Lake George News

Despite hard-fought campaigns to oust public officials around Warren County, incumbents in nearly all races were able to hold onto their posts in government.

Take a walk on the weird side for Halloween without leaving your laptop. FEARnet.com, devoted to the eerie, has an online series called "Streets of Fear," offering a look at scarily named thoroughfares across the USA.

A week-long bicycle tour involving up to 2,000 bicyclists from Canada has been proposed for next August -- with a route from Lake George to Ticonderoga then on to Plattsburgh -- and the event is expected to give the region a substantial economic boost.

Efforts are under way to reopen a beloved Berkshires summer camp that served generations of young people from Dutchess County.

First published in print: Thursday, October 22, 2009 When Terry and Mary Bruno look back on the move they made this summer from Lake George to a new home on Florida's east coast, the best they can say is that it was a learning experience.

I've always had an aversion to large crowds, or even small ones for that matter, so I've generally avoided the rally scene.

A 24-year-old Glens Falls man is accused of steering a stolen boat to the shore of Lake George in Bolton Landing and stealing an ATV from someone's property.

Police arrested the driver of a vehicle they say struck construction barricades and left the scene before he was found passed out behind the wheel of his car elsewhere in the village.

Douglas and Shirley Struder of Butler, Ky., were visiting Lake George in the southern Adirondacks earlier this month when he was hurt.

Ita s human nature to gawk at the newest model loaded with accessories, but when it comes time to lay down money for an everyday ride, most people move to a more practical point on the food chain.

Daniel Hershey formerly of Burke and Michelle Blondin formerly of Glens Falls, N.Y. were married Sept.

The Adirondack Mountain Club has released a 24-page supplement to its guidebook a oeAdirondack Trails: Eastern Region.a Written by David Thomas-Train, the supplement describes 12 hiking opportunities at 10 locations in the eastern Adirondacks.

Robert Williams, 12, wasn't worried about flying for the first time or visiting a big city.

MIDDLEFIELD _ In his latest book, Dominick Reisen of Middlefield moves beyond local history to a case study of development in central New York, from the mid-1700s until the end of the Civil War.

By Michael Eck Special to The Times Union LAKE GEORGE - Canadians have a unique sense of humor.

The New York State Bar Association's Law, Youth & Citizenship Program will present William G. Bauer of Rochester with its Distinguished Attorney Award for his tireless dedication, unbridled enthusiasm and outstanding success in expanding the Monroe County Rubin Mock Trial Program, one of New York State's oldest mock trial programs for high school ...

A weekend getaway didn't end exactly as planned for one couple when an argument on the trip home heated up and the woman ended up running down her boyfriend with her car, Beverly police say.

The invasive spiny water flea, if left unchecked in the Great Sacandaga Lake's waters, has the potential to starve the lake's native species, according to researchers and officials attempting to mitigate its effects.

It takes a lot of people to put a hot air balloon in the sky. But to put hundreds of them in the air over the past 37 years? That can be traced back to one man.

Just west of the historic buildings that draw crowds to Main Street lies a sheltered stone monolith -- a tribute to the American Indians who once lived in the area and were buried at the site.