Court rules against paddler in Adirondack case

JohnstownA state judge has ruled against a canoeist who paddled an Adirondack creek claimed as private property, the latest twist in an eight-year-old legal challenge.State Supreme Court Justice Richard Aulisi ruled Thursday in favor of landowners who had sued Phil Brown, former editor of Adirondack Explorer magazine, after he paddled a remote creek in Long Lake, Hamilton County in 2009 that adjoining landowners argued was not open to the public.