Taking home rule control over land use regulation in the Adirondack Park is a political minefield for local officials, and could stall the agency’s push to expand local control of planning and zoning. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post-Star

LAKE PLACID - Family members of one of the four U.S. Air Force servicemen who died 50 years ago this past January when a B-47 bomber crashed into Wright Peak visited the site of the tragedy on Sunday Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

KEENE VALLEY - At least 79 Adirondack lakes and ponds are infested with invasive plants like Eurasian watermilfoil and water chestnut. Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

SCHROON -- State Sen. Elizabeth Little, R-Queensbury, and AT&T Mobile’s regional director of sales, Joe Pinkans, cleaved a long blue ribbon with a massive set of ceremonial scissors on Thursday as a 90-foot cell tower loomed in the background. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post-Star

LAKE GEORGE -- The Lake George Waterkeeper hopes to partner with the town on a five-year challenge to reduce stormwater runoff from private property into the lake. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post-Star

Peter Bauer says environmental advocacy in the Adirondack Park has languished in recent years, something he hopes to change by returning to the front lines of Park-wide issues as the new director of Protect the Adirondacks. Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise