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Protected wild lake trout

The Nature Conservancy owns Follensby Pond in the Adirondacks and recently started tours of the highly-protected property that they bought in 2008. The pond is home to a rare population of wild lake trout, a story in the Adirondack Explorer says. The conservancy has limited access to the area and worked with the state to establish a scientific research preserve for the trout. Tours began in partnership with the Wild Center, earlier in August. They plan just two more tours this year.

Lee Owens Design at 15

Interior Designer opened her own firm in Schenectady after just three years working in the design business, the Albany Business Review says. In an interview, Owens dishes on her career (Syracuse’s architecture program was not for her), and worries when a client comes in with ideas from a favored blogger. The story is here.

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Albany IDA threatens no tax break for project

Albany’s Industrial Development Agency is demanding that the developers of the long-delayed Air Albany apartment project on Western Avenue sign an agreement in order to continue to receive tax breaks promised for the project. The project has stopped and the developers have already lost their building permit. The agreement would require DMG Investments to provide the IDA with monthly updates on the completion of the project. The IDA, at DMG Investments' expense, would hire a construction monitor.

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FBI raids for prostitution

An FBI task force raid target multiple massage parlors and a residence, hoping to take down a prostitution ring that covers all of the greater Capital Region, a story in the Times Union says. Qingqin Xie was arrested Wednesday and charged with racketeering. The story references a federal documents that say Xie opened spas then placed “sexually charged online advertisements soliciting customers who the complaint alleges admitted to paying for sex acts,” the story says.

DG on Schenectady

The Daily Gazette is running a series looking at Schenectady’s decline and rebirth over the past couple of decades. Today, Proctor’s CEO Philip Morris writes about how Proctor’s rebirth was a city’s rebirth. Shenandoah Briere writes of movers and shakers who have shaped Electric City.

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Adirondacks in drag. HABs and Stefanik gets booed. Weather, traffic, stocks and more…