One year since a corruption complaint, Inspector General …
Sep 30, 2024 · APA and inspector general press officers have declined to comment. Rob Merrill, director of communications at the New York State Public Employees Federation, said union representatives do not know “the specific nature of the investigation” and did not have anything additional to share.
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Keene seeks solutions for growing hiker burden - Adirondack …
Oct 11, 2024 · As town of Keene seeks solutions, safety concerns mount for trailhead stewards. By Tim Rowland. The town of Keene is used to dealing with frustrated hikers at its popular Garden trailhead, but this year relations have taken a darker turn. “Our frontcountry steward was trying to talk about preparedness and a fight breaks out between two hikers ...
The good Old Route on Rooster Comb - Adirondack Explorer
Sep 22, 2015 · Our goal was Old Route, a roped climb established by Fritz Wiessner, a legendary rock climber and alpinist, in the summer of 1949. His follower on the first ascent was Jim Goodwin, a well-known Adirondack climber. Appropriately enough, the trail leading to Rooster Comb is dedicated to Goodwin. Old Route has four pitches, each unique.
Aviators and adventurers: Airplanes’ impact on the Adirondacks
Jul 23, 2024 · She also touches on the prevalence of aviation in the Adirondacks, which changed the way tourists and similar visitors experienced the region. The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners. Become one of them. “Train travel was on the decline and there were people with planes in every single community. There were flying clubs.
Word of Life Lodge center of a $21 million project - Adirondack …
Jun 2, 2022 · Word of Life Lodge in Schroon Lake. Photo by Mike Lynch Developers plan family destination in Schroon Lake. By James M. Odato. The family vacation destination used by visitors to Schroon Lake over decades will be reopened after renovations as part of a $21 million project led by a Saratoga Springs construction company operator.. Governor Kathy Hochul announced the deal because state funds will ...
Global investors bet big on Adirondack forests for carbon credits
Oct 6, 2024 · By 2027, Eastwood Forests aims to manage about 320,000 acres of North American forests with help from $415 million raised from Japan-based investors, the partners announced. The Northway acreage and property in Virginia and West Virginia were the first two transactions. Matt Sampson, vice president of forest management for Eastwood Forests ...
Scenic trip on Lower Osgood - Adirondack Explorer
Jul 1, 2005 · Both offer charming wild scenery in close proximity to civilization. Back in the mid-1970s, the Adirondack Park Agency proposed adding the Osgood to the state’s Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System. It recommended classifying the upper Osgood as Wild and the lower Osgood as Scenic. The Jones Pond outlet was to be designated Recreational.
Improved Boreas Ponds access opens - Adirondack Explorer
Sep 12, 2019 · The road to Boreas Ponds just got a lot shorter, which should enable more paddlers to enjoy the spectacular views of the High Peaks this fall. Last Friday the state Department of Environmental Conservation opened Gulf Brook Road as far as the Four Corners near LaBier Flow, allowing the public to drive to within a mile of the ponds.