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- LOCALS HAVE MIXED REACTION – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that local reaction to the revised design for a proposed 93-room hotel on Lake Flower has been notably mixed.
- MUDDLE OF PUDD – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that the Saranac Lake village Board of Trustees voted Monday to schedule a public hearing later this month on an amended planned unit development district law, in an attempt to clarify what PUDD law and process is currently in effect as it pertains to the high-end hotel proposal on Lake Flower.
- TRAC WEIGHS IN ON RAILROAD CORRIDOR – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Shaun Kittle reports that a Trails with Rails Action Committee spokesperson says the group is looking for a win-win solution on the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor debate.
- SIX STORY HOTEL CLEARS APA HURDLE – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) website
Reporter Amanda May Metzger reports that the Adirondack Park Agency has approved a permit for the six-story hotel and conference center planned for Canada Street in Lake George.
- SAVE THE RIVER DIRECTOR APPOINTED TO A2A BOARD – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
A staff report notes that D. Lee Willbanks, executive director of Save the River, a Clayton-based environmental advocacy group, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative.
- ZIP LINE PROJECT BEFORE QUEENSBURY PLANNERS ON TUESDAY – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Amanda May Metzger reports that the project proposing a zip line for French Mountain will head to the Queensbury Planning Board on Tuesday for site plan review and a public hearing.
- RESTRAINING ORDER STOPS NYCO TEST MINING – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that a temporary restraining order was issued on Monday stopping NYCO Minerals from test mining on Lot 8 in Lewis, pending the review of a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups.
- ORDA CONDO LEASE RAISES ETHICS QUESTIONS – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Matthew Turner reports that questions have been raised about a possible conflict of interest involving a condominium the state Olympic Regional Development Authority has leased for years from a former ORDA board vice president.
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- DEC: WOODEN BRIDGE IS BEST FOR CEDAR RIVER CROSSING – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that three sites and two design options have been proposed for the Cedar River bridge, a prospect that drew caution from environmental groups during Adirondack Park Agency review.
- DEC PRESENTS ESSEX CHAIN LAKE RECREATION PLAN – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that public comment is still sought on recreation maps and plans for public access to Essex Chain of Lakes.
- AUDIT FINDS ORDA ‘NEEDS TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL PRACTICES’ – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Matthew Turner reports that in an audit released Wednesday, the state comptroller’s office has found that the state Olympic Regional Development Authority needs to improve its financial practices.
- DOHENY’S PLANS STILL UNKNOWN – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Matthew Turner reports that speculation continues as to what effect Independence Party candidate Matt Doheny will have on the race for New York’s 21st Congressional District.
- JUDGE REAFFIRMS ORDER AGAINST HUDSON RIVER RAFTING – Adirondack Almanac ( ) Website
Reporter Phil Brown reports that a state judge has once again ordered Hudson River Rafting Company to stop offering whitewater trips until it replenishes a $50,000 performance bond required by an earlier court order.
- RESIDENTS CREATE PETITION FOR FRONTIER TOWN – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that a resident has presented the Town of North Hudson with a petition Monday that would compel a public vote on the town’s pending purchase of the former Frontier Town property.
- NY TAKES AIM AT INVASIVE SPECIES – NCPR ( Canton, NY) website
The Associated Press reports that officials in New York are enlisting the public’s help in going after invasive species.
- MILFOIL FOILED – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that the infestation of Eurasian watermilfoil in Upper Saranac Lake has nearly been eradicated.
- ESSEX COUNTY RADIO SYSTEM ADVANCES – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that mobile radios for Essex County’s new digital public-safety radio system are now being installed in fire apparatus and ambulances throughout the county.
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- NEW ADIRONDACK LANDS OPENED FOR CAMPING, HIKING – NCPR ( ) Website
An AP story notes that 22 tent sites are now available in the Essex Chain Lakes region near Newcomb. In addition, the DEC has released a draft recreation management plan that proposes to increase public access for outdoor recreation on six tracts of land in the central Adirondacks.
