Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Adirondack Almanack notes that the APA will meet on Thursday for its monthly meeting to discuss various projects, including the proposed "boathouses" and "dock" definitions.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00
An editorial suggests that the DEC should take over the VICs from the APA.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Andy Flynn, a businessman in Saranac Lake, notes that the APA or the DEC needs to keep operating the VICs as a public entity.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00
A staff writer reports that the Adirondack Park Agency is slated to discuss changes to boathouse and dock regulations at this month’s agency meeting on Thursday.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00
The Press Republican reports that the APA will be meet this week to discuss the proposed regulatory revision hearing record for "boathouses" and "dock" definitions.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that a rally is scheduled for Thursday at the APA headquarters to protest the closure of two local VICs.
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Reporter Michael Lynch reports that the Nature Conservancy is still hopeful it can sell its former Finch, Pruyn timberlands to the state, though not as quickly as it originally planned.
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Reporter Steve Virkler reports that Lewis County wants to sell snowmobile permits to benefit snowmobile clubs.
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00
The North Country Public Radio blog notes that the DEC has agreed to pay Jim McCulley $58,000 to settle a legal battle involving the Old Mountain Road.
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00
The North Country Public Radio Blog reports on the conversation with Peter Hornbeck that aired this morning.
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00
North Country Public Radio reports on Hornbeck’s nomination to serve on the APA Board.
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the DEC will pay $58,000 in legal fees to Jim McCulley for a case regarding snowmobiling on Old Mountain Road.
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Reporter Chris Knight reports that Sen. Little says the controversial nomination of Peter Hornbeck to the state Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners won’t get past the state Senate Finance Committee.
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00
An editorial notes that small businesses in the Adirondacks should unite, take action and plan for the future.
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that Gov. Paterson’s nomination of Peter Hornbeck to the APA Board failed in the Senate Finance Committee.
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February 3rd, 2010
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the APA staff will bring a proposed 80-foot tower project to commissioners for review, but Duane town and emergency officials say the tower is too short.
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February 3rd, 2010
A Rexford resident notes that Lyon Mountain is not wilderness and if the APA classifies it as such, then the access road to the hiking trailhead may be closed and the summit fire tower removed.
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February 3rd, 2010
Ernest Hohmeyer questions whether small businesses will be attracted to the Adirondacks within the next ten years.
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February 1st, 2010
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that members of the Adirondack Park Institute said their board would consider spearheading the effort to keep the Adirondack Visitor's Interpretive Centers open.
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February 1st, 2010
An editorial writes in support of a land-purchase moratorium as one of the many necessary spending cuts Gov. David Paterson included in his 2010-11 Executive Budget.
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February 1st, 2010
Don Coyote states, "The assessed value on state land goes down every year, yet some people in the Adirondacks want the state to buy even more land? Who's going to pay the taxes?".
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February 1st, 2010
Reporter Rick Karlin reports on how the closing of Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility will affect businesses in the Adirondacks.
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January 29th, 2010
Reporter Chris Morris reports that Gov. Paterson's budget calls for a two-year moratorium on new land acquisitions in the Adirondacks, as well as further cuts to the state's Environmental Protection Fund.
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January 29th, 2010
Blogger Brian Mann writes about the emergence of the Adirondack Local Government Review Board's Fred Monroe as "one of the more nuanced critics of the APA".
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January 28th, 2010
The Press Republican reports that the APA is conducting public hearing tonight to discuss its plans to classify or reclassify certain state lands within the Adirondack Park.
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