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Gillibrand Backs Measure To Designate Latternfly As Invasive Species
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) joined a bipartisan group of her Senate colleagues to introduce the Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act to designate the spotted lanternfly, an invasive species that poses a significant threat to our nation’s agricultural economy, as a high-priority research initiative for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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N.J. Man Arrested After Ausable Drug Bust
The execution of a search warrant recently led to a sizable drug bust and the arrest of a New Jersey man. Sun Community News reports earlier this month, the Lake Placid Police Department, New York State Police, and Northern Regional Special Response Team, arrested Ricky Taylor, 48, on an active Lake Placid Police Department warrant. He was taken into custody at his residence on Rolling Mill Hill Road in AuSable Forks.Located inside a camper on Taylor's property was Kaitlyn Finlayson, 31, of Au Sable Forks. Finlayson was arrested by the New York State Police on an active Clinton County indictme
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Test-Drilling at New Well Site Near Tupper Lake
Tupper Lake Mayor Mary Fontana reported at the July 20 board meeting that test drilling has taken place at a new preferred well site off Pitchfork Pond Road, closer to the village than the two wells near Pitchfork Pond. Fontana said, “In our search for test wells, they found a fault line where the drilling company thought they would find good bedrock.”
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Adirondacks Hunger Examined In 'Map The Meal Gap' Report
Two million meals are missing in Franklin and Essex counties, causing hunger, according to a national report on hunger and food insecurity. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Feeding America recently released its annual “Map the Meal Gap” report, which estimates food insecurity, charitable food distribution and the growing gap between the rising demand and diminishing supply of food assistance.
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Lake Placid Man Charged With Criminal Mischief
A Lake Placid man was arrested Aug. 6 and charged with felony second-degree criminal mischief, accused of deliberately damaging a local residence where he had been a tenant. Matthew C. Sherwood, 43, was arraigned in the Lake Placid Village Court and released on his own recognizance; at that time, an Order of Protection was also issued. Sherwood is scheduled to return there at a later date to face the charges.