Reporter Shaun Kittle reports that Robert Freeman, the executive director of the state Committee on Open Government will be hosting a free information session and will answer questions on the Open Meetings and Freedom of Information laws in the Community Room at the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library in Tupper Lake at 4 p.m. today. 

Reporter Chris Knight interviews Mike Carr, the executive director of the Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter, on the $48.6 million deal with the state to add 69,000 acres of former Finch timberlands to the state Forest Preserve. 

Reporter Matthew Turner reports that the Lake Placid village board voted on three significant infrastructure and maintenance projects at Tuesday night’s meeting, approving a new contract for sewage removal, a sewer line study on Main Street and upgrades to the water plant facility. 

The Associated Press reports that the Lake Champlain Transportation Company says fees for crossing between Vermont and New York are going up.
 

Reporter Anthony Hall reports that the Adirondack Pub and Brewery owner John Carr has announced that he is purchasing the four-acre lot on Route 9 owned by the Off-Track Betting Corporation for $1.25 million.  Carr’s immediate plans for the property include expanding Adirondack’s brewing and bottling operations and building the first whiskey distillery in Lake George.  

Reporter Brian Mann reports that state officials say they’ll decide soon what to do with the controversial rail corridor that stretches from Old Forge to Lake Placid.