To the editor: To Robert Stegeman, Region 5 director, state Department of Environmental Conservation: To Paul Maroun, mayor, village of Tupper Lake: You may wish to put the following on the agenda of your “closed door meetings” or “stakeholder meetings.” When Rail Explorers ...

To the editor: Once again, New York state has asked for and gotten a delay in Article 78 proceeding that the Adirondack Railroad Preservation Society has brought against the various state agencies who accepted Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates’ plan for the destruction of the ...

To the editor:Earlier this autumn I rode the Adirondack Scenic Railroad out of Lake Placid, and I hope to be able to do this again. The volunteers are probably the nicest bunch of people anyone will ever meet, and I enjoyed my afternoon immensely.It is an absolute disgrace what Adirondack ...

Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates has taken several initiatives to use its organization to augment the proposed trail section from Tupper Lake to Lake Placid for maximum economic and recreational benefit. Working with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of ...

To the editor:As a lifelong resident and avid snowmobiler, I find it inexcusable that the president of the Tri-Lakes Snowmobilers, Brian Durkee, was not even approached to be a part of the rail trail discussion. Lake Placid is represented by Mr. McCulley. Mr. Durkee represents the Saranac Lake, ...

As Garrison Keillor never said, "It has not been a quiet few weeks in the Tri-Lakes." Every day there's something new in the rail-trail fight.-The moose in the room-Official justifications for the rail trail gloss over the agenda behind it. Wilderness advocates, snowmobilers, developers, ...