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WFO ALBANY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Monday, May 16, 2022

LOWVILLE — State recreational area seasonal gates in Lewis County closed by winter have been opened by spring. The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced that all seasonal access gates for the Croghan Tract, Oswegatchie and East Branch Fish Creek Conservation Easements and Watson’s East Triangle Wild Forest are now open for the public. The recreation areas allow for multiple types of recreation activities. Only Watson’s East Triangle Wild Forest is state-owned forest preserve land. It consists of 13,229 acres of forested rolling hill terrain in the towns of Cr...

CROGHAN — Just after midnight Friday, Croghan firefighters responded to a blaze at a camp on Soft Maple Road. The camp, 8674 Soft Maple Road, is owned by Frank LaPlaca of Rochester. The insured structure sustained extensive damage to the second floor, along with smoke and water damage throughout. According to the fire report, the caller said the fire was in the roof area of the camp. Upon arrival, the Croghan Volunteer Fire Department found fire on the second floor and on the roof around the chimney. An interior attack confined the damage to those areas, according to the report. Mutual a...