Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSON -- The crackle of fire and a haze of smoke filled the air near the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson, as members ...

In the 1800s, firefighters in New York City watched over their communities perched from cast-iron watchtowers that dotted the metro, and rang bells in those towers to alert nearby fire companies. Pull ...

CAROGA — Deep in the thick, lush forest of the Adirondack Mountains, a lone watchtower stands peacefully, as it has for a century. Since Thursday, local non-profit organizations and community ...