Leigh Hornbeck

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Leigh Hornbeck

TROY — For years, Jeff Buell's job was to entice business and developers to the city he loved. Now, with the purchase of 9 First St., his commitment has taken the form of brownstone and brick. Buell and his business partner, Chris Colwell, announced Monday they bought the dilapidated building from the Troy Local Development Corp. for $10,000. They are hoping to raise another $500,000 from private investors to restore the neglected but structurally sound building.

2 weeks ago | saratogaliving.com | Leigh Hornbeck

I first took notice of Keir Weimer when his hospitality brand, Weekender, bought Shaheen’s Adirondack Inn in Tupper Lake in 2022. Then I saw that Weekender was also buying the hotel formerly known as the Copperfield Inn on Main Street in North Creek—the hotel where I worked my first job (and where my friends and I may or may not have taken an unauthorized, nighttime skinny dip when we were in high school). The hotel has been largely moribund for years.

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Leigh Hornbeck

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Rick and Chris Spenello sell casual clothes, jewelry, hats and coats, but formal dresses are their specialty. When holiday time comes, a saucy, bright red dress takes center stage in the storefront window of The Shoppe at 370 Broadway. For independent business owners who don't spend much on advertising, the window needs to be everything: eye-catching, alluring and inviting.

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Leigh Hornbeck

ALBANY — A few days before Christmas 1962, there was more than the usual flurry of activity inside 100 S. Manning Blvd. There was always commotion inside the big Spanish Colonial, home to the eight McCabe children, their parents Eileen and Thomas, and the family dog, Lucky. But on this particular evening, the children were dressed in their best clothes as they awaited a photographer from the newspaper.

1 month ago | adirondackexplorer.org | Leigh Hornbeck

A tribute to a trailblazer in writing and lifeBy Leigh HornbeckStrictly speaking, Betsy Folwell was my parents’ friend, not mine. I was the kid who tagged along. My parents, Ann and Pete Hornbeck, met Betsy and her husband, Tom Warrington, in the mid-1970s when I was a baby. They were all young, scrappy and new to the Adirondacks. It was a perfect place for people skeptical of institutions and suburbia. They bonded over a shared love for wilderness.