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May 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments · News
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Adirondack News
- World Visits Lake Placid in Feb… Bobsled and Skeleton World ChampsThis should be pretty cool, wish I could get in.
- Clifton-Fine School overestimated expenses, overtaxed residents by $300,000"District officials consistently overestimated expenditures for the past five years by a total of $4.5 million. As a result, the district had operating surpluses totaling $2.3 million in four of the last five years."
- State office cites local agencies for lack of complianceThe rules governing public authorities is quite clear, and the reporting requirements are super-easy. The reasons for not reporting.... well.
- Most winter fests a go despite the weather"Carnifest"
- Former Warren County man accused of 'electronic torture'"one-man crime wave."
- Many agencies working together on waterway remediationEveryone wants to play God with the waterways.
- Pipeline work on hold"Increased demand for specialized workers doubles expected costs"
- Current Conditions - Adirondack High PeaksWeather, trail conditions, and notices - compiled on February 2, 2012.
- Bubblers melt Lake Placid accessWhat if there was no ice? Who would they blame?
- Railway operator seeks to invest $6 million+ into county tracks, reduction of fees?Some kind of shell-game going on here.
- Upstate NY winter carnival goes on sans ice"Helicopter rides have been canceled and the outhouse races have been moved to a parking lot, but the 51st annual Lake George Winter Carnival will go on, ice or no ice."
- Environmental groups fight hunting cabin planWhat kind of "cabins" are these? I need some pictures.
- World Visits Lake Placid in Feb… Bobsled and Skeleton World Champs
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- The World Visits Lake Placid in February… Bobsled and Skeleton World Championships Return
- Endangered Species
- Newcomb acquires properties from The Nature Conservancy
- DEC Seeks Information Regarding the Killing of a Bald Eagle
- Saranac Lake Midwinter Carnival
- Gore Mountain Restaurant Week Starts Sunday!
- Lake George Area 2012 Events
- DEC Opens New Snowmobile Trail Segment in Wilmington
- DEC Region 5 End of Big Game Season Enforcement Report
- Santanoni Duck
Recent Comments
- Lions tigers on DEC Response to Mountain Lion Rumors
- TourPro on Night Vision – Wildlife Photography of Hobart V. Roberts
- Donald L. Brockman Jr. on Night Vision – Wildlife Photography of Hobart V. Roberts
- TourPro on Lyon Mountain – Hiking the New Trail
- AdkHiker on Lyon Mountain – Hiking the New Trail
- Stephanie Siciliano on Tourists Make a Billion-Dollar Impact on Northern New York
- Bill on An Adirondack Gift
- Barbara on An Adirondack Gift
Around the Campfire
- Slideshow: Wild Hogs Wreaking Havoc in North Country (graphic?)It's like a Swine-Zombie Invasion.
- Proposed Northern VT Rail TrailStrange how the Train-people never mention the Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail.
- Lana Del Rey’s SNL performances of “Blue Jean” and “Video Games”I defy you to watch the entire thing.
- Adirondack Club and Resort Draft APA PermitsMaybe with Free Flights into the Saranac Lake Airport this would make the proposed camps more attractive to buyers.
- Oak Mtn Ski Area/Cell Tower Sale RFP (PDF)All the details here.
- Meet the Adirondack Heritage PigsHa ha.
- Flashback: Former Olympic speed skater proposes to lease, manage OvalSee today's Press Republican "Letters".
- Obama Takes Over Santa's Workshop (video)What?!
- Who Am I?A fun new game.
- This is the Perfect House for Surviving a Zombie Attack GalleryThis house has been getting a lot of play. Now on eBaum's.
- Hikers threatened at gunpoint in Windham"Get out of here or I'm going to kill you" (via adkforum)
- Can You Really Eat Tree Bark?"There is a tribe in the mountains of upstate New York called the 'Adirondack', and that name translates to 'bark eaters' from the Iroquois language."
- Slideshow: Wild Hogs Wreaking Havoc in North Country (graphic?)
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- Change in inmate counting is only a start"Far too many of our young urban men in New York spend often-brief sojourns in rural prisons that stigmatize them for the rest of their lives, exposing them to legal discrimination and relegating them to a lower class existence."
- Time Running Out for Spruce GrouseIt's the other Adirondack Chicken.
- Hadley Mountain provides great views, requires great effort"Southern Adirondacks, inside the Blue Line, near Lake Luzerne"
- Tax returns derail hope of viable train (including PDF)I've got the perfect solution.
- @AndyArthur Map of the Day "Lake Lila" (PDF)Why not take a tour of Shingle Shanty Brook? Heh.
- Basic Avalanche Awareness - Jim Giglinto (audio 58:55)Worth a listen.
- The Great Range"The High Peaks have a way of making you sorry for even the slightest notions of overconfidence."
- Glennon steps back into Adirondack environment "wars" (audio)He wants to be an environmental warrior.
- Neighbors should let St. Joe’s treat veteransNo Walmart, No Veterans, but Yes Community Store.
- Neighbors should let St. Joe’s treat veteransNo Walmart, No Veterans, but Yes Community Store.
- Peru Nordic Goes Back To School… Delivers a Lesson in Violence!"These young college kids need to learn the ways of the Masters."
- Flurry of Activity Births M9 Trad in Adirondacks (via @MountainVisions)"Bossman is now one of the hardest gear-protected mixed lines in the Northeast. In the Adirondacks, its difficulty is second only to Fecalator (M10)."
- Change in inmate counting is only a start
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Destination Marketing
- A Regional Destination Marketing Organization?Uh huh.
- Teresa Mitchell RIP
- 5 Flaws in Your Mobile Marketing StrategyIf it's poorly presented on the web, regurgitating it in a "mobile" version won't help..
- New Life for "I Love NY" Campaign?In the 1970's, the NY State Department of Commerce created the popular "I love NY" advertising campaign.
- Did Foursquare just kill a bunch of trip planning startups?Foursquare definitely has user-momentum. The crowdsourcing model is quite cool.
- Empire State Tourism Conference 2012I'd like to go.
- A Christmas Story from Lake Placid, Adirondacks, USA (video)Real-people marketing. That's what I'm talking about.
- Flashback: Taking Adirondack Tourism 2.0 the Next Level"Things are moving quickly in regards to the ever changing information channels presented by the internet."
- For a better tourism industry, just sing along"Promote the region as the Lake George/Saratoga region."
- Warren County has more cash and fewer events to give it toStrange problem.
- Top tips for marketing to affluent Chinese travellersMaybe after we successfully market to Quebecers.
- Massena Chamber Map ProgressingUnless they are cartographers, better to spend the money on improving Google's map.
- A Regional Destination Marketing Organization?
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Why bother?
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Thanks for helping Governor Spitzer change his image — a guy with a hip sense of humor and a knack for viral marketing.
The acting could use a little more polish. Morelle and Silver make a good comedy duo.
YouTube has come a long way. Check out this:
10 Downing Street
Tony Blair félicite Nicolas Sarkozy
We need way more of this stuff!
That is so funny. I suppose mainly it’s because it’s so unexpected. I am always impressed be people who don’t take themselves too seriously.