Joe Pete Wilson Jr., Keene town supervisor (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Joe Pete Wilson Jr., Keene town supervisor (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Initial reaction to the recently announced three-year test of a reservation system for the popular High Peaks trailhead at the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (aka Ausable Club) received widespread praise by many environmental leaders and initial shock, dismay and fears by many Keene residents, people living in the hamlet where the club is based. Developed by AMR and the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the rollout reservation system caught many by surprise. “This has been needed for a long time,” said David Gibson, a leader of Adirondack Wild, Friends of the Forest Preserve. “This approach was known decades ago, put into the UMP draft, and then taken out. ADK resisted it, just as DEC Region 5 resisted it. I remember commenting in ’94, this is great; it’s important; it’s needed for high-impact places in the
Columnist Price Chopper employees Ashton Winch, Tyler Lautenschuetz, Antonia Asa Thomas, William Vaillancourt, Emily Schwartz and John Trummer pose with their face masks. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff) Rev. John Yonkovig (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Price Chopper employees Ashton Winch, Tyler Lautenschuetz, Antonia Asa Thomas, William Vaillancourt, Emily Schwartz and John Trummer pose with their face masks. (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Wishing someone a “happy new year” feels a bit odd, to say the least, during a pandemic and its resulting economic crisis.
It’s made worse by a government incapable of providing relief to individuals and state, county and local governments, and, through them, first responders, teachers, doctors, nurses and others risking their health in support of others.