Government, Law and Legal Services
Take-out alcohol may be here to stay. The popular, pandemic-stop-gap regulation that allows bars and restaurants to put their signature cocktails into a bottle and sell it for drinking at home has support in the state legislature as a full-blown law that would reshape how people drink, the Times-Union is reporting. The law has pitted the Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association, which supports the law, against the New York State Liquor Store Association, which would prefer that you buy your cocktail parts from their members, and mix them at home.
Tupper Lake’s police reform report--the report that all police and sheriff’s departments in the state must complete by April 1--leaves much of what the police do the same, while recommending more training and a greater use of mental health professionals in some cases, the Adirondack Daily Enterprise is reporting.
Restaurants and Food Service
Cohoes’s little diner, over 100 years old, is open again, and looks retro-chic, the Albany Business Journal is reporting. The owner restored the 400-square foot Tiny Diney space using original tin ceiling and tile along with tin and tile claimed from other buildings, the story says. Your coffee will be brewed in a classic, restored Bunn-o-matic.
The Post-Star covered a fire at Charlie B’s Main Street Cafe in Hudson Falls. The story says numerous fire departments responded and shut down a portion of Main Street. The cause is unknown, but the restaurant was closed at the time of the fire.
Architecture, Engineering and Development
Glens Falls city planners have received 12 bids to construct a Marketplace on South Street as part of the Downtown Redevelopment Initiative, the Post-Star is reporting. The project would see the construction on what is now an open space on the block near the intersection with Elm Street.
Travel, Tourism and Recreation
Too much of a good thing on Adirondack Park trails, a story in the Adirondack Sun reported. Efforts to spread out the many, many hikers who have come to the trails as a safe outing during the pandemic, have brought troubles of overuse all over the High Peaks. During a forum at North Country Community College, officials said the number of hikers needing rescue has doubled, and even the congestion in trailhead parking lots has caused dangerous situations.