Reporter Russ Buettner reports that for the second time in a month, home rule was cited in rejecting a state law. The decisions, which are both expected to face review by appellate courts, cast a light on the home rule provision, an often misunderstood concept under which the state grants limited autonomy to local municipalities.

Writer Kimberly Rielly, director of communications for the Lake Placid Convention and Visitors Bureau, writes that from a tourism standpoint, public access to an additional 69,000 acres of our most attractive and popular product is a really good thing.

Letter writer Donald Wharton writes that the press releases praising the state’s most recent land purchase didn’t mention the productive timberlands now cut off from being used or the lost jobs.

Writers Dave Mason and Jim Herman, leaders of the ADK Futures Project, writes that not only is the sustainable life the one most sought in the Adirondacks, but also the region is already moving in that direction.