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Long Lake to host ‘Cycle the Adirondacks’ participants By Ryan Edwards
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LONG LAKE — The Town of Long Lake will host the participants of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s inaugural “Cycle the Adirondacks” event on Friday, Aug. 28, featuring a spate of activities for cyclists, residents and visitors alike. The cyclists are scheduled to arrive on Main Street in Long Lake between 1 and 7 p.m., and from there they will set up camp on the Long Lake ball field with amenities, including three catered meals a day, a wellness center, medical support, bike mechanics, yoga, a free device charging station, water bars, a vendor village, a beer and wine garden and local evening entertainment by Alex Smith with Don Woodcock. But that’s not all. A number of activities are planned throughout the day.
Here is a list of everything town officials and community volunteers have planned to celebrate the arrival of their honored guests: A free concert will be held at the race day finish line from 1 to 4 p.m. on the CV Whitney Long Lake Public Library lawn, featuring guitar duo Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazangarb. The Long Lake Library will also be hosting a Cycling Art Exhibit Reception open to the public starting at 2 p.m. Naturalist Ed Kanze will be hosting walking tours along the Long Lake Nature Trail on the shores of Jennings Park Pond from 1 to 5 p.m. Guests can sign up at the help desk, located on the ball field near the Gazebo. The town will award one of the cyclists with its grand prize — awarded each day to a cyclist on the tour — a three-night stay at the Long Lake Lodge, free passes to the Adirondack Museum, Wild Center and Great Camp Sagamore, and gifts
certificates to the Long Lake Diner, Adk Trading Post and Hoss’s Country Corner and a brunch aboard the W.W. Durant. A winner will be chosen from over 24 bears entered into the “Adopt-A-Bear” contest. Voting boxes are available at the Long Lake Town Offices, Adirondack Hotel, ADK Trading Post, The Cellar Restaurant and Pub and the Long Lake Diner. The Long Lake Little Bus shuttle will be available all day providing rides to cyclists, volunteers, residents and visitors to help ease congestion and parking in the area and to get visitors to lodgings and local area attractions and businesses. The Town of Long Lake will be working with local volunteer groups, including the Long Lake Fire Department, the Catholic Daughters of America, the Long Lake Lions Club, the Friends of the Long Lake Library, the Indian Lake >> Story Continued | pg. 4
Newcomb prepares for water infrastructure upgrade By Ryan Edwards
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NEWCOMB — The Town of Newcomb is one of 20 local and county governments to be approved for significant state funding toward the improvement of its water infrastructure. The town was recently awarded a $2 million grant and a $684,665 interest-free loan to improve the quality of its drinking water through the installation of new groundwater sources and an upgrade to the distribution system in the Winebrook Hills Water District. Deputy Supervisor Wester Miga said the aim of this project is for the town to eventually draw its drinking water entirely from ground sources rather than from its current source, the Hudson River — a project which began over a year ago and will take at least another year to come to fruition. “It is the Department of Health’s preference to have drinking water come from ground sources rather than from surface water,” Miga said. “We have a site, and we have drilled for water. Not only is it abundant in quantity, but it is good, quality water.”
The awarding of the grant is the last step in the funding process for the project, Miga said, noting that the change will provide better quality water for Newcomb residents than the Hudson currently provides. “It wouldn’t be possible for us to have embarked on this initiative without the grant,” Miga said. “It is much appreciated, and we will continue to work on the initiative in a methodical, step-by-step process.” The grant and loan were approved by the Environmental Facilities Corporation as a part of Gov. Cuomo’s plan to strengthen water infrastructure statewide — a project totalling $114 million in zero and low interest loans. These funds will support improvements at 16 wastewater facilities and four drinking water systems. Six of these projects will also make facilities and systems more resilient in the face of extreme weather. New York State leads the nation with the largest annual investment in water-quality infrastructure of any state. Since 2011, New York State has financed more than $6.7 billion in critical water and wastewater infrastructure investments — the largest fouryear investment since the inception of the revolving loan funds in 1987.
‘Booking’ their Adk. experience By Ryan Edwards
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HORICON — “It is one thing to say �I visited the Adirondacks,’ but quite another to say �I experienced the Adirondacks,’” reads Sen. Betty Little’s inscription on Martin Podskoch’s 2014 book “Adirondack 102 Club: Your Passport and Guide to the North Country.” Inspired by these words and by Podskoch’s book, an unofficial group of locals and visitors to the area have set out to do just that: experience the Adirondacks.
Podskoch’s volume features a collection of 102 county-organized sections, each one detailing the histories and activities offered by one of the 102 towns and village within or partially within the blue line. Rather than by Podskoch himself, these sections are penned by representatives of their respective communities, from town historians to supervisors to chambers of commerce to ordinary residents. The book, according to Podskoch’s introduction, was inspired by Dr. Arthur W. Peach’s informal group “the 251 Club” in Vermont. >> Story Continued | pg. 4