The Huletts Current

New Owner Renovates Whitehall’s Historic Armory The Post Star carried an interesting piece on the new owners plan for the former Whitehall Armory. Two Views of the Governor While Time recently named Governor Cuomo one of the 100 most influential people in the world, the New York Post looked at the two sides of Andrew [...]

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The Lake George Association supports a new bill on invasive species introduced in the New York State Senate by Senator Betty Little, Bill S6826. A companion to the bill introduced earlier this month in the assembly, this new Senate bill will authorize the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to establish a list of invasive species [...]

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I haven’t done these in a while so they’ve piled up. Post Star: Bolton Marina Owners Agree to Boat Wash Station Concept Times Union: Northway Facing ‘Intolerable’ Future NCPR: Huletts May Get New Congressman thru Redistricting CNN/Money: International Paper in Ticonderoga one of Worlds Most Admired Companies Times Union: Late-night Compromises Bring Some Pension Reform [...]

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Whitehall’s Roma Sold, Will Reopen Under New Name The Post Star tell us about the Waters family, the new owners of what was the Roma. Committee of Lake George Park Commission Hopes to Test Decontamination Program The Post Star reports here. Superbowl Champs to Return to Albany The GiantsFootballBlog.com gives a reason to stop in [...]

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New York State spends more per student than any other state, but ranks only 38th in graduation rates. It’s obvious that our system is failing. And the reason it’s failing is because Albany has cared more about the business of education — contracts, salaries, and benefits — than they’ve cared about the needs of our [...]

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This Superbowl commercial, appropriately entitled: Power and Beer, caught my attention because it features the GE plant in nearby Schenectady.

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Governor Cuomo noted in his State of the State address that everyone in the education system in Albany from bus drivers to school board members has a lobbyist – everyone that is except for the ones who need it the most, our students. “Our schools are not an employment program,” Governor Coumo has stated in [...]

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Whitehall School Board Takes Early Stance on Tax Levy The Post Star reports that the the school board doesn’t want taxes to exceed the new property tax cap. How about decreasing taxes by the enrollment loss? NY Post: What Cuomo Must Do in 2012 Inside Albany looks at five things Governor Cuomo must do in [...]

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NY Times: Adirondacks Warming? The NY Times follows Jerry Jenkins, an ecologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society. Hard frosts that a generation ago came in mid-September now arrive in October. Lake Champlain, a huge freshwater body that divides New York and Vermont, once froze over completely every winter, but now remains open in the middle [...]

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A painting of Marie Antoinette with her son, Louis-Charles, on her lap. (circa 1787) At the time of the French Revolution, the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, was known as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France. He was abducted on August 10, 1792, when only eight years old, as the French revolution waged on. When [...]

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The Post Star carried a story which showed Whitehall ranked 379 out of 431 upstate school districts. They also ran a great editorial spotlighting how some school districts are excessively overcharging, in some cases illegally.

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Walt Lender, executive director of the Lake George Association, testifies at a New York State Assembly hearing on invasive species on Tuesday, September 13th. Mr. Lender spoke out in support of laws to prohibit and regulate the transport and sale of invasive species, both terrestrial and aquatic. Lake George Association Executive Director Walt Lender testified [...]

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No NY Giants in Albany This Summer The Giants make it officially. There will be no training camp in Albany this summer. Read what John Mara told a local business owner in the NY Post. Fort Ticonderoga to Show Artwork Collection 50 of Fort Ticonderoga’s most important artworks are on display in a single exhibit [...]

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