Businesswoman petitions for ‘chance’ to preserve Broadalbin beach

Businesswoman petitions for ‘chance’ to preserve Broadalbin beach

BROADALBIN — There’s a movement afoot to keep a plot of land on the the Great Sacandaga Lake shoreline sandy.Hotel Broadalbin operator Brittani Thompson, within a week, has collected more than 650 signatures and counting on an online petition against Department of Environmental Conservation plans to plant over the 60-year-old-plus Broadalbin Beach. DEC's public comment period is slated to end Feb. 16."As you can tell, I'm obviously like a family-oriented person," said Thompson, tending to a vocal child in the background of a phone interview. “And any space that can welcome families, especially local families, is so important to hold on to and kind…
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DEC considers planting over Broadalbin beach

DEC considers planting over Broadalbin beach

BROADALBIN — The beachy remains of a long-time Broadalbin summer attraction could soon be a thing of the past.The state Department of Environmental Conservation has considered plans to repurpose the former site of Broadalbin Beach with plants to prevent swimming and hinder shoreline erosion from the Great Sacandaga Lake. They also plan to make the adjacent boat launch more accessible and uniform to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. Changes are up for public comment until Feb. 16. The shift is reprehensible to 68-year-old Mark Bohne, who first learned about it in January. He spent his teen years in the Great Sacandaga…
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