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A small a-frame sign with a shingled roof shows details of a town board meeting outside of Long Lake Town Hall.

Long Lake powers up, passing laws to oversee battery storage

By Chloe Bennett

Long Lake town board adopts laws related to installation of Raquette Lake microgrid battery storage facility 

View of Lake George from Sagamore Resort.

A tale of two Sagamores

By Tim Rowland

Fans of both iconic Adirondack institutions gather to share stories

These battery modules, supplied by the battery company BYD, show a similar-sized project to the one proposed in the hamlet of Raquette Lake. The batteries look like a long trailer on concrete mounts.

20-megawatt battery installation proposed in Raquette Lake

By Gwendolyn Craig

Raquette Lake is gearing up to host a microgrid, a battery storage facility that could help service National Grid customers to Old Forge.

Tioga Point campsites reopening after voltage scare

By Mike Lynch

Tioga Point state campground, recently designated as unavailable for use, will open this season after all with camping resuming on Friday. 

Raquette Lake

Stray voltage closes Tioga Point campground

By Mike Lynch

National Grid is working to address an electrical problem that has closed state campground on Raquette Lake.

State Adds Marion River Carry To Adirondack Forest Preserve

By Phil Brown

The state has added the historic Marion River carry to the Forest Preserve, ending a long-running dispute over the ownership of 216 parcels of land near the hamlet of Raquette Lake. The deal secures a five-hundred-yard trail used by paddlers portaging between Utowana Lake and the Marion River. The carry is an essential part of…

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