- 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.
