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The Green Party candidate for state comptroller, Mark Dunlea, said he isn't in the race to win but rather to highlight one key issue - combating climate change.

The MacAleeses were one of the founding families of Cranberry Lake. In the 1800s, William J. MacAleese came to America from Ireland and worked for the Canton Lumber Company. He eventually took over the Mountain House, a hotel that served a large number of hunters.

Garlic is one of those spring bulbs you plant in the fall, like daffodils, tulips and crocuses. Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy offers lots of detail in this week's conversation. What kind, how, where and how deep, and how to snug it in for growth over the winter.

Short version: get big, healthy local bulbs, split them into cloves, plant root end down 2" deep and 4"-5" apart. And cover with loose mulch.

State and Federal investigators are on the scene in Schoharie New York this morning, where a limousine crash on Saturday left 20 people dead.

The fall foliage in the Adirondack Mountains is radiant right now. That means more visitors flocking to trails and campgrounds. There’s a growing call for the Cuomo administration to hire more forest rangers to help manage the growing number of hikers and to help keep people safe in the back country. State officials are pushing back, arguing that there are already enough boots on the ground to get the job done.

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, a retired UPS worker from Syracuse, and former Vietnam war protester, is running for governor for the third time, challenging popular incumbent Andrew Cuomo from the left.

The leaves are at midpoint in their change around the region, with peak and near peak foliage at higher elevations and throughout the Central Adirondacks. Peak color reaches the periphery of the Adirondack Park over the next couple weeks, ending along the Lake George and Lake Champlain valleys.

New York’s Environment commissioner Basil Seggos was in the Adirondacks yesterday cutting the ribbon at the newly reopened Frontier Town in Essex County.

State officials have transformed the long-abandoned theme park, which closed in the 1990s. They’ve built a new campground and day-use area. They hope the new Frontier Town will be a ‘jumping off’ point for visitors to the Park.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he hasn't decided whether to accept the nomination of the Working Families Party in the race for governor. The party previously backed actor Cynthia Nixon after a bitter split in the progressive-leaning minor party.

The third floor at historic Pickens Hall in Heuvelton will be transformed into a place to eat, drink and find out who done it this weekend. The Grasse River Players will present "The Tavern" by George M. Cohan - the man who composed “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” It's a melodrama-spoof-mystery with outrageous characters, boos and hisses from the audience, and old-fashioned handmade sound effects like thunder.

Performances are tonight and Saturday at 7 pm, and a Saturday afternoon performance at 3 pm. George M. Cohan songs will be performed at intermission.

Todd Moe caught up with cast member Morgan Hastings, and co-directors Carole Berard and Elaine Kuracina.