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Public campaign finance commission to hold meeting on state holiday
October 14, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.46 MB(Oct 14, 2019)
"The Talisman" by Bob Kasprzycki explores Northwest aboriginal history and culture
October 14, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 1.96 MB(Oct 14, 2019) Bob Kasprzycki is an artist and writer from central New York who will open an exhibit of paintings next month at the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake. He's just published first novel, "The Talisman." Set in British Columbia, the novel explores the rich history and traditions of Native Americans in that region of North America.
Audubon Report: Two-thirds of North American bird species threatened with extinction from climate change
October 11, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2 MB(Oct 11, 2019)
NY21: At town halls, Stefanik defends Trump over impeachment inquiry
October 11, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.31 MB(Oct 11, 2019) North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-Schuylerville) held two town halls on Thursday, the first in Lowville and the second in Johnston. Stefanik made her first public comments on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump at the town hall Lowville yesterday.
This Potsdam couple holds fast to their Bahá'í beliefs: live with people from different cultures
October 11, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.29 MB(Oct 11, 2019)
This weekend in the Adirondacks, 10/11/19
October 11, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.14 MB(Oct 11, 2019) The leaves are peak or near peak color change throughout most of the Adirondacks. There is less leaf change at the periphery of the Adirondack Park, including the Lake George and Lake Champlain valleys.
Cuomo orders New York State to sue IJC over Lake Ontario flooding
October 10, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.03 MB(Oct 10, 2019) Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday the state is suing the International Joint Commission. The IJC manages water levels on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Cuomo claims the IJC is partly to blame for the high water levels in 2017 and again this summer, but the IJC says it did all it could to control the record level outflows from Lake Ontario.
Exclusive: Pro-Trump activist claims top Stefanik adviser worked to pack town hall meeting
October 10, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.09 MB(Oct 10, 2019)
Tri-Lakes Takes: Questions about taxpayer cash for private projects
October 09, 2019 04:00 - 6 minutes - 2.82 MB(Oct 9, 2019) The Adirondack Daily Enterprise has been looking in-depth at projects on this year's priority list for state Economic Development Council grants. That was the topic this week when Brian Mann sat down with Enterprise managing editor Peter Crowley for their latest Tri-Lakes Takes conversation. Peter told Brian that the biggest project on the wish-list is a hotel in Lake Placid.
Critics say state report on 2020 census preparation is too little, too late
October 09, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.78 MB(Oct 9, 2019)
North Country at Work: Caring for and studying loons with Nina Schoch
October 09, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.67 MB(Oct 9, 2019) No matter how hard Nina Schoch tried to answer questions about her job, she couldn’t help but keep her eyes on Little Green Pond and the four loons that call it home. “Sorry I keep looking,” she said about turning her head to watch the loons, pointing to the water. “The birds are right there.”
North Country picks top projects for New York to consider for economic development money
October 09, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.1 MB(Oct 9, 2019)
Preview: new musical explores life on a 70's North Country commune
October 07, 2019 04:00 - 6 minutes - 3.1 MB(Oct 7, 2019)
State health care costs rise amid report of pay-to-play allegations
October 07, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.53 MB(Oct 7, 2019)
Poll finds growing partisanship among New Yorkers
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 59 seconds - 467 KB(Oct 4, 2019) As political tensions heighten over the inquiry into impeaching President Donald Trump, a new poll finds that New Yorkers believe people in the state are more partisan than ever.
Two new rangers to be added in High Peaks
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 46 seconds - 366 KB(Oct 4, 2019) State officials have confirmed that two additional forest rangers will begin patrolling the Adirondack High Peaks beginning in February. In total now, eight rangers will serve in the popular hiking area.
This weekend in the Adirondacks, 10/4/19
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 984 KB(Oct 4, 2019) It’s fall foliage time and the leaves are peak or near peak across most of the region, and about half way changed at the southern periphery of the Adirondack Park and along the Lake George and Lake Champlain Valleys.
Three Fort Drum soldiers charged with stealing guns in St. Lawrence County
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 1 minute - 609 KB(Oct 4, 2019) Three Fort Drum soldiers are charged with stealing guns and ammunition from two gun shops in St. Lawrence County. If convicted, the three could face up to 10 years in federal prison.
Disgraced North Country Assemblyman Chris Ortloff released from prison today
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 1 minute - 879 KB(Oct 4, 2019) Former North Country Assemblyman Chris Ortloff will be a free man today, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Ortloff was arrested in 2008 during a police sting operation, after he tried to arrange a sexual encounter with two girls age 11 and 12. He was sentenced to twelve years behind bars.
Gouverneur community, school district deal with aftershock of school bus hate crime
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.52 MB(Oct 4, 2019) A bus monitor accused of not intervening in a racially motivated attack involving children on a school bus in Gouverneur has pleaded not guilty. 28 year-old Tiffany Spicer was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after the incident last month.
Apple picking in Canton
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.1 MB(Oct 4, 2019) Fall is apple picking season. And here in the North Country there’s plenty of orchards to go around and have fun picking New York State’s official fruit straight from the source.
Art teachers show off their work in Ogdensburg
October 04, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.34 MB(Oct 4, 2019) Ogdensburg Free Academy is hosting an art show of favorite works by art teachers. The annual North Country Art Teachers Association's Exhibit is up in the Montpelier Gallery at OFA this month. Many of the works in the show - from ceramics to wood block prints - are examples of what's being taught in art classes.
Stefanik accuses House Intel Committee chair of wrongdoing without providing evidence
October 03, 2019 04:00 - 50 seconds - 396 KB(Oct 3, 2019)
Trump agriculture chief: small family dairy farm may not survive
October 03, 2019 04:00 - 59 seconds - 469 KB(Oct 3, 2019) The farm saying, “get big or get out” may be truer than ever, according to the U.S. secretary of agriculture. Speaking at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin Tuesday, Secretary Sonny Perdue said there may not be a future for the small family dairy farm. His comments were broadcast on Wisconsin’s News 3 Now.
NYS Attorney General visits Plattsburgh to talk poverty and opioids
October 03, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.52 MB(Oct 3, 2019) New York State Attorney General Leticia James spoke at a roundtable in Plattsburgh Wednesday on the effects of poverty and drug addiction in the North Country.
Chef Curtiss: A tasty fall cheese tour in the Ausable Valley
October 02, 2019 04:00 - 6 minutes - 3.07 MB(Oct 2, 2019) Some of the Adirondack's finest cheeses - the cream of the crop - will be sampled later this month during the annual Essex County Cheese Tour. Follow the scenic Ausable River through the foothills of the Adirondacks as you drive from farm to farm, at your leisure.
Cuomo clarifies remarks on impeachment
October 02, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.33 MB(Oct 2, 2019) Gov. Andrew Cuomo clarified his views on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's behavior on Tuesday. The governor's remarks follow seemingly contradictory comments he's reported to have made last week.
How downtown Glens Falls came back to life
October 02, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.51 MB(Oct 2, 2019) Glens Falls has seen a major revival of its downtown in the last fifteen years. Where there used to be boarded up storefronts and empty sidewalks there are now busy streets and new shops, restaurants and cafes. Glens Falls has managed to do what a lot of North Country towns and cities strive for; it has breathed life back into its city center.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise at 125: "Part of a long, very colorful history"
October 02, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.56 MB(Oct 2, 2019) In an era when many newspapers are fading or shutting down, Saranac Lake is still a newspaper town, with the Adirondack Daily Enterprise at the center of village life. This month the Enterprise is preparing to celebrate its 125th anniversary. Managing editor Peter Crowley talks with Brian Mann about the paper's history.
Claxton Hepburn Medical Center's new CEO to be shared with Carthage Area Hospital
October 01, 2019 04:00 - 48 seconds - 383 KB(Oct 1, 2019) Claxton Hepburn Medical Center has announced a new CEO. Richard Duvall will take over the top job at the Ogdensburg hospital.
Plattsburgh, Clayton, Oswegatchie get new infrastructure grants
October 01, 2019 04:00 - 1 minute - 477 KB(Oct 1, 2019)
North Country at Work: Hut-caretaker David Casey on the magical summer of 1984
October 01, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 1.95 MB(Oct 1, 2019) David Casey graduated from college in 1984, and that summer he nabbed the position of hut-caretaker for the Adirondack Mountain Club. The AMC employs a lot of people in order to "conserve, preserve, and promote responsible recreational use" of state and wild land, from trail crew to summit stewards to nationalists. David was stationed at the dorm-style John Brooks Lodge - a three and a half mile hike from Keene Valley - which is the only backcountry lodge in the Adirondacks.
A North Country woman "bears witness" on asylum seekers' road to Canada
October 01, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.54 MB(Oct 1, 2019) Janet McFetridge has a spiral notebook in which, when she finds time at the end of her long days, she will jot down a few details of who she has met on a country lane called Roxham Road.
Voters in the North Country react to impeachment inquiry
September 30, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.66 MB(Sep 30, 2019) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump last week. A whistle-blower complaint revealed a conversation Trump had with the President of Ukraine, in which Trump asked the Ukrainian President to investigate Democratic front runner and former Vice President Joe Biden. In the North Country, some voters say the impeachment inquiry is warranted, while others say President Trump did nothing wrong in his conversation w...