- NYCO MINING EXPANSION IN ADIRONDACKS RAISES NEW QUESTIONS – NCPR ( ) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that NYCO’s plans of expanding two existing Wollasonite mines in the town of Lewis is drawing concerns from green groups, local residents and some local government officials.
- REPORT: ADIRONDACK LIVING EASIER THAN MOST PLACES – Adirondack Almanac ( ) Website
Peter Bauer reports on a recent New York Times report, ranking the Adirondack Park to the other 3,135 counties in the U.S. by how hard or easy it is to live here.
- DOWNTOWN VISITORS CENTER REVS UP – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Dan Heath reports that the 30 City Downtown Community and Visitors Center will serve as the start and finish for a historical trail under development for the city. It is noted that about 65 sites have been identified for possible markers.
- EPA’S JUDITH ENCK TO DISCUSS CLIMATE CHANGE AT SAGAMORE – Adirondack Almanac ( ) Website
A staff report notes that Judith Enck, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 Administrator, will make a public presentation featuring details about recent federal actions to reduce greenhouse gas and CO2 emissions and what they mean for New York and the northeastern U.S.
- SPINY WATER FLEA POISED TO INVADE LAKE CHAMPLAIN – NCPR ( Canton, NY) website
Reporter Sarah Harris reports that it is only a matter of time before the spiny water flea, an aquatic invasive species, invades Lake Champlain.
- MOORE MAKES NEW OFFER TO ESSEX COUNTY – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that Keeseville businessman George Moore is making a third attempt to buy the old Frontier Town theme park from Essex County.
- 2010 VILLAGE LAWS WEREN’T ENACTED – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that a string of local laws the Saranac Lake village Board of Trustees thought it enacted in 2010 did not officially become laws until recently because the state had no record that the laws had been enacted.
- ORDA LAYS OUT FUTURE PLANS, CAPITAL PROJECTS – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Matthew Turner reports that ORDA laid out its capital project plan for the year and talked about re-establishing the board’s Lake Placid Community Advisory Council at its quarterly board meeting last week.
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- APA SETS PUBLIC HEARING FOR NYCO MINING PROJECT – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
A staff report notes that the Adirondack Park Agency will hold an informal public meeting to provide information and solicit public comment on NYCO Minerals Inc.’s request to amend existing APA permits for their Seventy Road and Oak Hill mining facilities in the town of Lewis.
- GOOD STEPS TO SLOW INVASIVE SPECIES – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise editorial board writes their hope that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sign both of the important bills intended to slow the spread of invasive plants and animals in rivers, lakes and ponds presented to him by New York’s Legislature.
- NY SENATE FACTION LEADER SAYS HIS GROUP WILL MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Karen DeWitt reports that Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein has said that even though his group now plans to realign with the Democrats in the Senate, he won’t rule out working with Republicans in the future.
- RESORT DECISION ON HOLD – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Shaun Kittle reports that it has been 60 days since the Appellate Division of the New York state Supreme Court heard arguments on the Adirondack Club and Resort case, but a decision still has not been announced.
- CONGRESS CANDIDATE OFFERS REFORM PLAN – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Matthew Turner reports that Democratic Congress candidate Aaron Woolf has announced a five-step plan to rein in Congress members’ fringe benefits and pay.
- TRAINING SET ON CONTROLLING COMMON INVASIVE PLANTS – Adirondack Almanack ( ) Website
A staff report notes that the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program is hosting a free training session that provides landowners with instruction on how to control unwanted infestations of invading plants.
- DOHENY BLAMES ADS FOR DEFEAT – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Joe LoTemplio reports that defeated Republican congressional primary candidate Matt Doheny credits his loss to American Crossroads, a national conservative political organization that backed Elise Stefanik’s campaign with more than $800,000 in mail and television advertisements.
- PLANNING BOARD OKS NEW DEWEY SKI LODGE – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that the Saranac Lake village planning board has signed off on a new ski lodge for Dewey Mountain Recreation Center.
- PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that concerns about the village of Saranac Lake’s planned unit development district regulations dominated a public comment session Tuesday on the village’s draft land-use code.