Bits of Everything

Post Star Notices Adirondack Park Agency Craziness

There was an editorial in the Post Star about new proposed Adirondack Park Agency regulations regarding boat houses. Everyone is noticing how fast the APA is killing communities. Read the whole thing.

“The APA apparently has a lot of free time on its hands, now that half the land in the Adirondack Park is protected by statute and the other half is being abandoned faster than an underage drinking party during a police raid. Lacking a sufficient number of puppies to kick and left to its own gluttonous impulses, the agency has decided to extend its regulatory reach to telling lakeside property owners what they can do with the roofs of boathouses.”

Washington County Sales Tax Revenue Up This Month

Nick Reisman at the Wash Blog reports some good news and bad news.

Bridge Must Go

The Addison County Independent has a story about the need to demolish the Lake Champlain Bridge spanning Lake Champlain at Crown Point and Addison, VT.

No Deficit Deal So Far in Special Session

More of doing nothing, makes the deficit go up. Read the Associated Press article.

Vermont Catamounts Open Season at Loyola Friday

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEz2ozOzFqE

Cool Science Website Shows How Small Things Really Are

This is for anyone who loves science. Here is a cool website from the University of Utah that I stumbled upon which shows how small things really are at the microbiological level. Use the scroll bar to zoom in on the bottom.