The state has sold some of its older armories in recent years, including properties in Rochester, Glens Falls and Schenectady.

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The parents took the pictures to the South Glens Falls police, who then started taking witness statements, the district attorney's statement says.

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But he said most in the past have ended as one did this week near Glens Falls, losing by a 4:1 margin in a vote of the residents.

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Scott Brandi, who operates West Mountain in Glens Falls, N.

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Plattsburgh Press-Republican and Glens Falls Chronicle outdoors columnist Dan Ladd said he understands the need for DEC to control information on contentious topics such as hydrofracturing for natural gas and state land deals, but not those related to hunting and fishing.

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"For years, the agreement with outdoor writers was that we could talk directly to biologists about innocuous issues like (fish) stocking and, you know, bear take and deer take, stuff like that, " said Glens Falls Post-Star reporter Don Lehman, who has had an outdoors column for 19 years.

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