Politics

North River rafting business looks to the hills for expansion

Planning Board poised to make decision on zip line

Someone surveying the towering hill behind Whitewater Challengers rafting business along Route 28 in North River might see trees and brush, boulders and dirt and remnants of the latest snow fall.

Teacher evaluation agreement reached

The agreement, made between Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Education Department (SED) Commissioner John King and United Teachers President Richard C. Iannuzzi, would usher in a new statewide teacher evaluation system that, according to a release sent out by the state Feb. 16, “will make New York state a national leader in holding teachers accountable for student achievement.”

Trial program mulled for Lake George boat disinfection concept

Feb. 3, the Commission’s Invasives Species Spread Prevention Committee discussed establishing a trial boat inspection and vessel disinfection program within several months at Norowal Marina.

Schumer pledges to boost region's job growth

Training funds sought

Visiting a business park owned by the city of Glens Falls, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer proclaimed Monday Feb. 20 that he'd be lobbying hard to obtain a federal grant to train workers in hazardous materials cleanup and other high-technology skills at a soon-to-be-constructed training center in Queensbury. The center is to be built by a pipefitters' union that represents workers from the Capital Region north to the Canadian border.

County leaders gamble on constructing fire training facility

Discussed and planned for a decade or more, a firefighters' training facility will be constructed soon in Warren County — in record time, due to the looming risk of losing 90 percent grant funding.

Refinancing likely to yield windfall for Warren County

The sluggish economy has yielded a rare benefit for Warren County taxpayers — refinancing the remaining balance of the construction costs of the county Public Safety building is expected to save taxpayers $400,000 to $670,000 over the next nine years.

Saranac Lake slate of candidates set

As the deadline to file independent nominating petitions for the upcoming Saranac Lake village elections passed at the end of business Feb. 14, no new candidates had emerged.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer to be in Queensbury, talk about job growth

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is expected to hold a press conference in Queensbury Monday at Tech Meadows industrial park to discuss a new Pipefitter's union job training center to be built there-- and new efforts to line up grants or local job training.

Johnsburg mulls makeup of Planning Board

Town leaders are discussing possible changes to the town Planning Board in an effort to more consistently have a quorum to conduct business.

North Elba talks code changes, comprehensive plan, dog control

“We all appreciate everything you do,” Town Supervisor Roby Politi said to Dietrich, chairman of the Technical Steering Committee (TSC) for the Lake Placid/North Elba Joint Planning Commission, after a presentation on 11 suggested amendments to the planning code. “You’re a real activist in terms of this project. Quite frankly, it probably wouldn’t have gotten done without you.”

Willsboro super still concerned about Mountain pass

Willsboro Supervisor Edward Hatch said that he would just like the work completed that was promised in 2009.

Social Services seeks to help ACAP program

The Essex County Department of Social Services may be coming to the rescue of the Moriah and Willsboro after-school programs.

Local art to be showcased at town hall

Elizabethtown residents are invited to bring their artwork to community

An art collector and published writer, Elizabethtown Supervisor Margaret "Maggie" Bartley decided to take her love of art from the walls of her home and put it onto the walls of the town hall.

Saranac Lake comprehensive plan in the works

Renovations to begin at old village buildings

The Saranac Lake Village Board Feb. 13 learned about the progress of a new comprehensive plan, set tentative dates for the upcoming budget calendar, and hired someone to oversee renovations at the village’s old office space.

Lake George officials voice concerns over state’s illegal groundwater dumping

It's not only illegal and environmentally unsound, but it's exoensive to local taxpayers — and the state Department of Environmental Conservation, ironically, is suspected to be the culprit behind it.

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