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During a stretch of unusually warm weather and calm water last fall, a pair of algal...

Marina lawsuit presses state to study 'overuse' on Lower Saranac Lake Ry Rivard, Adirondack Explorer FacebookTwitterEmail 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...

Lake George's most prominent advocacy groups will merge Lake George Association, Fund for Lake George combine efforts Ry Rivard Adirondack Explorer FacebookTwitterEmail 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 w...

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 t...