Adirondacks

PHOTOS: 8 Ultra-Inclusive Resorts For The 1 Percent

George Hobica | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Montana, Hotels, Ski Resorts, Pacific Northwest, Great Smokies, Connecticut, Vermont, Adirondacks, Colorado, Travel, Luxury Hotels, Travel Blogs, Slidepollajax, Travel News

What's the difference between a luxury resort and a luxury resort? These eight are even more exclusive, pride themselves on highly individualized service and are seldom larger than 20 to 40 rooms.

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PHOTOS: Springtime In Northeast Resort Towns

JustLuxe | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Newport, East Coast, Adirondacks, Nantucket, Travel, Vacations, Slidepollajax, New England, Travel News

With an early spring bringing unusually warm weather, East Coast resort towns are starting to anticipate their busy season coming right around the corner.

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GADLING: 10 Surprising Facts About The Adirondacks

Gadling | Jessica Festa | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Adirondacks, New York Travel, Destinations, US Destinations, Upstate New York, Travel News

Most people think of the Adirondack region in New York for its great hiking opportunities, but the area also holds a lot of records and history that m...

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An Affordable April In The Adirondacks

JustLuxe | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Luxury Travel, Biking, Adirondacks, Ski Resorts, Watersports, Travel News

Boating and camping won't kick off just yet, as temperatures are only expected to be in the 50s by mid-April, but there are plenty of other things to do, especially for outdoorsy types.

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PHOTOS: Beauty Of Adirondacks Leads Visitors To 'Aspire Downwards'

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Nature Photography, Video, National Geographic, New York State, Upstate New York, Nature, Adirondacks, Adirondacks Photos, Adirondack Park, Green News

From National Geographic: Visitors have been coming steadily to these mountains since the mid-19th century. In the early days they came by horse-dr...

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The East Coast's Best Ski Town: The Case for Lake Placid

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Apres-Ski, Lake PLacid, Winter Olympics, High Peaks Resort, Whiteface Mountain, Ny Getaways, Upstate New York, Julia Child, Adirondacks, Snowboarding, Mirror Lake, Skiing, Travel News

Two-time Olympic host town Lake Placid has a storied winter sports pedigree.

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Health Care Innovation in Rural New York

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Adirondacks, Health Care, New York, Patient-Centered-Medical-Homes, New York News

In this era of health care reform, many of us aspire to harvest the opportunities not only to expand coverage, but also to transform how care is delivered.

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Astoria Characters: The Resident Stargazer

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Astoria, Adirondacks, Maksuktov Cassegrain, American Museum of Natrual History, Patrick Cannon, Telescope, New York News, Starship Enterprise, Ursa Major, Flushing, Tinker Bell, Cassiopeia, Pegasus, New York News

It's 9 p.m. At 31st and Ditmars, the stars are out. So is The Telescope Guy, Patrick Cannon. "You wanna see Jupiter?" he calls out as people crowd around him.

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A Tale Of Two New Yorks?

nytimes.com | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Robach, Adirondacks, New York City, New York, Partition of New York, Upstate New York, New York News

State Senator Joseph E. Robach, a Republican who represents part of Rochester, has proposed legislation that would allow each of New York State's 62 c...

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Scozzafava Tells Her Story: 'My Name's A Verb Now'

Washington Post | Jason Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech. "My name's a verb now," she said....

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Duke Energy, Polluting Region's Air, Agrees To Cut Emissions

nytimes.com | MIREYA NAVARRO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Duke Energy Agrees to Cut Emissions, Carbon Emissions, New Jersey, Connecticut, Duke Energy, Adirondacks, Pollution, Air Pollution, New York, New York News

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut joined the federal government and two environmental groups in a 1999 lawsuit over pollution from the Duke plant, ...

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Crafty Bears Foil Campers in the Adirondacks

Susan Cosier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Camping, Hiking, Adirondacks, Black Bears, Green News

Before you stash the canister in your pack, be aware that a number of bears are out-smarting the latches and lid in order to sample your tasty treats.

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Cursing In Tyler Texas, a Grievous Offense?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Second Contribution, Beatles, Adirondacks, Curses, Bergfeld Park Amphitheater, Texas, Ravi Shankar, Curse Words, Shawn Phillips, Tyler, Afghanistan, Iraq, Healthy Living News

Maybe the angry father has his own big issues that bother him, but he would do better teaching his children about justice and loving one's neighbor instead of making curse words the enemy.

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Riverbank Park: A New York Oasis

Allison Rockefeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adirondacks, Hudson River, The-Highline, Niagara Falls, New York, Parks, New York News

Riverbank Park's view is so staggering, you're apt to drop your tuna fish sandwich in your cold Frappuccino.

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