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- Campground expansion, ropes course, solar project, more up for public comment
- Former APA board member Chad Dawson joins Adirondack Wild board
- 12 snowshoe treks for all ages, abilities
- Attorney General and APA settle with 'Brampton' in new consent order
- Adirondack Diversity Initiative organizes free police training
- Behind the Lens: river ice
- 10th Mountain training incident under scrutiny
- North Country at Work: an Adirondack Logger
- Upper Saranac Marina project on hold while town updates zoning
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Flags, Towns and Symbolism in the ADK
From the September 18th issue of the Adirondack Enterprise, regarding a recent proposal to change the name of Swastika, NY:
“I’m dead-set against changing it,” [Councilman Howard] Aubin said Monday. Aubin said the word swastika means “well-being.” Swastika does mean “well-being” in Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language. Aubin said “only an intolerant person” would assume the name is connected to the German Nazi Party and its leader, Adolf Hitler, whose aggression prompted World War II.
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