Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that Six more cell-phone antenna panels have gained approval for co-location on an existing 237-foot telecommunications tower. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter J. Alex Tarquinio reports that Gov. David Paterson plans to sign a bill into law on Wednesday that will alter New York State’s program to encourage the redevelopment of brownfields. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter Jeremy Peters reports that former Sen. Joseph Bruno as taken a job as the chief executive officer of CMA Consulting Services, a information-technology company in Latham, New York. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter James Odato reports that Joseph Bruno has over as CEO of CMA Consulting in Colonie.

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Blogger Adirondack Almanack weighs in on the controversy surrounding the DEC’s “Quiet Waters” proposal. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter Chris Churchill reports that housing is becoming difficult to afford for long-time residents in the Capital Region’s outlying areas as a result of suburbanization and and increase in second-home purchases.

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Reporter Brian Nearing reports that The Fund for Lake George has received a $325,000 grant from the Helen V. Froehlich Foundation. The money will go toward the Lake George Waterkeeper program and the West Brook Conservation Initiative.

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In a letter to the editor, Jean Kerr of Delmar writes that the DEC was wrong to propose an amendment to the Unit Management Plan that would allow float planes on Lows Lake for another 10 years. See story on original Web site

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Reporter Danny Hakim reports that Gov. Paterson met with the two leaders of the Legislature, marking the first time in 14 years that a new legislative leader has joined the table. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter Sara Foss reports that environmental groups including the Adirondack Council are upset over a recent federal court decision striking down a law they say "would have essentially ended acid rain in the Adirondacks." See story on original Web site

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Guest Columnist Robert Brown disagrees with a previous guest commentary by Dick Beamish which ran in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. 

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An editorial states that the 13 interconnecting ponds below the Saint Regis Canoe Area should be off-limits to motorized water crafts.

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Reporter Chris Churchill reports that Dick Beamish, publisher of the Adirondack Explorer magazine, is retiring in September. Tom Woodman, formerly of the Daily Gazette, will replace him. Beamish plans to build a $2 million endowment to secure the future of the magazine.

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Reporter Tom Wanamaker reports that the Adirondack Explorer magazine and the Adirondack Mountain Club are teaming up for more quiet waters in the Adirondack Park, specifically 13 ponds directly south of the St. Regis Canoe Area.

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A letter to the editor criticizes the Adirondack Regional Assessment Project, which the writer claims is “chipping away of our New York state forever-wild land.”

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Columnist Fred LeBrun writes about the controversy over whether to ban float planes on Lows Lake in the Adirondacks. See story on original Web site

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Reporter Rick Karlin reports that former Senate Republican Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno on Tuesday edged closer to leaving public life, telling a group of business leaders and reporters that he would likely leave office before the November elections.

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The Associated Press reports that environmentalists are pleased with a recent Supreme Court decision ordering a Coroga resident to demolish his boathouse on Canada Lake. See story on original Web site

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Reporter Jim McGuire reports that a judge has ordered Canada Lake property owner Joseph Herms to demolish his lake house.

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In a letter to the editor, Neil Woodworth of the Adirondack Mountain Club writes that according to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan, float planes are prohibited on Lows Lake. See story on original Web site

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A staff report states that while this year's state budget included funds to recruit primary care physicians to the Adirondacks, officials say a local health care crisis is still looming. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter Kayleigh Karutis reports that after close to a  decade of legal tussles, state Supreme Court Justice Richard Giardino ordered Canada Lake land owner Joseph Herms to demolish his lakefront structure within eight months.

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A staff writer reports that the Adirondack Park Agency will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday and Friday at the APA Headquarters in Ray Brook.

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Reporters Nicholas Confessore and Jeremy Peters profiles new Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and chronicles his rise to power in the New York State Senate. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporter Jordan Carleo-Evangelist reports that plaintiffs in a Clifton Park lawsuit over the endangered Karner blue butterfly are challenging the 1991 Society of Plastics Industry vs. Suffolk County decision, which affected New York's Environmental Quality Review Act. See story on original Web site

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