- GRANT WILL FUND EXPANDED BOAT INSPECTIONS – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
A staff report notes that Paul Smith’s College will use a $500,000 federal grant to expand its boat inspection program and help further protect Adirondack lakes from invasive species.
- LITTLE ADDS TWO SENATE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
A staff report notes that State Sen. Betty Little has been appointed to the Rules Committee and the Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee in the Senate.
- COALITION FORMED TO PROMOTE NY GAS DRILLING – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
The Associated Press reports that a new coalition of labor groups, farmers, landowners and businesses from New York counties along the Pennsylvania border is calling on state officials to lift the nearly 6-year-old moratorium on shale gas development.
- GOVERNOR’S ADIRONDACK WINTER CHALLENGE IS BACK ON – SUNDAY – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Reporter Matthew Turner reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will make a trip to Lake Placid Sunday to Kick off the Adirondack Winter Challenge, an event meant to highlight tourism and winter activities in the area.
- WITH ARTIFACTS SAFE, PAVING MOVES FORWARD – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Don Lehman reports that work to repave the access road around Million Dollar Beach and its parking lot will go ahead on schedule, as the effort to remove artifacts from beneath the road and lot have drawn to a close.
