Our headline today comes to us courtesy of wilderness preservationist John Muir, via Debbie R. White’s new self-published book Mountain Escapades. It’s one of the epigrams that lead into her 50 chapters on becoming an Adirondack Forty-Sixer and then a global mountaineer. The unusual book ...

Some of the most popular St. Patrick’s Day traditions did not originate in Ireland, like corned beef and cabbage or green beer. I am not downplaying the importance of brined meat or dyed beverages because everyone turns a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. If you want to add another ...

There was an excellent letter to the Enterprise last week from a writer in Remson lamenting that too many aspiring 46ers put more importance on “... earning the 46-peak badge ... than with truly experiencing and understanding the Adirondacks.” I used to wholeheartedly agree with this, ...

Drivers and their vehicles can now be banned from the New York state Thruway if tolls are not paid. WTEN TV in Albany reports a new regulation adopted by the state Thruway Authority allows the agency to “exclude” people from driving on the state’s 570-mile Thruway system, temporarily or ...

There have been many stories over the years about the visits to Saranac Lake of John Moran aka Legs Diamond, one of the leading men of the gangster world. My colleague at the Enterprise, Bill McLaughlin, could capture the nuance of those secret visits better than anyone. His brother Eddie, ...