- SCHNEIDERMAN DELVES INTO ACID RAIN BATTLE – Times Union: Capital Confidential ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Rick Karlin reports that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has developed a grant program to fund projects whose goal is to reduce acid rain pollution in the Adirondacks.
- RIVER AGENCY CHANGES APPLICATION GUIDELINES – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
Reporter Amanda Purcell reports that the application guidelines for community grants from the St. Lawrence River Valley Redevelopment Agency have changed to more closely focus on job creation in community development and environmental improvement projects.
- LAKE GEORGE GROUP SAYS ACT, DON’T DELAY – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Nearing reports that the executive director of the Fund for Lake George, Eric Siy, criticized a decision by the state and Lake George Park Commission to continue the study of invasive species rather than require inspections now.
- WASHINGTON COUNTY SUPERVISORS OPPOSE ‘EXTREME MEASURES’ IN INVASIVES FIGHT – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Jon Alexander reports that supervisors in Washington County are panning a plan by Warren County to crack down on access to Lake George to fight invasive species.
- DEC, LAKE GEORGE COMMISSION LAUNCH ANTI-INVASIVES PLAN – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
A staff report notes that the Lake George Park Commission and the state DEC are making plans and working together to fight invasive species for the summer 2013 boating season.
- TKACZYK WINS SENATE RACE AFTER FINAL COUNT – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Jimmy Vielkind reports that the final Legislative race of 2012 has been decided: Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk will sit as the state senator from the 46th state Senate District, winning by a margin of 19 votes.