TL power line project approved
RAY BROOK — The state Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissions voted Friday to allow National Grid and the New York Power Authority to construct a power line connecting to the Tri-Lakes area on six acres of forest preserve in St. Lawrence County, pending its formalization through a constitutional amendment.
In exchange for the six acres, National Grid will add 10 acres of its land in St. Lawrence County to the forest preserve. The land will be transferred to NYPA, with National Grid getting full ownership of the land in 2012.
Board members Richard Booth, James Townsend and Christopher Walsh, designee for the Department of Economic Development commissioner, voted against the line, saying construction on forest preserve is a violation of the state constitution.
The line will be 26.8 miles long total, and the portion the APA had to approve will run through the town of Colton. Work on clearing trees for the project has already begun, as the stat
State commission calls to reform ‘outdated’ local government structure
LAKE PLACID — For the past year, 15 commissioners collaborated with elected leaders from communities across the state to tackle a major problem — the state’s burgeoning local tax burden, which this commission reports is presently the highest in the
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APA approves pine tree tower
RAY BROOK — The state Adirondack Park Agency approved the permit to allow Verizon Wireless to build a communications tower along state Route 9 in the town of Schroon at the full agency meeting Friday.
The permit called for the tower to
APA pine tree tower decision is today
RAY BROOK — The state Adirondack Park Agency will decide today whether or not to allow the construction of a 94-feet-tall communications tower, which would be disguised as a mature eastern white pine tree, on land next to state Route 9 in the town o
» Full StoryStamp Out Hunger drive being held today
For the 17th year, letter carriers in 10,000 communities across the country, including Upstate New York’s Albany District, are gearing up for world’s largest, single-day charitable food event. Over the years, letter carriers have collected more t
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