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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.

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Speculator unveils Southern Adirondack Mountain Rescue Training Center

By Megan Plete Postol

The training center will be used for a wide variety of community-based organizations.

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.

Julia Goren of Adirondack Mountain Club on the summit of Cascade Mountain. Photo by Mike Lynch

‘We have a world class park here’

By Mike DeSocio

After a 3-year project with Adirondack Council, Julia Goren returns to Adirondack Mountain Club as the new deputy director.

Word of Life in Schroon Lake.

Lodge at Word of Life in Schroon Lake set to be sold

By James Odato

The shuttered lodge owned by Word of Life in Schroon Lake is under contract to be purchased by a private company next month.

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.

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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.

old forge short-term rentals

Locals and landlords square off over short-term rentals

By Jamie Organski

Town of Webb officials look to regulate short-term rentals (STRs), while locals worry about Old Forge community becoming a 'party town'

experience outdoors

On Lake Placid’s Cascade Road, tensions flare around residential, commercial development

By Tim Rowland

Zipline attraction Experience Outdoors faces complaints from neighbors.

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