Malone Telegram
State Sen. Dan Stec, right, speaks Monday afternoon at Debar Lodge in Duane, alongside Malone village Mayor Andrea Dumas, who works as a liaison for his office.
(Provided photo â Alexander Violo, Malone Telegram)
DUANE — A state senator and officials from the town of Duane paid a visit to Debar Lodge Monday afternoon as the state Legislature mulls a constitutional amendment that could save the building.
Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, visited the Duane fire station before proceeding to the lodge with town officials.
The lodge, built in 1939, sits in a strand of tall pine trees on the edge of Debar Pond. It is at the center of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to preserve it and use it in the public interest. A state management plan released in November 2020 called for removing the lodge and adding a new day-use area at Debar Pond. Local officials are working with a nonprofit group to preserve the building.