Jul 20, 2007 — The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts is celebrating 40 years of bringing art to Blue Mountain Lake this summer. A Retrospective Show this Sunday night will sample work from the scores of artists who have been involved with the center as teachers and artists in residence. Betsy Folwell was Director there from 1980-88, third in the "dynasty" that began with Jim and Sheila Hutt. She spoke with Todd Moe.  Go to full article

Jun 11, 2007 — The Adirondack Center for Writing handed out its Second Annual Adirondack Literary Awards in Blue Mountain Lake. Todd Moe talks with writer and editor Bibi Wein, one of the judges, about the winners.  Go to full article

Apr 05, 2007 — The Adirondack Museum unveiled the proposed design yesterday for a new branch in Lake Placid. After fifty years in Blue Mountain Lake, the Museum hopes to find a new audience in the region's most heavily-visited tourist mecca. As Brian Mann reports, the building's modern architecture would make it one of the most visible destinations in Lake Placid.  Go to full article

Jun 05, 2006 — On Sunday, the Adirondack Center for Writing held their first annual literary awards at a ceremony in Blue Mountain Lake. The Center honored books published over the last two years. Keene Valley author Russell Banks won the top prize for best fiction with his novel The Darling. Margaret Bartley was an upset winner for best non-fiction with Grisha, a book about a famous Russian-American cellist who settled in the Adirondacks. Blue Mountain Lake author Mason Smith won the People's Choice award for his novel Florida. Brian Mann sat down after the ceremony with Betsy Folwell, publisher of Adirondack Life magazine, and Nathalie Thill, head of the Adirondack Center for Writing.  Go to full article

Dec 23, 2005 — The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, in Blue Mountain Lake, will open its doors Christmas Eve (8 pm). It'll be the first winter service since the church's founding in 1885. The seasonal church is the oldest log church in the Adirondacks and has never been opened in the winter. The Reverend Lyman "Barney" Farnham told Todd Moe the church will be heated and all are welcome on Christmas Eve.  Go to full article

Oct 19, 2005 — The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake announced plans yesterday to open a branch museum in Lake Placid by the spring of 2007. Museum officials will be spending $2.5 million dollars to acquire and renovate a vacant church on Lake Placid's Main Street. As Chris Knight reports, they say the new site will allow them to reach many more visitors to the Adirondacks.  Go to full article

Oct 18, 2005 — The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake is moving ahead with plans to open a branch museum in Lake Placid. Museum officials will hold a press conference this morning in Lake Placid to unveil details of the project. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Oct 20, 2004 — For most of us, fall is a time to plant some bulbs, put up the storm windows, and stock up on wood or oil for the deep winter ahead. For North Country Public Radio, and especially for our intrepid engineer Radio Bob Sauter, fall is the time to batten down the hatches on our network of 21 radio transmitters. You know, that laundry list of stations - WSLU, WSLJ, WXLG, WXLH, and so on. It's an equipment-hauling, mountain-climbing job. A couple weeks ago David Sommerstein joined Radio Bob for a special radio expedition up Blue Mountain.  Go to full article

Jul 08, 2004 — The Church of the Transfiguration hosts the gospel group "Expressions of faith" this weekend. The Baltimore-based ensemble will perform a series of "floating" concerts from the Blue Mountain Lake Boat Livery at various camps on the lake. Their main concert is Sunday morning at 9:30 at the church in Blue Mountain Lake. Todd Moe chats with the Reverend Lyman "Barney" Farnham about the gospel choir and the historic church.  Go to full article

Dec 11, 2003 — The Adirondack Museum in Blue Mt. Lake has hired a new director. David Pamperin will take over in mid-January. He comes from Wisconsin, where he ran a system of historical sites owned by the state's historical society. Pamperin will be the sixth director in the Adirondack Museum's history, taking over from John Collins, who led the museum for the last three years. Pamperin spoke with Brian Mann about his first impressions of the museum.  Go to full article