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Source: Water defenders – – The Adirondack Almanack

“Early numbers show roughly 120 jobs will be affected by the Moriah closure.” Source: Local leaders react to word of Moriah Shock closure | Sun Community News MORIAH | Word of an impending closure of Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility quickly swept through the close-knit community Nov. 8, leaving many officers and families shocked as offic

Source: Moriah Shock among latest round of prison closures | Sun Community News MORIAH | Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility in Essex County is now one of six prisons slated for closure in spring 2022.

“The closures, announced Monday by state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officials, scheduled for March 10, 2022 are: Ogdensburg Correctional Facility Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility Willard Drug Treatment Campus Southport Correctional Facility Downstate Correctional Facility Rochester Correctional Facility No layoffs are anticipated, a spokesman said, and the cost-cutting through the closures is expected […]

“ALBANY — The Hochul administration has informed the union for corrections officers that it will close six state prisons within 90 days, including Moriah Shock Incarceration Facility in Essex County.” Source: Hochul administration targets Moriah shock and five other prisons for closure | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Memoir details author’s search for her mother | Sun Community News LAKE PLACID | When Monique Comtois was a newborn in Montreal more than 70 years ago, her mother, whose life was in flux, gave her up for adoption. But almost immediately the decision tore a

Source: Douglas: Border crossings business before pleasure | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Crown Pt. Nat’l Guard officer returns home after deployment | Sun Community News CROWN POINT | A Crown Point resident and National Guard member has returned home from a round of overseas deployments.

Source: Hundreds searching for missing hunter, Ray Martin in Tupper Lake | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Props One, Three, Four fail in northern counties | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Props to amend election law lose by average 2/3 margin

Source: Police: Suspect in Crown Point home invasion dead, resident injured

From NYS DEC  New Regulations will Improve Conservation and Safeguard Sustained Public Use New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the adoption of new regulations governing the public use of Wildlife Management Areas (WMA) and the simultaneous repeal of three obsolete area-specific regulations. These regulations will become effective Jan. 1, […]

Source: Developer proposes large resort on 350 acres near Whiteface Mountain

Source: Hochul admin. eyeing more prison closures | News | pressrepublican.com

Town of Lewis – Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On Oct. 27 at 11:15 a.m., Essex County 911 contacted DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting a 66-year-old hiker from Elizabethtown had suffered a non-weight bearing knee injury on the Mount Fay summit. Due to the hiker’s location, NYSP Aviation was requested and Forest Ranger Lt. Burns and Forest […]

Source: Police: Suspect in Crown Point home invasion dead, resident injured

“Nov 01, 2021 — A Florida-based developer has applied for a permit from the Adirondack Park Agency to build a large-scale housing development in the town of Jay.” Source: A big housing development has been proposed for a small Adirondack town | NCPR News

Source: Part 1 of 2: Adirondacks front and center for a new Lyme vaccine | Sun Community News TICONDEROGA | A number of other tick-borne diseases are on the rise, and while a quite prevalent one, anaplasmosis, treated with the same antibiotic as Lyme, others, such

Source: Salt solutions? – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Diversifying the Adirondacks, one whitewater rafting trip (or hike) at a time | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

If you’re traveling to an outdoor destination this weekend be on the lookout for moose on the move. This time of year, moose are wandering looking for mates, leading them to areas where they are not typically seen. While this improves the opportunities for people to enjoy sightings of a moose, it also increases the […]

Source: ADK reaches deal to purchase Cascade Ski Center – Adirondack Explorer

Essex County, but the problem applies in Clinton County Source: Many races go begging in November election | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Voters will go to the polls Nov. 2 in an off-year election notable for the number of races that are unopposed.

Source: DEC on Hiking Parking Permits – Mountain Lake PBS

Each year Americans dispose of 2 billion pumpkins after they have served their purposes adorning our stoops and porches, according to a recent article in Atlantic magazine. Rotting organic material, such as pumpkins and their innards, when buried in a landfill produce methane – a potent greenhouse gas. AdkAction’s Compost for Good team is announcing […]