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May 11, 2020

Vincent Schaefer’s Modest Proposal: The Adirondack Park as a Sanctuary from Air Pollution

Fifty years ago this August, Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks met at Eagle Nest, the great camp of its chairman, Harold Hochshild. Members brought their spouses, and it seems as though the ... Read More

May 2, 2020

Warren County Facing Cuts in State Aid, Falling Sales Tax Revenues

US Rep. Elise Stefanik says she is “optimistic” that a bipartisan consensus will emerge in Washington, enabling Congress to adopt a federal aid package for states and counties. “We’re moving in the right direction; Senate Majority Leader ... Read More

May 1, 2020

Lake George Park Commission Advances Revised Stormwater, Stream Corridor Regulations

The Lake George Park Commission has voted to move forward with long-deferred regulatory changes that, its members believe, will tighten protections of the lake’s water quality. Rounds of meetings with the Department of Environmental ... Read More

April 26, 2020

Response to Census Lags, Endangering County’s Standing

The resort and rural towns of Warren County will be overlooked by the nation’s 2020 census unless residents participate, says Sara Frankenfeld, a county planner who co-chairs a local Complete Census Count Committee. ... Read More

April 20, 2020

New York State Opens DEC’s Lake George Launch Ramps

Local Distillery, Breweries, Step Up to Help Out

High Peaks Distillery is among the few businesses in Lake George still busy, and not because it’s manufacturing small batch bourbon. These days, it’s making something equally if not more precious: hand sanitizer. The shift in product lines ... Read More

April 10, 2020

Hudson Headwaters Wins $1.9M in Emergency COVID-19 Funding

Hudson Headwaters Health Network has been awarded $1.9 million in emergency funding to help defray the costs of combating Coronavirus, the federal government’s Health Resources and Services Administration has announced. The ... Read More

April 9, 2020

Warren County’s Motels Will Remain Open to Visitors, Despite Lake George’s Call to Lodge Only Health Workers

Warren County’s motels and other lodging facilities will remain open through the COVID-19 crisis, despite a Lake George Village resolution calling upon the County’s Board of Supervisor to order all such facilities closed to all but essential ... Read More

April 7, 2020

Lake George Village Adopts Budget as Costs of Coronavirus Loom

Utilizing surplus funds from 2019-2020, Lake George Village officials hope to cover deficits that may be traced, directly or indirectly, to the novel coronavirus. According to Mayor Bob Blais, the Village’s 2020-2021 budget will more ... Read More

April 4, 2020

Local Hospitals, Networks, Non-Profits Sharing Resources to Cope with Pandemic

Local hospitals should not be required to share ventilators and other equipment with downstate medical facilities coping with an influx of COVID-19 patients, Assemblyman Dan Stec and US Representative Elise Stefanik argue. Both have issued statements ... Read More