Change comes to Saratoga Lake s shores
Once camps dominated, now mansions abound. Some are worried
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1of54Buy PhotoAerial view of Saratoga Lake looking north toward Route 9P on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Saratoga, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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Carol Mackay grew up on the lake in the 1930s, spending time with her grandparents who owned the White Sulphur Spring Hotel.Courtesy of Carol MackayShow MoreShow Less
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4of54Buy PhotoAlan Richer, a historian and member of Saratoga Lake Association, holds and old Saratoga Lake pennant as property in the Water s Edge community are reflected off the glass on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, on the shores of Saratoga Lake in Saratoga, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Marina lawsuit presses state to study overuse on Lower Saranac Lake
Ry Rivard, Adirondack Explorer
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Late last year, Thomas Jorling filed a court case against the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which he led during much of Gov. Mario Cuomo’s administration.Mark Kurtz
SARANAC LAKE It’s not every day that a former head of a New York agency sues his one-time department.
But late last year, Thomas Jorling filed a court case against the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which he led during much of Gov. Mario Cuomo’s administration.
The lawsuit is now raising larger issues than his personal enjoyment. Steeped in the bureaucracy and details of environmental regulations, Jorling’s case is dredging up years of uncomfortable questions about whether the state lacks the know-how and will to protect the Adirondack Park.
Lake George environmental protection organizations to merge | The Daily Gazette
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LAKE GEORGE The two main organizations looking to protect the Lake George environment will be merging forces, citing the various environmental threats facing the internationally renown lake in the southern Adirondacks.
The Lake George Association and Fund for Lake George have voted to merge, operating under the Lake George Association name, the groups announced Thursday. The boards of both organizations have approved, though the membership of the LGA, most of them property owners around the lake, still must have a vote.
“We have one beautiful and beloved lake, and now we will have one voice and one powerful force for action to protect it,” said Jeff Killeen, chairman of the Fund for Lake George.
Lake George s most prominent advocacy groups will merge
Lake George Association, Fund for Lake George combine efforts
Ry Rivard Adirondack Explorer
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A view of Lake George from May 2014. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski
LAKE GEORGE As climate change and pollution threaten its famed clarity, the lake’s two largest watchdogs are merging to better fight for its future.
The Lake George Association and the Fund for Lake George announced Thursday they are becoming one group, ending years in which one of the nation’s most-visited lakes was spoken for by groups with similar goals but sometimes conflicting messages.
The Post-Star, and the Enterprise staff A 35-year-old firefighter from the Bronx died when a snowmobile he was riding crashed into a dock on Lake George on Thursday, Feb. 25. The crash ejected the rider, and he landed in the water under an ice shelf. Carmine J. Barresi was a member of the New York City Fire Department, according to his social media profile. He had been underwater about 30 minutes when a fire department diver finally found him submerged in 10 to 15 feet of water near the dock. Multiple fire and rescue services, sheriff’s deputies and state state forest rangers responded to the incident near the Hall’s Boat marina, near the lake’s southern basin, around 4 p.m., when the snowmobiler was still in the water. Firefighters and a forest ranger donned cold-water suits and dove into the lake to look for him. A diver with the North Queensbury Fire Department found him, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and he was removed from the water