The Knox Conservation Advisory Council is restoring the wetlands boardwalk in town, making improvements along the way. It’s calling on community volunteers to help complete the project before the group reaches the December deadline for the grant money it received.
Coeymans and Bethlehem were also named in suits filed by the Albany Water Board that claim that the water board’s properties in those towns are overvalued and should be tax-exempt.
Michael Dickershaid had been previously incarcerated for the attempted rape of a 15-year-old in the town of Westerlo, and was on parole at the time of this latest incident.
Drew Joslin, a Life Scout and junior firefighter from Westerlo, renovated a trail loop at Veterans Memorial Park in the town by clearing paths, installing benches, and adding a supply of crisis-intervention information for visitors.
Helderberg Lake Association President Tom McQuade told The Enterprise this week that there have been discussions about using the herbicide ProcellaCOR — which was recently at the center of a legal battle between Lake George residents and the Adirondack Park Agency — to control weeds in Helderberg Lake, but that repairing the high-hazard dam is still the association’s only priority.
