Archive for December, 2007

SUNDAY MORNING TO AIR SHOW ON FINCH PAPER LAND SALE (Blog) - thepapermillstore.com ( Madison, WI) Web site

Friday, December 28th, 2007
Blogger Brian Cowie writes that the CBS show "Sunday Morning", hosted by Charles Osgood, is scheduled to air a show showing terrain within the Adirondacks Park recently purchased by the Nature Conservancy from Finch Paper. Sunday Morning is expected to air the show on Sunday December 30th. (more...)

GLAD APA APPROVED I-87 CELL TOWER (Letter to the Editor) - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Friday, December 28th, 2007
A letter to the editor from Scott Goldman of Suffern applauds the Adirondack Park Agency for voting to allow cell towers along the I -87 corridors. (more...)

APPEALS COURT SIDES WITH ATV BAN - The Times Union ( Albany, NY) Web site

Friday, December 28th, 2007
Reporter Leigh Hornbeck reports that a state appellate court upheld a county Supreme Court decision Thursday barring all-terrain vehicles from eight roads the town of Horicon had opened to ATVs in 2002. (more...)

SKIES TO GROW QUIETER OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY - The Times Union ( Albany, NY) Web site

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Reported Eric Anderson reports that the end of operations for Big Sky Airlines in the Lake Placid-Saranac Lake region isn't expected to have a dramatic effect on the region. (more...)

INVENTOR SAYS BROADBAND IS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE FOR THE ADIRONDACKS - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Reporter Rebecca Steffan reports that Peter Schultz, co-inventor of fiber optic technology, who gave a presentation on fiber optics at the Lake Placid High School on behalf of CBN Connect, said broadband communications is the way of the future for the Adirondacks. (more...)

TOP ADIRONDACK STORIES OF 2007 (Blog) - Adirondack Almanack ( ) Web site

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Blogger Adirondack Almanack posts the "Top 10 Adirondack Stories of 2007." (more...)

DEAL WITH STATION IN ALBANY LETS NCPR STAY AT 91.7 ON DIAL - Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Web site

Friday, December 21st, 2007
Reporter Martha Ellen reports that North Country Public Radio has reached a deal with a fellow public radio station in Albany to keep its 91.7 frequency that serves Lake Placid. (more...)

PUBLIC-RADIO AIRWAVE DISPUTE DISSIPATES - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Friday, December 21st, 2007
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the National Public Radio station dispute for 91.7 in Lake Placid is over. WAMC, the Albany-based NPR affiliate, has agreed to withdraw its FCC application to install a 6,000-watt transmitter at that frequency. (more...)

BIG SKY GIVES 2 WEEKS’ NOTICE - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Friday, December 21st, 2007
Reporter Heather Sackett reports that Big Sky Airlines will be discontinuing service to all of the Northern New York airports it serves, beginning Jan. 7. (more...)

STATE URGED TO BUY TIMBERLANDS IN NORTHWEST ADIRONDACKS - The Times Union ( Albany, NY) Web site

Thursday, December 20th, 2007
The Associated Press reports that 70,000 acres of timberlands in the northwestern Adirondacks are for sale, and the Adirondack Council is urging the state to buy most of it. (more...)
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