The Adirondacks

Celebrate music, community and food at the second annual Hobofest this Sunday from noon until 10 pm. Hobofest is a free all-day music celebration of the Hobo spirit. It happens on the lawn by the train station on Depot Street in Saranac Lake, against the backdrop of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad. NCPR is media sponsor of Hobofest. Todd Moe spoke with Todd Smith, one of the organizers of the event.

Over the last decade, a series of land deals in the Adirondacks has re-opened traditional back country canoe routes that had been closed for generations.

Paddlers are free to explore wild territory long posted off-limits by landowners.

Brian Mann made the trip from Little Tupper Lake to Lake Lila and sends this audio postcard.

A visiting theater group will put a new twist on a classic Shakespeare play in Saranac Lake this Saturday night. Acted out as if being performed by a traveling band of gypsies, Theater Group Dzieci's performance of Makbet includes words, gestures, chants and dance-like movement. Three actors will play all the characters and the "stage" is a carpet in the living room of Franklin Manor. Todd Moe talks with director Matt Mitler about their production and Dzieci - an international experimental theatre ensemble.

The Drawer Boy is running at the Depot Theatre in Westport through September 5. Resident theatre critic Connie Meng was at the opening night and has this review. More...

Since the 1960s, the hospice movement has been working to give Americans more options and more choices when they reach the end of their lives.

The idea is that even after we know we're dying, we can make decisions that shape the quality of our remaining time.

High Peaks Hospice and Palliative Care serves patients across a huge swath of the North Country, from Warren County all the way to St. Lawrence County.

Brian Mann has been working with the organization to profile one family that has entered the program, the Gallaghers in Saranac Lake.

In the weeks ahead, Brian's series will follow the Gallagher family, telling the story of their lives and their work with hospice. More...

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer made a swing through the Adirondacks Friday to promote legislation designed to boost tourism across the state and the country. Schumer was in Lake Placid, Tupper Lake and Blue Mountain Lake to boost support for the Travel Regional Investment Partnership Act, or TRIP Act, which would award federal grants to tourism destinations for infrastructure and marketing efforts. Chris Knight was in Lake Placid for Schumer's visit and filed this report. More...

John Warren, of the Adirondack Almanack, joins us Friday mornings with tips on where to go, and what to avoid, in the Adirondacks this weekend.

The father/son writing team behind the popular Adirondack Kids books, and their fans, are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the series this summer. Gary and Justin VanRiper live most of the year in Camden, in the Tug Hill region. They and the rest of their family also spend lots of time on Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks. The award-winning Adirondack Kids book series has become a regional best seller. But Gary told Todd Moe that the first volume wasn't really meant to be a book.

Earthworms, friend to lawn and garden, are actually an invasive species in northern forests which developed in the worm-free evironment of retreating glaciers 10,000 years ago. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss their return, and the consequences for boreal soil, trees and wildflowers.

An Adirondack woman missing since the weekend was found dead yesterday after an intensive search north of Saranac Lake. State police haven’t yet disclosed the cause of death, or said whether the incident is being considered suspicious. Chris Morris has details.