Adirondack Journal 08-15-09

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August 15, 2009

Game on

History

Gridder season

Sticky Wicket croquet tournament was a huge success.

Rivers, mills and taverns played important role in past.

Youth football begins soon and players are being sought.

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Local officials scrutinizing proposed revisions to APA law

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Dozens of families gather for Silver Bay’s ‘Community Day’

By Jonathan Alexander denpubs@denpubs.com

RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency is now at work revising three proposed legislative bills in the hope they will gain support in the state Assembly and be introduced in the state Senate during its fall session. The bills were first proposed by the agency during the summer session, and failed to gain Assembly sponsorship after local representatives weren’t comfortable with them. Local Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward said this week that the bills just weren’t in the shape legislators wanted and revisions would be required to garner Assembly sponsorship. “We just thought it would be best to move them as a package instead of in pieces,” she said. The Affordable Housing Bill and the Municipal Planning Fund bills gained the support of local governments in principal, but minor revisions were apparently required to gain overall approval. APA spokesman Keith McKeever says the agency is making substantive changes based on the recommendations of local government officials. “We are hoping we will get a sponsor in the Assembly and the bills in the Senate will be moved,” he said. The Affordable Housing Bill would allow four structures to be built in lowand moderate-intensity zones that under existing APA regulations would

See APA, page 8

By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com HAGUE — For over a century, people of all walks of life have enjoyed the traditional summer recreational pleasures offered by the Silver Bay Association, whether it’s water

sports, relaxing on the porch of the organization’s grand historic lodge, or just enjoying the scenery of its setting on the northern shores of Lake George. Saturday Aug. 8, dozens of area families from the region experienced these traditional activities at Silver Bay, as the organization

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