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Victims Of Plane Crash ID'ed
| Authorities have identified three New Jersey residents, including a young toddler, as the victims in Monday night’s tragic plane crash in the Adirondacks. Sun Community News reports the late-night crash victims were pilot Gabriel P. Jasper, 70, an accomplished physician and spine specialist from Toms River, N.J., and his daughter and granddaughter, Gabriella M. Hillgrube, 33, and Guiliana M. Hillgrube, 2, both of Forked River, N.J. A preliminary investigation determined that the 1976 Piper Aerostar departed the airport at approximately 10:36 p.m. Shortly after takeoff, when the aircraft w
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Air Quality Advisory In Place For The Adirondacks Thursday
Air quality has been rated unsafe for sensitive groups across Northern New York because of wildfire smoke coming from Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. More than 40,000 acres have already burned in Minnesota, and more than 800,000 in Ontario. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an air quality advisory, as lingering smoke moves across the state. It mainly applies to the eastern Ontario region and central New York. However, several air sensors are already showing high levels of smoke in the lower Adirondack region.
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Semiconductor Manufacturing Workforce Training Program
Gov. Kathy Hochul today announced the launch of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Workforce Training Incentive Program, designed to connect workforce training programs to careers in the state’s rapidly growing semiconductor industry sector. The new program, administered by Empire State Development, supports eligible semiconductor manufacturers and manufacturing businesses by offsetting the costs of training employees for high-demand manufacturing careers, helping companies build the skilled workforce needed to support continued industry growth across New York State.
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Jay Selected To Get Planning Assistance From Feds
The Town of Jay is one of 25 communities nationwide selected to receive planning assistance through the federal Recreation Economy for Rural Communities (RERC) program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the USDA Forest Service, the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Denali Commission. Sun Community News reports Jay’s RERC project will focus on the connections between Main Street revitalization and the sustainable growth of an outdoor recreation economy.
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Three Dead In Saranac Lake Plane Crash
Authorities are investigating a third plane crash in the Adirondacks this week, after a plane was reported missing and wreckage was found in a wooded area Monday night. The Federal Aviation Administration said the pilot and two passengers were killed. The 1976 Piper Aerostar left Adirondack Regional Airport around 10:36 p.m., State Police said in a news release Tuesday. It had only gotten 100 feet off the ground when contact was lost. A search later found the plane destroyed by the crash and a subsequent fire in a remote wooded area around Route 186 — not far from the airport — troopers a