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Provision of Canadian equipment reflects spirit of the holiday to connect friends and family in hurricane-impacted Northeast WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - In an arrangement that reflects the spirit of Thanksgiving, Amtrak is partnering with its Canadian counterpart, VIA Rail Canada, who accepted to provide passenger rail cars to make additional seats available and allow more friends and family in the hurricane-impacted Northeast to connect over the holiday. "VIA Rail...

NEWPORT, R.I., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Adirondack Golf originated in the early 1900's on a private camp in the Adirondack region, and was played exclusively there by 5 generations of families. As of June 2009, Adirondack Golf is available to the public with a product crafted entirely in the USA. The game is played using oversized wooden clubs and a semi-hard oversized ball. In this game the players design and set up their own course on any un-groomed terrain such as backyards, parks,...

A super-intelligent bear has deciphered how to unlock supposedly bearproof locked food canisters used by New York campers, company officials say. Jamie Hogan, owner of BearVault of San Diego, Calif., say a female bear named Yellow-Yellow who lives in the High Peaks region of the northeastern Adirondack Mountains, has managed to figure out a complex locking system on the canisters that confounds even some campers, The New York Times reported. She's quite talented, Hogan said. I'm an engineer,...

By Dan Heath, The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Jul. 1--PLATTSBURGH -- Bus service is under way between Montreal and Plattsburgh International Airport, considered "Montreal's U.S. airport." Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas talked Monday about this next stage of transportation development at the Plattsburgh airport. Last week, Greyhound and Adirondack Trailways started operating one trip each way between the airport and Montreal, at a cost of $20...

By Dan Heath, The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Jul. 1--PLATTSBURGH -- Bus service is under way between Montreal and Plattsburgh International Airport, considered "Montreal's U.S. airport." Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas talked Monday about this next stage of transportation development at the Plattsburgh airport. Last week, Greyhound and Adirondack Trailways started operating one trip each way between the airport and Montreal, at a cost of $20...