DEC Region 5 has a new acting director
Joseph Zalewski is the new acting director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Region 5.
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Child care shortage vexes park
For many families the shortage of providers or the prohibitive cost of enrolling in a child care center means looking elsewhere for support.
Petronis named DEC deputy commissioner of natural resources
Katie Petronis, formerly of the Open Space Institute, has been tapped for a top level position at the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Southern Adirondacks look to boost confidence in safe reopening
While the spread of coronavirus has remained relatively contained throughout the Lake George area, the community is aware its threat hasn’t completely subsided, especially as tourists travel in from other places.
Nature’s defense fund at risk
“When you’re looking at being tens of billions of dollars in the hole, I don’t think voters of New York are going to say, ‘Let’s add another $3 billion.'"
State Senate confirms governor’s APA board picks
The Adirondack Park Agency board has finally been filled. The state Senate approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's seven nominees on Wednesday.
Cuomo nominates seven to Adirondack Park board
The APA board's composition has been a point of contention, with three vacant positions and four board members serving on expired terms at the governor's pleasure.
Records show Lake George parasail company was fined $4,000 after 2019 accident
The Lake George Park Commission fined a parasailing company earlier this year for violations related to a near-drowning of a customer last summer and breaching a 2016 order of consent.
Wanted: Doctors who love mountains
The Adirondacks could face a shortage as a generation of adventurous family doctors retires.
Loan payoff brings a doctor home to the Adirondacks
The answer to how she could both practice family medicine in the Adirondacks and pay her loans came from the 24-bed Elizabethtown Community Hospital, managed by the University of Vermont, in 2012.