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Colleges choose opposite SAFE Act policies
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By Shawn Ryan shawn@denpubs.com PAUL SMITHS Ñ Not all colleges are interpreting provisions of New York’s new SAFE Act the same way. It was recently reported that Syracuse University, which owns the 2,500-acre Pack Forest Demonstration Area in Warrensburg, and the 2,800acre Dubuar Memorial Forest adjacent to SUNY college of Environmental Science and Forestry’s (ESF) Ranger School in Wanakena, will no longer allow people to hunt the property with firearms. This is because a provision in the New York State Penal Law, section 265.01 a, now makes it a class E felony to possess a firearm “...in or upon a building or grounds, used for educational purposes, of any school, college, or university, except the forestry lands, wherever located, owned and maintained by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF).Ó Formerly possession of a firearm on school property was a class A Misdemeanor. While there is clearly an exemption for SUNY ESF land, and the land in question is maintained by the ESF, the land itself is owned by Syracuse University. After consulting with their counsel, officials of Syracuse University decided that since they were the ultimate owners of the property, the exception did not apply to them. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Joe Wiegand, the country’s premier Theodore Roosevelt reprisor, gives an emotional speech Friday, Sept. 13 at the North Creek train station during the Teddy Roosevelt Returns to North Creek festival. Wiegand rode the train from Saratoga Springs to North Creek on Sept. 13, 14 and 15 as the 26th U.S. president, in character the whole time. On Sept. 14, 1901, Roosevelt — who was then vice president — made his famous night ride to the presidency from the Tahawus Club in the town of Newcomb to the North Creek train station, knowing that President William McKinley was gravely ill. During the ride, McKinley died of injuries sustained from an assassin’s bullet in Buffalo several days earlier. When Roosevelt arrived at North Creek, he heard of McKinley’s death. Photo by Andy Flynn
3 local hamlets chosen for Hamlets 3 LONG LAKE Ñ The hamlets of Indian Lake, Blue Mountain Lake and Long Lake will be participating in phase 2 of the Hamlets 3 Workshops on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28. The workshops will be led by Roger Trancik and Bill Johnston of Urban Design Consultants from Ithaca. Public presentations will be held in each community outlining Adirondack smart growth planning principles with specific references to individual projects within each community. Display panels, and a workshop agenda will engage community participants in this hands-on session. Workshop activities will include
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site of the current Long Lake Highway Garage. All plans will be presented for a community discussion and feedback. Here is the meeting schedule: •Friday, Sept. 27, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Indian Lake Town Hall •Friday, Sept. 27, 3-6 p.m., Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake •Saturday, Sept. 28, 9 a.m. - noon, Long Lake Central School All meetings are open to the public. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation through its Smart Growth Initiative provided funds for the Hamlets 3 project.
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question and response interaction, idea sketching, and choosing among alternatives. The feedback and suggestions will be recorded and incorporated into the final document for the project to be posted online. Proposed plans will include alternative design plans for downtown Indian Lake including extending the Ò TÓ intersection into a cross roads and a possible housing development and a new Adirondack Lake public beach. In Blue Mountain Lake, plans will showcase the potential for an Adirondack Museum Hotel and in Long Lake a plan for improvements to Jennings Park Pond including development at the
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RAY BROOK Ñ With 4 minutes left of a two-hour meeting, Adirondack Park Agency (APA) State Lands Committee Chairman Richard Booth crushed local supervisors’ hopes of a wild forest classification for the Essex Chain Lakes in the Central Adirondacks, even though a decision has yet to be made. Ò My opinion may be extreme and I may end up being in a very distinct minority,” Booth said. “I’ve looked at this enough, folks, to think that a wild for-
est classification, in my opinion, is not appropriate for this chain of lakes because of what the Master Plan says in terms on nondegredation and in terms of preserving the resources.” In his final remarks, Booth spoke to the APA Board of Commissioners and staffers who were answering Board members’ questions regarding the former Finch, Pruyn company land. “This is a sensitive group of resources,” Booth said. “I think that’s what we’re hearing from you guys in multiple ways. These are very small ponds. They’re really ponds. They’re not really lakes for the most
part. So I would urge staff to think about some memo that comes through us.Ó The memo Booth requested should clearly state the ramifications of classification based on the State Land Master Plan, which is a set of approved guidelines for using state-owned lands in the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park. Ò I think the State Land Master Plan actually has more specificity to it than what we generally have been talking about ... I think we’re going to need a memo that says basically, this is what the Master CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
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