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Frances Perkins, the godmother of modern America’s social safety net, could be among the first women in 125 years to be nominated for a place on the New York State Capitol’s Million Dollar Staircase. (Governor Kathy Hochul recently told the New ... Read More

If New York is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 85% before 2050, as required by state law, it must reduce food loss and waste by almost as much. Methane from food rotting in landfills, gasses from waste incineration and carbon from trucks ... Read More

In the years since the Lake George Park Commission started its mandatory boat inspection program in 2014, not one of the scores of aquatic invasive species dwelling in other New York lakes and rivers  – round goby, quagga mussel and ... Read More

It’s a new day at Silver Bay. On Lake George but apart from Lake George, or at least perceived as such for much of its 120-year history, Silver Bay YMCA now welcomes its neighbors with open arms. As of November, 2022, residents of Bolton Landing, ... Read More

State legislation that would allow municipalities to tax condominiums at market rates is gaining support among Warren County Supervisors. Under New York’s existing property tax law, condominium owners’ tax bills are based on the unit’s current ... Read More

A New York Supreme Court has invalidated the Adirondack Park Agency’s 2022 approval of the Lake George Park Commission’s plan to treat 7.6 acres of Eurasian milfoil with the herbicide ProcellaCOR. Justice Robert J. Muller ruled March 3 that a ... Read More

Warren County collected $89,732.32 in occupancy taxes from owners of short-term rentals between January and June 2022 – a 34% increase over the same six-month period in 2021. Dan Barusch, Lake George’s Director of Planning and Zoning, said the ... Read More

Up Yonda Farm, Warren County’s Environmental Education Center in Bolton Landing, has been added to the New York State Birding Trail, Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos has announced. According to the Department of Environmental ... Read More

The United States National Championships for J-24s, a popular class of one-design racing sailboats, will be held on Lake George this year. The Lake George Club will host the races May 17-21. This will be the first time hosting the J-24 Nationals for ... Read More

What do Great Camp Sagamore on Raquette Lake and the Sagamore hotel on Lake George have in common, other than their names? One was built in 1897 by William West Durant, the father of rustic architecture, as a year-round home for himself, which he ... Read More