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Tag: Saranac Lake NY
Salt Pilot Project
Three North Country lawmakers are teaming up to support legislation that would create a pilot program to reduce the amount of road salt used on highways in the Adirondacks. Salt from highways is blamed for polluting lakes, streams and hundreds of private wells. Read more about the problem, and pilot program: www.adkaction.org/project/reducing-road-salt/
Winter market to stay open through winter
The summer growing season may be over for farmers, but in the Tri-Lakes their weekly market is staying open throughout the winter, giving farmers some extra income during the winter months.
Rail Bikes
While New York State is moving ahead with plans to replace 34 miles of track with a multi-use recreational trail connecting the villages of Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, and Lake Placid, the railroad that has been operating a tourist train on that rail line for several years is planning to offer a new way for…
Schumer/Cuomo Visit Adirondacks
Two of New York’s top Democrats visited the Adirondacks. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer toured a farm in Essex, NY using new wireless technology by Microsoft to help farmers monitor their crops and livestock. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in Saranac Lake where he awarded the village a 10-million-dollar check to help revitalize its downtown.
ANZAC Day Ceremony
Our Jack LaDuke reports on the ceremony held by the village of Saranac Lake, New York every April to honor a solider from Australia, suffering from PTSD, who froze to death near the summit of Scarface Mountain in the Adirondacks.
Fat Tire Biking
Our Northbound & Around guy Kevin Cooney discovers how to go for an early spring bike ride, Adirondack style, on the snow. Learn more: www.humanpowerplanetearth.com Northbound & Around is supported by a grant awarded by New York State Empire State Development and the I LOVE NEW YORK Division of Tourism under Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Regional…