Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that APA commissioners approved the reconstruction and expansion of a building on Main Street in Lake Placid.

Reporter Michael Anich reports that the Fulton County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution last week opposing the $50 million state acquisition of the former Finch Pruyn forestlands in the Adirondack State Park, including acreage in Mayfield and Edinburg.

Reporter Brian Mann reports that the Adirondack Club and Resort, which has been touted as an economic engine for the Tupper Lake region, has become a political issue in the North Country, with bipartisan political support. While most environmental advocacy groups are quiet on the project, Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club are taking heat for their lawsuit that is stopping progress on the project.

Letter writer Bob Spring of Crown Point writes that the lawsuit against the Adirondack Club and Resort succeeds in extending a seven-year debacle into an eight-year debacle.

The Post-Star editorial board writes that disabled advocate Ted Galusha is being petty and petulant when the state is making good-faith efforts to improve access.