Planners take long game when addressing housing shortages By Carolyn Shapiro A lab analyst for Bionique Testing Laboratories in Saranac Lake recently quit after a year on the job. A primary reason: He couldn’t find a decent place to … [Read more...] about Communities develop solutions to keep people sheltering in place
Inside the ‘green lobby’
Memoir draws from three decades as an Adirondacks environmental powerbroker By Brad Edmondson Former Adirondack Council lobbyist Bernard Melewski advises: “Find out what motivates the people you need to take action. Convince them that your goal … [Read more...] about Inside the ‘green lobby’
Knocking out knotweed
Groups mount eradication efforts parkwide By Carolyn Shapiro Doug Johnson remembers noticing Japanese knotweed for the first time about 15 years ago in southern Vermont, where his wife’s parents own an old farmhouse. He didn’t recognize the … [Read more...] about Knocking out knotweed
Attack of the caterpillars, the sequel
Spongy moths are beginning to hatch, repeat damage to trees By Paul Post Miles and Kelly Moody’s Clinton County apple orchard was stripped bare of leaves and several 90-foot-tall pines were killed and had to be cut down, at considerable … [Read more...] about Attack of the caterpillars, the sequel
The art of water pollution
Artists collaborate on exhibit that highlights threats to Champlain Basin By Karen Bjornland Ask David Fadden about water pollution and he shares a story from his childhood in Onchiota. When he was about 7, he went walking with his … [Read more...] about The art of water pollution
As school enrollment shrinks, Adirondack districts get creative
By Sara Foss In a darkened room at Indian Lake Central School District, six students sit quietly and at attention, eyes fixed on the two screens in the front. Using a mix of smartly edited video clips and live, online instruction, these screens … [Read more...] about As school enrollment shrinks, Adirondack districts get creative