Shaun Kittle
Recent Stories
ORDA looking forward to winter season
The state Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) is looking forward to a lucrative winter season.
Essex County Board votes to table bed tax
The Essex County Board of Supervisors has decided to place on hold a move to increase the county occupancy tax from 3 to 5 percent.
Trail review: A new path up an old favorite
Adirondack Bark
The first time I set out to hike Jay Mountain a few years ago I remember thinking that if it hadn’t been for the cars parked along the shoulder of the road, I would have driven right past the beginning of the unmarked, unmaintained trail.
Essex County Board of Supervisors proposes a budget to meet the tax cap
Options were debated, votes were held and the Essex County Board of Supervisors made some progress in balancing the county budget at a budget workshop held Nov. 29.
High Peaks Hospice helps people cope with death and dying
Hospice care isn’t about giving up, it’s about making a decision—a decision that can define how the final days of a person’s life will be lived.
Local businesses begin accepting Adirondack Bucks
Anna Busser thinks the key to the survival of the United States is found in small communities.
Essex County budget in peril
Essex County officials traded ideas on how to balance the county budget at a meeting on Nov. 19.
The winter creep at Point au Roche
Adirondack Bark
Winter comes with little warning in the North Country.
Stec takes 114th Assembly district
Daniel Stec (R) beat Dennis Tarantino (D), accumulating 27,644 votes to Tarantino’s 20,340, in the race for the 114th Assembly District.
Coming of age
Adirondack Bark
When 2-year-old Danika Parent was faced with a 50-foot-high waterfall, she turned to the stone wall behind her and began inspecting a tiny rock fern, common polypody, that was growing from a crack in the gorge.