Review Board News July 28, 2012
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Review Board News July 27, 2012
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- NEW STATE LAW TARGETS INVASIVE SPECIES – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Jon Alexander reports that a new law will outlaw the possession, transport or sale of ecology-altering invasive plants and animals throughout New York. The DEC and Agriculture Departments must now draft lists of banned species.
- ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TOPS 11 PERCENT – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
A staff report notes that the unemployment rate for St. Lawrence County in the Adirondacks is 11%.
- LAKE GROUP PICKS LEADER – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Nearing reports that Eric Siy, founder and president of Benefishery, will be taking over as executive director of the Fund for Lake George.
- AIM IS OBSTRUCTION, NOT COURT VICTORY – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Writer Michael Foxman, lead developer of Preserve Associates, says the preservationists don’t expect to win in court — they want to win the war of attrition.
- NEW FUND FOR LAKE GEORGE LEADER NAMED – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
A staff report notes that Eric Siy will be taking over as executive director of the Fund for Lake George in September.
- EX-DEC CHIEF ADVOCATED RECYCLING – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Nearing reports on the life of former DEC Commissioner Henry "Hank" Williams, who died Tuesday at St. Peter’s Hospital.
- NORTH COUNTRY JOBLESS NUMBERS STAY HIGH IN JUNE DESPITE TOURISM SEASON – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
Reporter Ted Booker reports that the North Country unemployment levels stayed high in June even with the start of the summer season.
Review Board News July 26, 2012
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Review Board News July 24, 2012
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- LAKE PLACID RESIDENT TO TAKE HELM AT ADIRONADCK COUNCIL – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that Diane Fish, of Lake Placid, will become acting executive director of the Adirondack Council in October when Brian Houseal steps down.
- PROTECT, DON’T ‘PROTECT!’ (Editorial) – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
The Post-Star editorial board writes that no purpose can be served by the "selfish, indulgent" lawsuit filed by Protect the Adirondacks against the Adirondack Club and Resort
- CHESTERTOWN LAWYER ON DEMS’ COURT SLATE – Daily Gazette ( Schenectady, NY) Website
Reporter Michael Lamendola reports that Chestertown lawyer John Silvestri will be one of four Democrats running for state Supreme Court justice in the 4th Judicial District. **Please note that a paid subscription is required to view this article online.
- LARGE-MOUTH BASS SALE PROVIDES POTENTIAL, PITFALLS, GROUPS SAY – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Amaral reports that the state DEC is considering a change that would allow fish markets in the state to sell large-mouth bass in a move that is being criticized by sportsmen because state regulations don’t differentiate between large-mouth and small-mouth bass.
- GREEN GROUP SAYS APA DOCUMENTS SHOW UNFAIR REVIEW OF BIG TUPPER RESORT – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports on the controversy surrounding the lawsuit filed by Protect the Adirondacks against the Adirondack Club and Resort.
- NEW YORK JOINING REVIVAL OF SHORT-LINE RAIL INDUSTRY – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
The Associated Press reports that the reopening of the Tahawus rail line os being driven by high oil prices and the hope that the shortline will bring an economic boost to railside towns.
Review Board News July 21, 2012
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- GREEN GROUP: DOCUMENTS REVEAL SECRET TALKS DURING BIG TUPPER REVIEW – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that a series of emails shows an APA lawyer negotiating specific changes to the permits with a lawyer representing the developer of the Adirondack Club and Resort.
- ALLIANCE REVIEWS LONG TERM SCENARIO FOR ADIRONDACK PARK – WAMC ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Pat Bradley reports on the meeting of the Common Ground Alliance and the general agreement on a broad development strategy.
- TOPS SUPERMARKET WILL ACQUIRE 21 GU MARKETS IN NY, VERMONT – Business Review ( Albany, NY) Website
A staff report notes that Tops supermarket chain is buying 21 grocery stores from Grand Union, including in Bolton, Corinth, North Creek, Northville and Warrensburg.
- IS NEW SUSTAINABLE LIFE VISION FOR THE ADIRONDACK ACHIEVABLE? – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that following the meeting of the Common Ground Alliance and the presentation of a report on the future of the region, big hurdles remain in creating a sustainable life in the Adirondacks.
