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– With the gradual clearing of ice, several of the Adirondack rivers are approaching the spring freshet stage and are being filled with logs to be driven downstream and converted into pulp. Schroon River is being filled with logs, and with a lot of snow still in the woods in the Raquette River section, more than 40 men await the signal to start the drive. In all, 40,000 cords will soon be floated down the St. Regis River from Meacham Lake in one of the largest runs. Old lumbering methods w...

Edit Our history starts in 1982, when Sydney house painter Peter Lewis began making traditional lime washes in a small garage in Randwick, after having discovered old paint recipes in his grandfathers diaries. Fred Porter was a builder, and it was during his European travels that he collected details of building techniques and paint finishes. It was shortly after his death that Peter discovered the diaries, found the recipes for traditional paints and decided to produce improved versions. Port...

RA Session II, founder, president and CEO of Taysha (Taysha Gene Therapies) Taysha Gene Therapies hit the ground running when it launched this spring, cruising through a $95 million series B straight to a $100 million IPO in September. With its lead program now approved for human trials in Canada, the company is sketching out plans for what it hopes will become its prime commercial manufacturing site. Taysha leased a 187,000-square-foot commercial-scale manufacturing facility in Durham, North C...