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State secures developer for Benson Mines solar facility

By Gwendolyn Craig

The state has found a developer for a 12-megawatt solar array on a former Adirondack Park mine. It will be the state's first "build-ready" solar project.

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The transformation of Little River Preserve in Star Lake

By William Hill

Snowshoeing on the 257-acre property that's near Five Ponds Wilderness

Benson Mines solar project current conditions

APA approves 20-megawatt solar array in Clifton

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Adirondacks is one step closer to hosting the state’s first “build ready” solar project and the largest in the park.

Benson Mines aerial of solar project site

Largest Adirondack solar project to date goes before APA

By Gwendolyn Craig

Array of 62,000 panels would be installed near former Superfund site

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Former Adirondack mine to host major solar project

By Gwendolyn Craig

An old iron-ore tailings pile at a Star Lake mine is slated to become a solar power plant under a lease deal with the state.