Reporter Omar Aquije reports that the Newcomb Town Board has voted to buy land from The Nature Conservancy to set aside for housing and business or industry purposes. (more...)

Reporter Jacob resneck reports that the governor's executive budget would shift more costs to local governments and school districts, the region's state lawmakers warned business and community leaders. (more...)

Reporters Ken Lovett and Fred Dicker report that with their majority hinging on a single seat after losing a crucial upstate special election, defiant Senate Republicans vowed to cling to power and vehemently denied that some GOPers are ready to flip to the Democrats. (more...)

Reporter Nathan Brown reports that the Tupper Lake planning board voted unanimously to recommend that the town board adopt a local land use program. A local land use program, which would have to be approved by the state Adirondack Park Agency, will give the planning board authority over class B projects. (more...)

Reporter Trymaine Lee reports that in a major victory for Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his party, a Democratic assemblyman won a stunning upset in a State Senate election in a district that has been in Republican hands for a century. (more...)

Guest Columnist Russell Shefrin comments on the affordability of living in the Adirondacks. (more...)

A staff writer reports that the Fish and Wildlife Management Board of NYS Region 5 is opposing what they call the 'false cap' on snowmobile trails as proposed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency. (more...)

Reporter Ken Lovett and Fred Dicker reports that with the control of the Senate at stake in a special upstate election, Republican Majority Leader Joseph Bruno vowed that Gov. Spitzer and the Democrats won't completely take the reins of state government. (more...)

A staff writer reports that the Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks is in flux. Not only is the environmental advocacy group under new leadership; it's also hoping to move from North Creek to the Tri-Lakes area, with its eyes set particularly on Saranac Lake. (more...)

In a letter, Mark Lashway of Voters for Tax Reform defends local governments and places blames for soaring taxes on Albany. Lashway also defends Sen. Betty Little's circuit breaker bill, saying it is a "a first step away from treating property owners like milk cows." (more...)