Review Board News July 19, 2012
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- PLAINTIFFS ALLEGE ILLEGAL COMMUNICATION OVER ADIRONDACK CLUB AND RESORT – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Jessica Collier reports that groups suing to stop the Adirondack Club and Resort from being built are accusing APA staff and representatives of ex parte communications — something the APA denies.
- STUDY: SEASONAL RESIDENTS SPEND AT LEAST $28 MIL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY ANNUALLY – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
Reporter Jaegun Lee reports that a recent study by Jefferson Community College calculated that seasonal residents in Jefferson County spend roughly $28 million a year.
- ESSEX COUNTY WANTS TAX MANDATES BETTER EXPLAINED – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that Essex County lawmakers are revising tax bills to better explain to residents how much of their county taxes goes for state mandates.
- MOVING TOWARD COMMON GROUND – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Jessica Collier reports that the sixth meeting of the Common Ground Alliance brought much agreement on a shared vision for the Adirondacks.
- CAN THE ADIRONDACKS OFFER RESIDENTS A SUSTAINABLE LIFE? – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that at the gathering of the Adirondack Common Ground Alliance, an agreed vision for the Adirondack Park emerged: The Sustainable Life — access to broadband, relying on locally produced food and energy, and managed development. A reshuffling of local governments and schools is needed, along with making the management of the forestlands more flexible and eliminating bureaucratic rules.
- AGENCY ACCUSED OF CLOSED-DOOR DEALING – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Nearing reports that two organizations suing the APA over the Adirondack Club and Resort (Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club) claim the agency had ex parte communications with the developer of the resort.
- ATV PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE IN NORTH CREEK – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Jon Alexander reports that a proposal in Johnsburg to open town roads to ATVs as a means of getting from one property to another is headed for a vote by the full Town Board, though many residents aren’t expected to support it.
- PROTECT FILES BRIEF IN TUPPER LAKE SUIT – Adirondack Explorer Outtakes ( ) Website
Editor Phil Brown reports that Protect the Adirondacks has submitted a brief in reply to the APA regarding its lawsuit against the Adirondack Club and Resort.
- DISSOLUTION PLAN ACCEPTED – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Denise Raymo reports that Malone Village Board members accepted a plan for dissolution of the village, but want to seek advice from Sen. Little and Assembly Member Duprey before voting on whether to enact it.
Review Board News July 18, 2012
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Review Board News July 16, 2012
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Review Board News July 14, 2012
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Review Board News July 13, 2012
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Review Board News July 10, 2012
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Review Board News July 7, 2012
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- DISABLED-ACCESS FLOATPLANE SUIT IS CUT BUT NOT KILLED – The Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that a judge tossed out some of the claims, some of the plaintiffs and some of the defendants but didn’t kill a federal lawsuit brought against the state by a group of disabled men who say they’ve been denied access to more than three dozen remote ponds and lakes in the Adirondacks.
- ADIRONDACK COUNCIL PICKS EPA AS CONSERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR – The Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
A staff writer reports that the Adirondack Council will present its highest honor, the Conservationist of the Year Award, to the EPA during an awards ceremony on July 14.
- WAY CLEARED FOR NEWCOMB RR TO RESUME – The Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that the U.S. Surface Transportation Board has OK’d Saratoga & North Creek Railway’s proposal to reopen the Tahawus Line between North Creek and Newcomb’s Tahawus hamlet.
- STUDY DETERMINES MERCURY EXPOSURE LOWERING REPRODUCTIVE ABILITY IN LOONS – WAMC ( Albany, NY) Website
WAMC reports that a new study of mercury in Adirondack loons has found that the contaminant is having an impact on the population of the birds.
- SHORT-LINE RAIL REVIVAL COMES TO THE ADIRONDACKS – The Associated Press ( ) Website
AP reporter Mary Esch reports that a railroad company is renovating tracks to get at millions of tons of waste rock at an abandoned iron and titanium mine near the source of the New York’s Hudson River.
- BIG PARK, BIG QUESTIONS, PART ONE: DO STATE RULES DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT ADIRONDACK OPEN SPACE? – North Country Public Radio ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann talks with Phil Brown of Adirondack Explorer magazine about questions facing the Adirondack Park.
Review Board News July 6, 2012
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Review Board News July 4, 2012
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Review Board News July 3, 2012
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