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Source: Ticonderoga adds 100-acre solar installation to growing project list

Source: Fish Creek campground to get facelift

Source: Report: Trails in Adirondacks are too steep to be sustainable – The Capitol Pressroom

Source: Storm water and sewers – – The Adirondack Almanack

“PLATTSBURGH — Tri-county health departments reported 115 new COVID cases from Tuesday to Thursday. According to the state’s most recent figures, up-to-date as of Wednesday, the seven-county North Country region had the highest positivity rate of any region in the state, with a daily rate and seven-day rolling average of 6%.” Source: Local health departments report […]

Our area makes the New York Times. Source: Border With Canada to Open, Businesses ‘Could Not Be Happier’ – The New York Times

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce Plattsburgh – 10/14/2021– Empire State Development and I Love NY recently released their 2020 Economic Impact Study showing the effect tourism had on New York State, the Adirondack region and Clinton County during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the key findings for New York State, […]

Source: Engineering a river in New York with nature to protect against the impacts of climate change | Here & Now

Source: The little engine that could: Frontier Town’s 1923 Vulcan finds new home | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Diversifying the Adirondacks, one whitewater rafting trip (or hike) at a time | NCPR News

Source: Police search for man missing from his home in Jay in the Adirondacks | NCPR News

 3-week hiatus aimed at preserving beds, providing staff relief  PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/08/2021) — In response to an increase in patient volume, critical workforce shortages and significant number of COVID positive admissions, The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) has placed a 3-week pause on elective surgical procedures that require inpatient […]

Source: Past Au Sable fire chief honored for decades of service | Sun Community News AU SABLE FORKS | Former Fire Chief and longtime volunteer Joe Fitzgerald was recently honored for his decades of service to the Au Sable Forks Fire Department and surrounding comm

“Why Local Apples? Because New York State grows a lot of great apples! According to the USDA, approximately 42,360 acres of farmland in New York State are home to apple orchards. The current climate across New York State, from the Hudson Valley to the Canadian border, to Western NY, is great for growing apples. The […]

Source: Rail bikes offer fall outing for all ages – Adirondack Explorer

Source: Across the Adirondacks, tourism was up and down this summer

“The owners of the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge, Wendy and Steve Hall, have been ordered to find new homes for around a dozen wild animals and end their education and rehabilitation efforts by Oct. 25. The order, from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, comes…” Source: ‘We need a miracle’ | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack […]

“If you’re admitted for COVID-19 it’s safe to say that you are feeling pretty bad,” he said. “It’s not the normal ‘suffer it out at home’ that you you would do for influenza or something like that.” Scollin said one of the hospitalized people is on a ventilator. He said ventilator use has been rare […]

Source: A wild Adirondack river is restored to cope with climate change | NCPR News

“Gov. Kathy Hochul’s selection of the Champlain-Hudson Power Express as a conduit delivering green energy to New York City will provide a small windfall to 14 Essex County governments that will benefit from a structured schedule of revenue payments over the next 30 years.” Source: Champlain-Hudson project benefits lake towns, school districts | Sun Community […]

Source: Upstate NY fall foliage report: Adirondacks arriving at peak or near-peak colors this weekend – syracuse.com

Source: 7 leave Adirondack Health over vaccine rule | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Town of Keene Essex County Wilderness Rescue: While hiking on her day off on Sept. 20, Forest Ranger Temple encountered a hiker from Florida who sustained a lower leg injury near the summit of Indian Head on the Adirondack Mountain Reserve. Ranger Temple contacted DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch at 1:45 p.m. requesting additional Ranger assistance […]

“Knocking on the door The hodgepodge of project locations so far approved in the park has given some local leaders pause. The state and federal push for more renewable energy has solar developers knocking on Adirondackers’ doors, but some are wondering if large solar projects belong in the park and, if so, where. Even stalwart […]

Source: Hochul touts environmental, economic projects in the Adirondacks