Preview: "Forbidden - Undocumented and Queer in Rural America"
September 30, 2019 04:00 - 6 minutes - 3.12 MB(Sep 30, 2019) Millions of young people come to the U.S. as infants or small children with undocumented parents. They carry with them the stigma of not being documented and are also blocked from finding a place in society.
Environmentalists want lower levels for PFOA and other drinking water contaminants
September 30, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.7 MB(Sep 30, 2019)
A transit group in St. Lawrence County is trying to make it easier to get around
September 30, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.49 MB(Sep 30, 2019)
Racers "living on the edge of the turn" at Evans Mills Raceway Park
September 27, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.04 MB(Sep 27, 2019)
Stefanik promises to "stand up for President Trump" as impeachment probe begins
September 27, 2019 04:00 - 7 minutes - 3.46 MB(Sep 27, 2019) It was a historic moment in Washington yesterday as lawmakers focused on a whistle-blower’s claim President Trump abused his power in an effort to target a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. North Country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was right in the middle of these developments. Brian Mann joined Todd Moe to talk through what happened.
New York moves to ban menthol flavored e-cigarettes
September 27, 2019 04:00 - 1 minute - 567 KB(Sep 27, 2019) New York’s ban on flavored electronic cigarettes could soon be extended to menthol e cigarettes.
Readers, writers gather in Kingston for Writers Fest
September 27, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.49 MB(Sep 27, 2019) The Eleventh Annual Kingston Writers Fest kicked off Wednesday evening at the Holiday Inn Waterfront in Kingston. Dozens of nationally and internationally known writers will be in Kingston for a long weekend of events that will help them connect with readers.
Details of Gouverneur school bus assault emerge in court documents and video
September 27, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.26 MB(Sep 27, 2019) Court documents shed new light into the alleged hate crime against a 10- year-old black girl on a school bus in Gouverneur.
This weekend in the Adirondacks, 9/27/19
September 27, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 945 KB(Sep 27, 2019) The fall foliage season is well underway. This weekend expect the leaf change to be mostly at midpoint throughout the Central Adirondacks, with near peak and peak foliage at higher elevations. Leaf color will continue to widen through the periphery of the Adirondack Park over the next few weeks, ending along the Lake George and Lake Champlain valleys, which still remain mostly green.
Are your tonsils as useless as they seem?
September 26, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.29 MB(Sep 26, 2019) When infected, your tonsils may be useful to doctors to keep up their bottom line, and to Popsicle vendors to provide the means to soothe recovering children. But when healthy, they also have a use as part of the front-line in the human immune system. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss an oft-removed portion of the human anatomy.
UPDATE: As Trump-Ukraine hearing opens, Stefanik uses matter to raise funds for campaign
September 26, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.07 MB(Sep 26, 2019)
New York, Connecticut governors team up to work toward legal cannabis
September 26, 2019 04:00 - 3 minutes - 1.38 MB(Sep 26, 2019) Gov. Andrew Cuomo traveled to Hartford, Connecticut, on Wednesday to meet with that state’s governor and to announce a joint effort to limit vaping and work toward legalizing the adult recreational use of marijuana.
New York to offer tax credit for employers that hire people in addiction recovery
September 26, 2019 04:00 - 1 minute - 823 KB(Sep 26, 2019) Starting next year, employers in New York that hire people recovering from drug or alcohol addiction will be eligible for a state tax credit. The $2000 credit covers both full and part time workers and it was a business owner in Plattsburgh who first suggested the idea.
Cuomo calls for state investigation into Gouverneur school bus alleged hate crime; School District defends handling of parental notice
September 26, 2019 04:00 - 4 minutes - 1.94 MB(Sep 26, 2019) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is directing the state Division of Human Rights to investigate an incident in which two white children assaulted a 10 year-old African-American girl on a school bus in Gouverneur.
Worker shortage poses new problem for Adirondack employers
September 25, 2019 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.45 MB(Sep 25, 2019) Economic development experts say a new problem has been brewing in the North Country, one a lot of business owners don't have much experience with in our rural region. There are too many open jobs and too few workers to fill them. The Adirondack Daily Enterprise has been looking at this issue in an an on-going series of reports. For this week's Tri-Lakes Takes, the paper's managing editor Peter Crowley sat down to talk with Brian Mann.
DOT Secretary Chao helps commemorate 60 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway
September 25, 2019 04:00 - 2 minutes - 1.14 MB(Sep 25, 2019) The U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, was in Massena yesterday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Seaway opened in 1959 to connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes for shipping. Secretary Chao praised the economic impact of the Seaway and federal investment in its upkeep. Massena is home to two of the seven locks along the Seaway.