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Josh Clague

A new role in park leadership

By Gwendolyn Craig

DEC staffers named as managers for Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves.

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No vacancy for backcountry campers?

By Brandon Loomis

Using the Tetons as a way to explore the idea of backpacking permits in the Adirondacks

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Peter Paine: in his sixth decade of fighting for the Adirondacks

By Contributing Writer

Peter Paine is the last surviving member of the TSC and spent decades on the APA board, but that is only half the story

LivingADK

Working on the housing puzzle

By Jamie Organski

LivingADK works to implement variety of programs to improve housing density of Adirondack region

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From Haystack to Nye, 100 years later

By Philip Terrie

Bob Marshall’s pamphlet of the peaks nears centennial

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Tupper Lake’s star-gazing attraction aims to expand

By Gwendolyn Craig

Adirondack Sky Center makes plans to become major viewing destination

Tahawus rail line

OSI makes $1.5M bid for Tahawus rail line

By Tim Rowland

Offer reignites debate over future of 30-mile rail line

RV park

Opposition mounts against proposed RV park in Mayfield

By Gwendolyn Craig

Neighbors, entrepreneur clash over 300-lot project on Great Sacandaga Lake

Barton Mines

In North River, a dust-up arises amid mining company’s life extension pitch

By James Odato

Barton Mines seeks permit through 2096 to operate aside wilderness 

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APA sheds more light on solar

By Gwendolyn Craig

Lacking regulatory jurisdiction, the Adirondack Park Agency instead is considering becoming an adviser and host of public meetings on solar development.

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