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Another Paradise Cove

In Long Lake, a deck dispute prompts landowner to push back

By Gwendolyn Craig

Found in violation, a Long Lake business pushes back against Adirondack Park Agency's enforcement process.

Kathy Hochul

Hochul could bring a ‘new day’ for Adirondacks

By Gwendolyn Craig

Several advocacy groups and local government leaders in the Adirondacks look at Cuomo’s resignation as an opportunity for the 6-million-acre public and private park.

Cuomo’s resignation caps record of Adirondack preservation and strife

By Adirondack Explorer

Cuomo's work in the Adirondacks included both substantial purchases that expanded the public forest preserve and a thwarted effort to expanded motorized use on some of those lands.

Upper Saranac Lake boater.

Upper Saranac Lake homeowners sue APA, new neighbors

By Gwendolyn Craig

Upper Saranac Lake residents are suing the Adirondack Park Agency and new neighbors over a property development.

Road salt task force still without members

By Gwendolyn Craig

The state’s road salt task force has a detailed report due to lawmakers on Dec. 1, except there’s a problem—the task force doesn’t exist.

Blackhawk

Fort Drum helicopters to train over Adirondacks in August

By Gwendolyn Craig

Helicopters from the U.S. Army out of Fort Drum will travel from Aug. 8 through the 13th to private property near Blue Mountain Lake.

Lake George

Lake George Park Commission convenes septic system committee

By Gwendolyn Craig

Local governments in the Lake George basin, have been under more pressure to address leaking septic systems that could be impacting water quality.

Parkview Development rendering

APA approves housing in Saranac Lake, Lake Placid

By Gwendolyn Craig

The two housing development projects add 70 units of apartments to Saranac Lake and 6 houses to Lake Placid

White Lake Quarry protesters

Forestport, Upper Saranac residents voice concerns on APA board reviews

By Gwendolyn Craig

Residents gave an earful to commissioners of the Adirondack Park Agency during its first in-person meeting in over a year.

APA office

APA to hold first in-person meeting since pandemic

By Gwendolyn Craig

Development projects and an enforcement case are on the APA's agenda at its first in-person meeting in more than a year.

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