Adirondack Community Story Project

Jery Y. Huntley

Adirondack Community is a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members through an online platform to share the rich social and cultural history of this community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. See www.myadirondackstory.org. Each podcast includes a collection of stories related to a specific topic.

  1. 2d ago

    Keene Central School 2026 11th Grade Stories

    For the sixth year in a row, 11th grade students from Keene Central School told brief stories about growing up in the Town of Keene. We've collected them in this podcast. Themes that encompass this year's batch of stories are the connections and memories formed with family and friends and a love of the outdoors, especially the Adirondacks. The 11th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs using the OurStoryBridge methodology. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠myadirondackstory.org⁠⁠⁠ to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. Music Interludes © 2022 Martha Gallagher. All Rights Reserved

    23 min

  2. Jun 2

    Keene Central School 2026 8th Grade Stories

    For the sixth year in a row, 8th grade students from Keene Central School told brief stories about growing up in the Town of Keene. We've collected them in this podcast. Themes that encompass this year's batch of stories are the connections and memories formed with family and friends and a love of the outdoors, especially the Adirondacks. The 8th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs using the OurStoryBridge methodology. Visit us at ⁠⁠myadirondackstory.org⁠⁠ to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. Music Interludes © 2022 Martha Gallagher. All Rights Reserved

    44 min

  3. 06/07/2025

    Keene Central School 2025 8th Grade Stories

    This Spring, for the fifth year in a row, 8th grade students from Keene Central School told brief stories about growing up in the Town of Keene. We've collected them in this podcast. Themes that encompass this year's batch of stories are the connections and memories formed with family and friends and a love of the outdoors, especially the Adirondacks. The 8th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs using the OurStoryBridge methodology. Visit us at myadirondackstory.org to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State's Adirondack Mountains. Several of the musical interludes in this podcast have been provided by Martha Gallagher, the Adirondack Harper.

    21 min

  4. 06/07/2025

    2025 Keene Central School 11th Grade Stories

    This Spring 11th grade students from Keene Central School told brief stories about life in and around the town of Keene. The stories from this class year’ center themes of family, friendship, fond memories made at school, and a love of the outdoors. This 11th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene, NY community members using the OurStoryBridge methodology. The SchoolStoryBridge Curriculum is available as part of our Teacher’s Guide on www.ourstorybridge.org. Also visit us at myadirondackstory.org to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Musical interludes have been provided by Martha Gallagher, the Harper.

    43 min

  5. 03/12/2025

    Veterans in Keene

    Narrated by Tom Both, Commander of the American Legion Post 1312 and veteran of the Korean War, the stories collected in this episodes are the memories of and about the soldiers who have come from the Town of Keene.  The stories told here reflect the hardship of training and the tragedy of war, but also show the resilience of those in our armed forces, the strange and amazing coincidences which can occur, and most importantly, the humanity of people in uniform. This Veterans in Keene podcast is from Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members using the OurStoryBridge methodology. Visit us at myadirondackstory.org to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Musical interludes have been provided by Martha Gallagher, the Adirondack Harper.

    29 min

  6. 08/27/2024

    2024 Keene Central School 11th Grade Stories

    This Spring, 11th graders at Keene Central School told brief stories about life in and around the Town of Keene. The selected stories take place across the world and have centralizing themes of travel, family, animals, and misadventure. A special note about this podcast is that many of these students recorded stories when they were 8th graders back in 2021. They were the first students to record what is now the annual 8th grade story podcast. This 11th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members. Visit us at myadirondackstory.org to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Musical interludes have been provided by Martha Gallagher, the Adirondack Harper. Music Interludes © 2022 Martha Gallagher. All Rights Reserved.

    13 min

  7. 06/09/2024

    2024 Keene Central School 8th Grade Stories

    For the fourth year in a row, 8th graders at Keene Central School told brief stories about growing up in the Town of Keene. Themes that encompass this year’s stories are appreciation of family, community, and the outdoors.  This 8th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members. Visit us at myadirondackstory.org to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Musical interludes have been provided by Martha Gallagher, the Adirondack Harper. Music Interludes © 2022 Martha Gallagher. All Rights Reserved.

    21 min

  8. 06/25/2023

    2023 Keene Central School 8th Grade Stories

    For the third year in a row, 8th graders at Keene Central School told brief stories about growing up in the Town of Keene. Their themes included resilience, animals, camping, and several stories about family. This 8th grade story project is part of Adirondack Community: Capturing, Retaining, and Communicating the Stories of Who We Are, a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members. Visit us at myadirondackstory.org to hear about the rich social and cultural history of our community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. Musical interludes have been provided by Martha Gallagher, the Adirondack Harper. Music Interludes © 2022 Martha Gallagher. All Rights Reserved.

    35 min
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Adirondack Community is a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Town of Keene community members through an online platform to share the rich social and cultural history of this community located in New York State’s Adirondack Mountains. See www.myadirondackstory.org. Each podcast includes a collection of stories related to a specific topic.

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