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Monday, January 21, 2013  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says a new $400,000 grant program has been established to fund projects aimed at restoring waterways in the Adirondacks that have been damaged by acid rain.

Friday, December 21, 2012  A Syracuse man who suffered severe injuries when he fell down an Adirondack mountainside has had his condition upgraded from critical to serious.

Monday, August 20, 2012  Jerry Levine is now the oldest person to hike all of New York's 46 highest mountain peaks.

Monday, April 23, 2012  Scat-sniffing dogs are giving Adirondack researchers clues to upstate New York's moose population.

Friday, October 14, 2011  New York state is reporting that peak fall foliage is hitting the lower elevations of the Adirondacks along with parts of the Catskill Mountains and southwestern New York.

Monday, September 12, 2011  Bear hunting season opens next weekend in New York's northern zone.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011  New York State is having a tough time unloading an Adirondack prison it closed two years ago.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011  A town in the southeastern Adirondacks is in a state of emergency after weekend flash floods washed out roads and left some residents isolated at their homes.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  A magnitude 4.7 earthquake in east-central Canada was felt as far south as New York's Adirondack Mountains.

Thursday, February 03, 2011  State environmental officials say heavy snowfall has increased the risk of avalanches on Adirondack Mountain slopes, especially in the High Peaks region.

Friday, January 07, 2011  Police and state forest rangers have searched areas around an Adirondack village for a 55-year-old man who hasn't been seen since leaving his home last Sunday morning.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Alan Wamsganz is hopeful his son Wesley is alive, that the 22-year-old turned around and left the High Peaks Wilderness after going in 10 days ago.

Monday, November 29, 2010  Authorities have scaled back the search for a 22-year-old man who went missing in the High Peaks region of Adirondacks more than a week ago.

Friday, November 19, 2010  The owners of private land between two Adirondack wilderness lakes are suing a canoeist who paddled a stream crossing the parcel to assert the public's navigation rights.

Friday, October 15, 2010  Yep. It's that time of year again. Parts of the Adirondacks are seeing the season's first significant snowfall.