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By Brian Mann AS THE ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY prepares this winter to decide whether a giant resort development proposed for Tupper Lake can go forward, the commission will have to rule on a central environmental question raised by opponents of the project: would the far-flung network of roads, homes, and amenities cause “undue” damage to Read the Rest…
Business owners in flood-ravaged communities prove they’re resilient survivors. By Kenneth Aaron September 11 is a brilliant late-summer Sunday in Keene Valley. The sun is shining, it’s 80 degrees, and it’s a perfect day for tourists to catch early-season foliage. There’s only one thing missing: tourists. A couple of kids are riding bicycles in circles Read the Rest…
Group calls for end to Lake Placid’s tourist train, arguing the region would benefit more from a recreational path. By Chris Morris Jim McCulley and Tony Goodwin butted heads for years over the legal status of the Old Mountain Road in Keene and North Elba. Goodwin helps maintain the woods road as a cross-country ski Read the Rest…
The Capital Region forecasters were predicting a high of thirty-five degrees, meaning this day would rival the warmest in six weeks. So my son Nicholas and I debate: ski pants or blue jeans for our snowshoe trip? Nick, a college student who spends most of the winter in Potsdam—where it can be fifty degrees colder than Read the Rest…
LAKE PLACID - The state Supreme Court Appellate Division is a step closer to ruling on a case involving a Lake Placid family targeted for building a pair of boathouses without permits from the town of North Elba. Read more.
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KEENE - After being closed for months, the Keene Public Library has opened its doors once again to patrons. Read more.
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ALBANY New York environmental officials are asking people to report instances of deer appearing sick or acting abnormally after the death of a deer in northern New York from an uncommon bacterial disease. Read more.
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The state Adirondack Park Agency is concerned that a 2009 decision in the Old Mountain Road case could lead to former town roads in the Adirondack Forest Preserve being reopened to motorized vehicles. Read more. From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program has received a private foundation grant of $170,000 for invasive species prevention and control in 2011, it announced Monday. Read more. From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise The owners of private land between two Adirondack wilderness lakes are suing a Saranac Lake canoeist who paddled a stream crossing the parcel to assert the public's navigation rights. Read more. From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise High-profile biologists, supervisors and fish hatchery staff and are among the 260 state Department of Environmental Conservation employees who recently left the agency after accepting a 2010 early retirement incentive program offered by Gov. David Paterson. Read more. From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise