ALTURA — Ice harvesting was difficult, dangerous work in the old days, but to a group of kids Saturday it was just a lot of fun. The 10 or so youngsters clustered around the T-shaped hole in the ice ...

For the first time in three years, the Tobyhanna Ice Harvest is making its big return on Saturday, Jan. 25. Bill Leonard, organizer for the Tobyhanna Millpond #1 Ice Harvest, said this event has been ...

"It's an offering to the ice god," said John Finkle, co-organizer of the first Duluth Ice Festival. "It ushers in spring, keeps away snakes and gives us good ice rinks and ice cream." The festival ...

This story from the Adirondack Explorer, a nonprofit news outlet covering people and policy in the state forest preserve, is part of a special winter guide presented in partnership with the Times ...