TUPPER LAKE — The town of Tupper Lake received a segment of a steel rail from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, a heavy gift now sitting in the town office.
It’s a symbol of the state’s ongoing project to upgrade part of a railroad and replace the rest with a trail ...
TUPPER LAKE — After years of negotiations that were often as stalled as the trains that used to run on the now-overgrown tracks between Utica and Lake Placid, the New York State Department of Transportation finally broke ground on the Adirondack Rail Trail this week.
The $1.9 million ...
NEW PALTZ — Popular efforts to convert former rail lines into biking and hiking trails, across Ulster County and the state, are making steady progress near New Paltz.
A trio of nonprofits — the Open Space Institute, the Wallkill Valley Land Trust and the Hudson River Valley Greenway ...
LOWVILLE — A train enthusiast’s dream of developing a scenic railroad from Lowville to Carthage is on track to become a reality with the delivery of a locomotive by truck from Pennsylvania on Thursday morning.
Railstar Corp. Chief Executive Officer Ronald J. Trottier, having operated ...
The state Adirondack Park Agency on Thursday approved a revised plan for the railroad line that connects the Utica area to Lake Placid. The plan will create a recreation trail in the heart of the Adirondacks while preserving part of the rail line for scenic train service.
The plan, ...
RAY BROOK — The long-running rail-trail issue is up for a vote this Thursday as the state Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners holds its monthly meeting on the WebEx videoconference platform.
The public can watch the meeting live at http://tinyurl.com/APAMonthly2020May or by ...