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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.
Malone Telegram
Debar Pond Lodge is seen in April 2017 in the town of Duane.
(Enterprise photo â Justin A. Levine) MALONE The Franklin County legislature on Thursday unanimously supported a proposed land trade with the state, involving about 300 acres, in order to preserve Debar Lodge. The historical site, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was bought by the state in 1979. Officials of the town of Duane, as well as county officials believe the site to have “great potential as a cultural, education and recreational resource for the local area of the Adirondack North Country region.” Debar Pond Institution, a nonprofit educational organization, is planning to enter into a land exchange agreement with the state, where New York would receive 300 acres of land in exchange for 6 acres of land. These 6 acres would include Debar Lodge.
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Feb 10, 2021
Steven Engelhart, executive director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage, speaks to visitors at Camp Santanoni s main lodge in Newcomb in February 2012. (Enterprise photo â Peter Crowley) KEESEVILLE The Board of Directors of Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH) has announced that Steven Engelhart will retire on Sept. 1 as the organization’s executive director after serving as its leader for almost 30 years. AARCH’s Board of Directors has formally launched a nationwide search for a new executive director. In making the announcement, board Chair Dean Melville said that “as Steven hands the reins to a new successor, he can look with pride at AARCH’s many accomplishments during his tenure.”
Dec 17, 2020 The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Friends of Camp Santanoni announced on Wednesday that the 2021 Winter Weekend events at Camp Santanoni in Newcomb are being canceled out of an abundance of caution to prevent the community spread of COVID-19. Three Winter Weekend events have been held for seven consecutive years at Camp Santanoni in the Adirondacks. This year, organizers determined the indoor spaces used for the events are too small to safely accommodate typical attendance numbers under current health guidelines. DEC and its partners hope to resume these popular winter events in 2022. The events are hosted by the Friends of Camp Santanoni and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry’s Adirondack Interpretive Center. The Friends of Camp Santanoni is a partnership between DEC, Adirondack Architectural Heritage, the town of Newcomb, and volunteers who support preserving this Great Camp for public education, recreation and in