop.
According to ADKX Director of Marketing Ausra Angermann, the museum has two planned weekends set for people to do their holiday shopping and visit beautiful Blue Mountain Lake. On November 23-24 and December 14-16 from 10 am to 4 pm, the museum provides a special shopping experience to all visitors. » Continue Reading.
Winter Sports: Upcoming Whiteface Lake Placid Events
Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) has announced the list of events on the Whiteface Lake Placid fall/winter 2018-2019 calendar. Dates and schedules are subject to change.
The list of events as follows: » Continue Reading.
Adirondack-Set Film “The Song of Sway Lake” Being Screened
Ari Gold’s new feature film The Song of Sway Lake, which takes place in the Adirondacks, is set to show on Saturday October 20th at the Charles R Wood Theater in Glens Falls, Sunday October 21st in Indian Lake, and during at the Lake Placid Film Festival during the weekend of October 26th-28th. » Continue Reading.
Restored “Adirondack Holiday” Film Screening in Lake Placid
First released in 1960, Adirondack Holiday showed Essex County as a four-season vacation paradise. Now, almost sixty years later, the half-hour short has been restored to all its original color splendor. Its premiere screening will take place during this year’s Lake Placid Film Festival, October 26th to 28th. » Continue Reading.
Human Services Resource Day Set for Oct 26
The second Community Resource Day has been set for Friday, October 26th, from 2 to 6 pm at Aviation Mall, located at 578 Aviation Road in Queensbury.
The event is a showcase of more than 65 health and human services organizations in Warren, Washington, Hamilton and northern Saratoga counties.
Community Resource Day features information about community organizations, the opportunity for networking, as well as freebies, activities, and door prizes. It is jointly presented by Fidelis Care, Interagency Council, Southern Adirondack Independent Living and the Aviation Mall. » Continue Reading.
Pendragon’s ‘Pride & Prejudice’ at AC Oct 20th
The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts is set to present Pendragon Theatre’s production of “Pride and Prejudice” on Saturday, October 20, at 7:30 pm at the Arts Center.
In Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic, the outspoken Elizabeth Bennet faces mounting pressure from her status-conscious mother to secure a suitable marriage. Original music composed for this production features actor Evan Raines playing violin live during the performance with the rest of the cast providing various other soundscapes to underscore the action. » Continue Reading.
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Latest Adirondack News
- DEC Plans To Let Private Camps Remain
- DEC Developing Boreas Ponds Tract
- Man Charged For Poaching Bears
- First Teens Arriving at Ray Brook Prison
- Martz: Little Won't Debate Before Election
- VT Has 92.5 Percent Voter Registration
- Canada Legalizes Marijuana Nationwide
- IDA Crimes At Closed Ti Slaughterhouse
- ATV Registrations Fraud Charged
- Medicare Open Enrollment Begins
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