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In SPORTS | pg. 19
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The week in sports
Johnsburg, Minerva/Newcomb meet
In OPINION | pg. 6
Convince me
Thoughts from behind the pressline
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In REGION | pg. 3
A new area code
Three new digits may be coming to the region
APA, DEC look to possible Nov. hearings on Boreas Tentative schedule posted as handout at Sept. APA meeting, with various interest groups seeing more vs. restricted access By Kim Dedam
kim@suncommunitynews.com
NORTH HUDSON — Boreas Ponds land-use classification scraped the edge of the Adirondack Park Agency meeting last week. A draft of possible dates for public hearings on the as-yetundetermined classification of the state’s new 20,758-acre tract are not set in stone. And they wouldn’t begin, according to APA staff, until Nov. 9.
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With those dates pending, APA may visit the first draft Boreas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from the Department of Environmental Conservation next month, says Adirondack Council Executive Director William Janeway. “The public hearing dates were placed on the (projector) screen and in a handout,” Janeway told the Sun. “It is tentative, a draft, and that could change. APA may or may not approve the EIS for public release. It is not yet done and out,” Janeway said. “It appears their aim is to have that (land-use plan) come out at the APA meeting, Oct. 13 and 14. Once that comes out, it’s a draft EIS with proposed classifications.” Land-use classification in the proposed Boreas Unit Management Plan would then go to statewide public hearings for review. Boreas, like its sister tracts at Essex Chain Lakes, is former
Finch, Pruyn & Co. timberland, conserved for about eight years by The Nature Conservancy. New York purchased the property from TNC earlier this year for $14.5 million. Numerous hunting clubs still hold lease to parcels in Boreas, agreements in force through the end of next year. Clubs will be required to remove camps by the end of 2019, as planned in the sale to the state. WILDERNESS Adirondack Park environmental preservation groups hope most of the land is classified Wilderness, keeping all but foot and paddle impact away from the ponds in the heart of the parcel. “The biggest area of contention is how close motorized access should get to the pond,” Janeway said. >> See BOREAS | pg. 12
Teddy Roosevelt sounds off on preservation, the “hardy people” of the Adirondacks and assuming the presidency By Pete DeMola
pete@suncommunitynews.com
LONG LAKE — September sparks a flurry of Teddy Roosevelt-related activities across the central Adirondacks each year, including last week’s TR Weekend in Newcomb and an upcoming appearance at Minerva Central on Sunday. The Sun bumped into the 26th president at a function in Long Lake and cornered him into an quick interview. The Sun: I�m going to record this interview. Is that okay? Teddy Roosevelt: Imagine what I could have accomplished in my presidency if I had one of those. I�m standing here with Mr. Teddy Roosevelt, who I encountered on Friday at the Adirondack Hotel in Long Lake. Beautiful Long Lake, New York in the beloved Adirondacks. How did you find yourself here today? I am here at the invitation of the Adirondack Park Institute to give thanks for the members and donors that support the wonderful scientific and preservation work being done by the API throughout this region of my home state. Have you ever been to the Adirondack Park before? >> See TEDDY | pg. 13
The Gem Radio Theatre performed “The Lone Ranger Rides Again” at the Indian Lake Theatre on Sept. 11. Pictured above: Hannah Jay and Dan Studnicky depict Abbott and Costello in a recreation of an old-fashioned radio commercial. Photo by Mike Corey