LAKE PLACID - As Jim Merkel bikes through the Adirondacks, through the fields, the forests, alongside the rivers and lakes, he is often silent. His journey, though, speaks volumes. Read more. 

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Mark Mahoney, The Post-Star's editorial page editor, has won the editorial writing category of the 2009 Pulitzer Prizes, journalism's top honors. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post-Star

In 1961, C.V. "Major" Bowes bought the Covewood Lodge, which sits on the banks of Big Moose Lake.

More than 60 years later, the 89-year-old still loves the beauty of the area, but he has watched as acid rain and other environmental changes have damaged the trees, killed the fish and harmed the drinking water. Read more.

From: Utica Observer-Dispatch

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) —Paddlers on a popular wilderness canoe route won't hear the buzz and splash of float planes three years from now, under action taken Thursday by the Adirondack Park Agency. Read more.

From: The Press Republican

SARANAC LAKE - The state Department of Correctional Services announced today that three minimum-security prisons, including Camp Gabriels in Brighton, will close "on July 1, 2009 or as soon after as practicable." Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

GLENS FALLS - Finch Paper LLC announced Monday it plans to eliminate 57 full-time hourly positions by August, or about 7 percent of its total work force.

Four employees will be laid off in early May; 37 will be laid off on Aug. 31; and 16 workers who left the company in recent months will not be replaced. Read more.

From: Glens Falls Post Star