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[email protected] The slopes of the Big Tupper Ski Area are seen across Raquette Pond in 2018. (Enterprise photo â Aaron Cerbone) TUPPER LAKE After a discussion with the Tupper Lake Business Group at a town board meeting last Thursday, board members are cautiously considering, among other things, purchasing the Big Tupper Ski Area if it becomes available at a foreclosure auction in the spring. The group also asked the board to help assemble working groups to dive into the details of each of the five pillars of their long-term recreational plan. The main pillar is the purchasing of the now-defunct Big Tupper, which the town built in the 1960s and sold in the 1980s. The business group then wants to find some entity, public or private, to run the ski area. ....
Capitol Confidential By Casey Seiler on December 28, 2020 at 3:00 PM The death Saturday of Adirondacks businessman Peter Hornbeck of an apparent heart attack after a hike with his family reminded some political insiders of the odd political circumstances a decade ago that allowed Republicans allied with certain members of the short-lived Democratic majority to block the environmental advocate from service on the board of commissioners of the Adirondack Park Agency. Hornbeck, an Olmsteadville resident whose company was known for its lightweight, easy-to-portage boats, was nominated to the APA’s 11-member board in early 2010 by Gov. David Paterson to fill the agency seat occupied by Lake Placid hotel owner Arthur Lussi, whose first four-year term had expired in June 2009. ....