RAY BROOK - Supporters of preserving a pair of historic Adirondack mountaintop fire towers say their long battle is almost over. The state Adirondack Park Agency board is expected to vote next month on a plan to upgrade, interpret and allow full public access to the Hurricane Mountain fire tower in the town of Keene and the St. Regis Mountain fire tower in the town of Santa Clara. If the agency approves the unit management plans for the two towers, it would mark the end of a more than 10-year effort to save the towers, which at one point had been slated for removal by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. <http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/542244/-Long-haul--for-fire-tower-backers.html?nav=5008> -- Bob Sullivan Schenectady Digital History Archive <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library