Update 3/5/10: The Press-Republican, in its eagerness to see Hornbeck’s nomination denied, appears to have jumped the gun with yesterday’s article. Official denial of the appointment has not come yet. WNBZ is reporting today that while support for Hornbeck appears to be sinking, the nomination...

I’m not a big fan of snowboarding. Frankly, I find the whole snowboarding culture pretty obnoxious. It reminds me of surf culture (which I’m totally OK with) on steroids. But I DO like Shaun White, and it’s not just because he’s from my real hometown of lovely Carlsbad, California....

As we’ve previously mentioned, there is a lot of Olympic fever in our household right now. It is hard NOT to be so excited about the games when you live next door to a former Olympic village. It really is contagious… and fun as hell. Here are some random thoughts about the games thus far: I...

I know not everyone likes politics mixed in with their outdoor adventure, but unfortunately political decisions can have an impact on the activities we participate in and the places we love. In the Adirondacks, the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is the agency that performs long-range planning for both...

Well, it didn’t take long for us to get a taste of Adirondack political drama. Although there are several Adirondack Park Agency (APA)-related controversies brewing right now, which I imagine is probably true at any given time in the Adirondacks, the one that has caught my eye since moving here...

Hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving!  Ours is about ready to kick off (the Tofurkey is cooking!) and I wanted to sit down and wish you all a happy day, hopefully spent with family and friends. Last year I succumbed to the cliche of listing things I am thankful for.  Well, it has been another...

While the BPA controversy has been playing out for years, one company seemed to benefit from the public’s growing aversion to plastic water bottles… Aluminum bottle manufacturer SIGG. SIGG bottles, which can now be found everywhere from outdoor retail stores to supermarkets, were widely...

Could the Adirondacks go from being Forever Wild, to Forever Wired? That is what the Adirondack Initiative for Wired Work is trying to figure out.  Hosted by Clarkson University, this initiative represents a group of regional leaders and working professionals who are committed to sustainable economic...

A study released last week all but proves what we have been hearing for years now… that hard plastic bottles containing BPA (bisphenol A) are leaching the chemical into the liquids they contain. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that people who drank for a week from the...

Old Mountain Road, an abandoned road running between North Elba (Lake Placid area) and Keene, has been reopened by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The issue was forced after the president of a snowmobile club, James McCulley, intentionally drove his truck on the road, inducing...