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May 25, 2018 8:06 am Update

If you are planning to go to Warrensburg Exit 23 on the Northway, I suggest you take NY 9N Exit 22 Hague to US 9 North to avoid being stuck in traffic on the Northway. Exit 23 Warrensburg often gets backed up by a mile or more during the holiday weekends.

The Origin and Impact of the Adirondack Northway

The Origin and Impact of the Adirondack Northway

"The 175 mile-long Northway between Albany and Montreal, which Governor Nelson Rockefeller officially declared completed ten years later, brought that world much closer."

"For practical as well as political reasons, the last stretch to be completed was the piece that crossed the Forest Preserve between Ausable Chasm and Lake George, an accomplishment possible only after the passage of a constitutional referendum allowing the condemnation of 254 acres."

"As a newspaper editor, my father supported the constitutional amendment, arguing β€œWe need trunk line highways connecting our communities with the great population areas to the north and south.”

"Roger Tubby, the publisher of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, led a committee organized to secure passage of the proposition."

Cougars Officially Declared Extinct in Eastern U.S., Removed from Endangered Species List

Cougars Officially Declared Extinct in Eastern U.S., Removed from Endangered Species List

"Eastern cougars once roamed every U.S. state east of the Mississippi, but it has been eight decades since the last confirmed sighting of the animal. Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially declared the subspecies extinct and removed it from the U.S. endangered species list."

"The decision, announced Monday, is the result of years of deliberation. The agency conducted an extensive review of the eastern cougar in 2011, and recommended it be removed from the endangered and threatened species list in 2015, Reuters reported. The species, also known as pumas, are the genetic cousins of mountain lions in the Western United States and of Florida panthers, which are now found only in the Everglades."