SARANAC LAKE - The North Elba Town Board wants the state Adirondack Park Agency to exempt the town from its new boathouse regulations.

The request, which town officials admit may have little chance of being granted, was discussed at Tuesday's town board meeting, held in Saranac Lake. Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

RAY BROOK - Despite overwhelming public support to save the St. Regis and Hurricane mountain fire towers, the fate of the two structures is still unsettled. Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

BOLTON - If the Lake George Land Conservancy has its way, the top of a landmark mountain won't be developed. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post-Star

Erik Schlimmer thrives on wilderness adventures.

The 37-year-old Oneonta State University wilderness instructor has climbed all 770 mountains above 3,000 feet in the Northeast, including the 100 highest in the Catskill Mountains and Adirondacks during the winter. Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

ELIZABETHTOWN — The head of the Adirondack Park Agency wants more discourse and less controversy over Adirondack issues. Read more.

From: Plattsburgh Press-Republican

They defoliate islands and eat fish by the pound.

So it's no surprise that advocates for Lake George aren't too excited about a growing population of double-crested cormorants that has taken residence on islands in the lake's Narrows. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post-Star