Adirondack Explorer

Editorial

n December 2020, the Adirondack Explorer ran a story of a happy gathering in Saranac Lake’s Riverfront Park to celebrate the signing of a law to study and reduce the use of road salt in the Adirondack Park. The measure’s sponsor, state Assemblyman Billy Jones, was there, as was Dan Stec, who had just been elected to the state Senate, along with leaders of environmental organizations and the daughter of the longtime Wilmington town supervisor for whom the law was named. Speeches were made

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