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Morning Read: Are homeowners to blame for some of Irene’s damage

The Glens Falls Post-Star is reporting that local officials in the Adirondack town of Johnsburg think private homeowners behaving irresponsibly may be to blame for some of Irene’s impacts. Local officials said on Wednesday that much of the...

Adirondack Life explores resort question

I linked to this on my blog entry this morning, but wanted to offer an easier route for people to check out Adirondack Life’s article about the Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake and the Front Street development in North...

Will the Adirondack Club and Resort fly financially?

For years, the ferocious debate surrounding the Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake has mostly involved environmental questions. But this week, NCPR is airing an investigative report looking at economic and financial issues that will...

Morning Read: National Grid at odds with North Country broadband companies

The Plattsburgh Press Republican is reporting on a dust-up between firms working to expand broadband internet access in the North Country and the utility firm National Grid. At issue is the price National Grid charges customers for the use of its...

Sunday Opinion: Firing teachers, dissing the rooftop highway, and No to assisted suicide

Morning, folks. Here’s our weekly wrap of the opinions shaping this weekend’s breakfast conversations around the North Country. The Glens Falls Post-Star is arguing that it should be easier to fire incompetent teachers. They cite a...

News stories tagged with "infrastructure"

Regional Transportation Study Recommends "Rooftop Highway" to Follow Route 11

by Martha Foley

Oct 24, 2001 — A four-lane rooftop highway would be the transportation backbone needed to keep the North Country economy alive. A year-and-a-half study of transportation needs in the region between Watertown and Plattsburgh recommends a major corridor along the present Route 11. Martha Foley reports. Go to full article

Schools Will Have Priority for New North Fiberoptic Link

by David Sommerstein

Sep 24, 2001 — David Sommerstein reports school districts in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties will be the first customers for a fiberoptics line that will bring high speed telecommunications to the North Country. Go to full article

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