- VERIZON TO CLOSE NORTHWAY CELL-SERVICE GAP – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the final three Verizon cell-phone towers are set to close a gap on Interstate 87 next year.
- NY EXTENDS COMMENT TIME FOR LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS – North Country Public Radio ( Canton, NY) Website
A staff report notes that state officials are giving the public another month to weigh in on a proposal to allow new liquefied natural gas facilities in the state for the first time in 40 years.
- ESSEX COUNTY TO ALTER BRIDGE PLAN – Press-Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Website
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that the H. Weight Bridge in Crown Point, Molly Nye Bridge in Keene and Lord Howe Street Bridge in Ticonderoga were red-flagged as potentially dangerous by a recent State Department of Transportation inspection and will need to be replaced or repaired.
- CONSERVATIVES CALL FOR ‘NO’ VOTE ON CASINOS, JUDGES TENURE – Capitol Confidential ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Rick Karlin reports that the state Conservative Party recommends that voters approve the two Adirondack propositions on the ballot this November.
- CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO BE DELIVERED FROM ALBANY TO NORTH COUNTRY BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK – Daily Courier-Observer ( Massena, NY) Website
Reporter Ted Booker reports that the north country will soon have a vast array of services and pricing options for customers of broadband and wireless carriers as the region’s 750-mile open-access telecommunications network owned by the Development Authority of the North Country plans to be linked to Albany within the next few months.