Reporter Chris Knight reports that the soon-to-be owner of Camp Gabriels reportedly wants to turn the now-shuttered minimum security prison into a private group camp and retreat center. 

Reporter Chris Knight reports that an attorney for the company that wants to redevelop Crescent Bay Marina says the properties on Lower Saranac Lake can’t be annexed into the village of Saranac Lake. 

The Associated Press reports that public meetings begin this week on proposals for high-speed passenger rail service in New York. 

Reporter Mary Esch reports that backers of the proposed rail trail which would run through the Adirondack Mountains are frustrated at the Cuomo administration’s slow pace making a decision on whether to open a review needed to move the plan forward, while rail supporters believe the state has already decided what to do. 

Reporter Suzanne Moore reports that a water tower in Rouses Point will remain standing for the foreseeable future as work to remove the structure would require access to property owned by Pfizer, which is being denied.

Reporter Ryan Delaney reports that Upstate New York’s new drone testing site is closer to pulling enough money together to begin operating. It’s been awarded a state grant to cover some of its startup costs. 

The Associated Press reports that the Lake George town planning and zoning director has sent a local businessman an order to cease fill operations on his property that are cascading into a ravine where casualties of the battle of the Bloody Morning Scout in 1755 were buried.