- GREEN GROUPS PLAN TO SUE OVER NYCO ADIRONDACK MINING – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that a coalition of green groups are planning to file legal action to block NYCO Minerals from performing exploratory drilling in the forest preserve.
- CUOMO’S ADIRONDACK CHALLENGE RETURNS JULY 20 – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) website
Reporter Mike Lynch reports that the second annual Adirondack Challenge rafting races will take place Sunday, July 20 in Indian Lake.
- SCHUMER LENDS HELP IN TRI-TOWN – USDA DISPUTE – NCPR ( Canton, NY) website
Reporter David Sommerstein reports that Senator Chuck Schumer has said that he would like to help Tri-Town Packing, a St. Lawrence County slaughterhouse involved in a dispute with its meat inspectors.
- STATE AUDIT CRITICIZES ORDA FINANCES – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that an audit released by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli shows that ORDA relies on loans and outside contributions to cover cash shortages and has borrowed to cover its basic operating costs, including payroll.
- STATE TO REOPEN PLAN FOR CORRIDOR – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) website
Reporter Lois Clermont reports that the state will reopen for review its Management Plan for the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, a long-awaited decision in a controversy that has brewed for years.
