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.