Archive for April, 2007

DEC NEEDS TO ACTIVELY MANAGE STATE FORESTS (Letter) - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
A letter to the editor from Don Sage of the Adirondack Conservation Council writes about the need for sustainable, renewable forests and calls for the NYS DEC to manage state forests. (more...)

LEAD DEVELOPER SAYS TOWN OUGHT TO DROP ITS CONSULTANTS; TOWN OFFICIALS SAY NO - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Reporter Jacob Resneck reports that the developers of the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort asked the town of Tupper Lake to drop the consultants the town contracted to advise its officials on the proposed resort. (more...)

ORVIS SHOOTING SCHOOL WITHDRAWN FROM AD’K CLUB & RESORT PROJECT - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Reporter Jacob Resneck reports that a controversial part of the Adirondack Club and Resort project has been dropped and a judge postponed the resort's adjudicatory hearing process until June. (more...)

ADIRONDACK GROUPS OPPOSE ANNUAL TRAIL RUN - The Daily Gazette ( Schenectady, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Reporter Jim McGuire reports that some Adirondack organizations have filed comments with the DEC opposing the Great Adirondack Trail Run in the Giant Mountain Wilderness, saying the Forest Preserve is not the appropriate place for such an event. (more...)

‘THEY’VE GOT TO DO BETTER’ - The Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Reporter Maury Thompson reports that lawmakers want to broaden the Northway cell phone coverage discussion to address the lack of coverage in rural areas across the country. (more...)

CELL PHONES ARE NOT JUST A CONVENIENCE - The Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Readers share their stories about the quality of cell phone service in the North Country. (more...)

POLICE FOCUS HEAVILY ON DESOLATE AREAS OF NORTHWAY - The Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Reporter Don Lehman reports that the state police have identified high-priority, remote stretches of highway in the Adirondacks where cell coverage is "spotty at best," and assigns extra manpower to those areas. (more...)

WEAK SIGNALS STIR STRONG EMOTIONS - The Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Web site

Monday, April 30th, 2007
Reporter Madeline Farbman reports on the long debate over cell coverage in the Adirondacks. (more...)

SPITZER DEAL ON NORTHWAY CELL PHONES HAS LOCAL OFFICIALS IRATE - The Chronicle ( Glens Falls, NY) Page 11

Friday, April 27th, 2007
Reporter Gordon Woodworth reports that the agreement made by Governor Spitzer for cell phone coverage on the Northway has Chester Town Supervisor Fred Monroe and Thurman Supervisor John Haskell upset. They believe the town supervisors should have been involved in the discussions rather than the environmental groups. (more...)

BIG TUPPER HEARING POSTPONED SIX WEEKS - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site

Friday, April 27th, 2007
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the first day of pre-trial hearings on development in Tupper Lake ended with a six-week postponement. (more...)
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