Big news! Part III – The Adirondack List

Martha, David and I will be round-tabling the year on Monday, yakking about the biggest stories we covered in 2008. Here’s my back-of-the-napkin list for issues that loomed large inside the Adirondack Park.

(Outside the blue line, other things struck me as far bigger: the budget crisis in Albany, for example, and the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is strictly my back-yard line-up.)

The list goes in inverse order, from least important to big-big. Let me know what you think.

10. Sour national economy accelerates lay-offs in Adirondack tourism, manufacturing
9. Fort Ticonderoga hits budget crisis, director resigns
8. Floatplane feud over Lowes Lake sparks APA fight
7. Property tax activists push reform at home and in Albany
6. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand holds House seat for Dems
5. Dodgers great Johnny Podres dies in Port Henry at age 75
4. White-nose syndrome kills bats in Adirondacks
3. North Country prison industry threatened with closure, job cuts
2. Former Assemblyman Chris Ortloff arrested, pleads guilty to child-sex charge
1. Massive conservation deals reshape Adirondack environmental debate.

Happy New Year!

Brian