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DOT Announces Pilot Programs to Reduce Salt on Mirror Lake and Lake George

The Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Paul A. Karas announced a program to reduce the application of road salt around Mirror Lake and Lake George to help mitigate environmental impacts from salt, while still maintaining motorists’ safety. The pilot will take place during the 2018-2019 snow season along a 16 mile stretch of NY-86 from Old Military Rd., through North Elba, Wilmington and Lake Placid, and a 17 mile stretch of Rt. 9N from the Village of Lake George through the Town of Bolton.

 

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Get to Know Vanessa, our Adirondack Pollinator Project Intern

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AdkAction to Transfer the Saranac Lake Whitewater Park DRI Grant to the Village of Saranac Lake

AdkAction and the Village of Saranac Lake announce that AdkAction is transferring its $411,000 Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) grant awarded in 2018 for a new Whitewater Park in downtown Saranac Lake to the Village of Saranac Lake. The transfer comes following several years of work by AdkAction on the Whitewater

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“Broadband for All” Project Benefits from Major New NYS Legislation, Supports Local Community Broadband Expansion

AdkAction helped lead the effort to increase awareness of the negative impact that NYS’s broadband-related fees and taxes were having on the expansion of broadband service in rural NY, especially in the North Country.  The good news is that the efforts of many of the elected officials in the North

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