- LOCAL CHICKEN PROCESSING GETS USDA CERTIFICATION – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Julie Grant reports that a new USDA-certified mobile poultry processing unit has been unveiled, giving the North Country local food movement a big boost.
- INDIAN LAKERS HOPE CHALLENGE BRINGS ECONOMIC BOOST – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Chris Knight reports that local business owners in Indian Lake are looking forward to the economic boost that the Adirondack Challenge will bring to them as they expect close to 3,000 people to visit the area for the event this weekend.
- MOBILE SLAUGHTERHOUSE READY FOR CHICKENS – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
Reporter Martha Ellen reports that the nations only USDA approved mobile chicken slaughterhouse was unveiled Thursday at Sugar Hill Farm in the town of Canton.
- IN ADIRONDACKS, MAYBE WE REALLY CAN GET ALONG – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that the Adirondack Common Ground Council has made significant strides in the last ten years and has produced some tangible victories.
- ADIRONDACK COUNCIL ENDORSES LAKE GEORGE MANDATORY BOAT INSPECTIONS – Lake George Mirror ( Lake George, NY) Website
Reporter Anthony Hall reports that the Adirondack Council has announced its endorsement of a proposal to mandate the decontamination of every boat trailered to Lake George.
- ADIRONDACK NATURE CONSERVANCY OFFERS $500,000 TO BOOST JOBS – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Mann reports that The Adirondack Nature Conservancy says it will provide $500,000 in grant funds to help businesses and communities developing new projects around the former Finch timberlands.
- CUOMO ON ADK CHALLENGE: OF COURSE IT?S ABOUT PUBLICITY! – YNN ( Albany, NY) Website
A staff report notes that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has responded to critics of the upcoming Adirondack Challenge, slated for this weekend in Indian Lake, who claim that the event has been designed to boost his profile by stating that that the event is indeed a PR event, but solely for the Adirondack Park and the tourism industry of upstate New York.
