Archive for May, 2007

AGENCY: HOUSEBOAT MUST KEEP MOVING - The Daily Gazette ( Schenectady, NY) Web site

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
An Associated Press report notes that the APA has ruled that a Saranac Lake woodworker's new houseboat does not violate land-use regulations in the Adirondack Park, but it cannot be moored in one spot for the season. (more...)

TOWNS, DEC CLASH OVER EASEMENTS - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Reporter Jacob Resneck reports that on the continuing conflict between town and state officials over Adirondack town boards' power of veto over state land acquisitions. (more...)

BUCHANAN TURNS OVER DEC DUTIES - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the Department of Environmental Conservation Region 5 director position is set to changes hands after the last day of Stuart Buchanan. (more...)

AAA WANTS NORTHWAY CELL COVERAGE EFFORTS KICKED INTO HIGH GEAR - Legislative Gazette ( Albany, NY) Web site

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Reporter Roy Kilkeary reports that the Hudson Valley and Northway AAA clubs are calling for the governor to ensure cell phone coverage exists on a remote section of the Northway before another winter goes by. (more...)

ENVIRONMENTALISTS SUE APA OVER ADK. DEVELOPMENT PROJECT - Legislative Gazette ( Albany, NY) Web site

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Reporter Benjamin Klein reports that the Sierra Club and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks have filed a lawsuit against the Adirondack Park Agency over the agency's approval of a luxury home development in the town of Franklin. (more...)

N’AMPTON WAITING TO SEE WHAT APA, HRBRRD DO REGARDING ADK. ESCAPE - Hamilton County News ( Speculator, NY) Web site

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
Reporter Cristine Meixner reports that the Town of Northampton is waiting to see what the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District and Adirondack Park Agency will do regarding the Adirondack Escape vacation rentals. (more...)

Al Roney speaks with AAA Northway spokesperson Danielle Taylor (Radio - QT) - 810 WGY ( Albany, NY) News Podcast

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
WGY's Al Roney speaks with AAA Northway spokesperson Danielle Taylor about cell phone coverage along remote stretches of the Northway. To hear the audio, click here: LINK (more...)

TAX FIGHT TAXING ADIRONDACKS - The Times Union ( Albany, NY) Web site

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Reporter Kate Gurnett reports that the arrival of wealthy buyers in the Adirondacks has caused property values to spike. It is noted that several landowners in Harrietstown are waging a battle in state Supreme Court over their 2006 tax assessments. (more...)

DEC: DEPARTMENT OF ETERNAL CONSTERNATION - Adirondack Journal ( Warrensburg, NY) Page 18

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Columnist Joe Hackett writes about DEC Commissioner Grannis' new appointments to the agency. (more...)

FOCUS ON LOCAL ENERGY - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Page 1 & 7

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
Reporter Jacob Resneck reports that language in a constitutional amendment may hold up construction of a new 26-mile power transmission line to be built through eastern St. Lawrence County. (more...)
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