Reporter Kenneth Aaron reports that the Friends of Thayer Lake and the Brandreth Park Association plan to appeal a state judge’s decision to open up access to Mud Pond, Mud Pond Outlet as well as a privately owned stretch of Shingle Shanty Brook under the common-law right of navigation.

Reporter Chris Knight reports that Leroy Douglas has sold the Silver Lake property that is the subject of a still-pending, multi-million-dollar federal lawsuit he filed three years ago against the state Adirondack Park Agency and the Adirondack Council.
 

Reporter Bill Quinlivan reports that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are expected to compete with six-member teams in a whitewater race on Monday, July 22 during the Adirondack Challenge in Indian Lake.