Gwendolyn Craig

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Adirondack store resold the $.75 metal signs for up to $168By Gwendolyn CraigThe state Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding its employees of its ethics and decommissioning policies after the state Offices of the Inspector General found a forester stole trail signs, which her boyfriend sold to a Keene Valley store. The incident was among a number of letters addressed to the heads of various state agencies published online this week to show recent Inspector General findings.

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Board, local government leaders rally around Barbara Rice, despite some employees’ concernsBy Gwendolyn CraigThe Adirondack Park Agency’s executive director addressed publicly for the first time on Thursday allegations of a toxic work environment made anonymously by half of of the agency’s union employees in a letter sent by their union a month ago. APA board members and local government officials also rallied around Barbara Rice, who has led the agency for three years.

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New state overtime memo upends arbitrationBy Gwendolyn CraigA forest ranger grievance concerning overtime disbursement is back to square one after a union representative said the state changed course last minute, effectively ending a meeting intended to resolve the matter. The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Police Benevolent Association have butted heads on how to assign overtime.

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State predicts construction could start next yearBy Gwendolyn CraigA well-travelled and well-loved route – Exit 30 off the Northway – winds north to state Route 73, transporting visitors and residents alike into some of the most protected parts of the Adirondack Park. Wilderness and an absence of cell phone service engulf the bends and turns. Driving north into Keene on the left-hand side, a mirror shines through tall pines and a rock face rises in the distance.

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How a title issue at Frontier Town is spurring the state to change policiesBy Gwendolyn CraigFrontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area in the town of North Hudson is not quite “the gateway to the Adirondacks,” state and local officials had hoped for when they donned cowboy hats for its grand opening in 2018. Long ago title issues, one dating back more than 120 years, are delaying progress. The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners. Become one of them.