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(May 29, 2024) Researchers from Cornell have complied data that shows internet connectivity across New York State. The data can help push for easy and affordable internet access for everyone; a BOCES in Clinton and Essex counties recently got a big state grant to invest in its food infrastructure and culinary arts program; and a conversation with the silent film pianist performing in Elizabethtown and Plattsburgh this week.
(May 28, 2024) A portion of the LaSalle Causeway in Kingston was damaged in late March and has been closed since. Some tour boats are stuck in the harbor behind the bridge; in the last few days of the state legislative session, Governor Hochul is focused on passing measures to limit social media companies from using addictive algorithms on kids; and Kitty O'Neil, with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, talks about the value of manure to North Country farms.
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(May 24, 2024) Eight Akwesasne Mohawks were arrested on Barn Hart Island near Massena for protesting the Mohawk land claim settlement talks; scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year - dating back to World War II. But the passage of time has complicated the process of finding families to accept the remains; and four veterans and one Gold Star widow from Jefferson County are sharing their stories about military life through original country music at a concert in Clayton Friday night.
(May 23, 2024) Grocery costs are high, so folks on tight budgets are learning how to grow their own food at a Potsdam gardening class; a new poll finds Republicans and Democrats agree that New York should ban social media platforms from using addictive algorithms to kids, and lawmakers are listening; and the history of an unlikely feminist icon from northern New York. In the late 1800s, Josephine McCarty was put on trial for trying to kill her children’s father when he abandoned them, then performing abortions to support her kids. Her story is chronicled in the book "The Abortionist of Howard Street" by R.E. Fulton.
(May 22, 2024) Governor Kathy Hochul’s appointee to lead a state agency that helps New York’s legal cannabis retail stores get business loans faced tough questions from senators yesterday. It’s the latest in a string of accusations of mismanagement surrounding the state’s troubled rollout of adult recreational marijuana; we hear from one of the few guideboat builders left in the Adirondacks; and the 51st annual Norwood Village Concert Series opens next week. We'll talk with founder Joe Liotta about one of the oldest and most diverse outdoor concert series in the North Country.
(May 21, 2024) Overall enrollment in North Country K-12 schools has been on the decline for decades now. But there’s one program in high schools that has seen a lot of growth. It’s BOCES’ Career and Technical Education programs; on Sunday, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik spoke to Israeli lawmakers and was involved in a heated interview on Fox News; also, we talk with Adirondack environmentalist Charlie Reinertsen about his upcoming exhibit in Old Forge that explores the power of northern peatlands and climate change. His photo exhibit opens on Saturday at "View".
(May 20, 2024) Folks in the Massena school district vote tomorrow on how to fund the public library. The state education deparment says switching to being a district library means there's greater accountability to the community, plus a more stable budget for the library; a group of local leaders came together in Potsdam recently to discuss ways to adapt to our changing climate; Governor Kathy Hochul visited the Vatican, for Pope Francis’s three-day climate change summit. She spoke extensively about New York's environmental policy; and book reviewer Betsy Kepes shares her thoughts about the new novel, "Help Wanted". It's set in a big box store in a fictional town in the Hudson Valley.
(May 17, 2024) Passing down a family business in Keene Valley. We’ll meet the mother and daughter owners of the Birch Store; we'll head out on a trail run to Clements Pond in Keene; and John Warren checks the trail conditions for us in the Adirondacks this weekend.
(May 16, 2024) Development near Frontier Town in the eastern Adirondacks is on pause due to legal issues over land titles; the VA now pays for IVF treatment for unmarried and LGBTQ veterans. But they still must prove their fertility problems are service-related. Critics say more people should be eligible; and we hear from North Country filmmaker Scott Carroll ahead of his three-week voyage to an island in Norway, which he hopes will show how climate change impacts remote, fragile ecosystems, and foreshadows what could be coming to our own backyard.
(May 15, 2024) A North Country school district is proposing to build a 16-acre solar array on its property. It would produce enough energy to power, heat, and cool the district's campus; a project to put a roof on a historic stone bandstand in Watertown's Thompson Park is having a final fundraising push; also, we talk with Mohawk artist Marlana Thompson about an exhibit at TAUNY in Canton that celebrates indigenous beadwork and regalia. "My Family" includes bead art, baskets and clothing created by Marlana and her daughter.
(May 14, 2024) In Buffalo yesterday, Governor Hochul unveiled the design for a memorial to honor the 10 Black people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Tops Market two years ago; the St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened its new visitor center yesterday in Massena; the new leader of the DEC says his priorities include land conservation in the Adirondacks and the state's climate agenda; and astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue explains the large sun spots' potential impact on Earth.
(May 13, 2024) A bill in Albany would create statewide standards for teaching about climate change in schools; Mercy Care for the Adirondacks is a volunteer organization that tackles isolation and depression in seniors with...friendship; it's turtle crossing season in the North Country, and we'll get a reminder about watching for turtles and what do to if you find an injured turtle from SUNY Potsdam biologist Glenn Johnson.
(May 10, 2024) Smells of spring at a St. Lawrence County flower farm; an effort to legalize physician-assisted suicide in New York may be picking up momentum; and Charlie Donevan, a hardware store owner and well-known community member from Gananoque Ontario died last week at the age of 99.
(May 9, 2024) New York announced $3 million for land conservation groups, but environmentalists say the state is falling far short of its conservation goals; meanwhile, the state Legislature voted on climate change and environmental bills this week, but lawmakers couldn't predict if any of them would become law; we meet a Potsdam girl with grit at baseball practice; and explore how the bonds of baseball span generations in a Glens Falls exhibit.
(May 8, 2024) A judge knocked off the November ballot an amendment to the state Constitution that would guarantee the right to an abortion and protections for gender identity. Democrats who support the amendment are confident they will get it reinstated on appeal; the NCPR newsroom is underway with a year-long series on how climate change impacts every part of our lives in the North Country. We want to hear from you! Amy Feiereisel stops by to share what your neighbors have shared so far through the NCPR texting club and climate survey; a conversation with Northern Lights Chorus conductor Helen Demong about their spring concert that includes new music by Adirondack composer Glenn McClure.
(May 7, 2024) A behavioral health organization with locations in Clinton and Warren counties plans to hire 100 new people; a group of advocates recently held a week-long demonstration to raise awareness about homelessness in Watertown; we'll take advantage of this warm time just before the black flies come, and go on a canoe camping trip on Lower Saranac Lake.
(May 6, 2024) The state will host a public comment hearing Tuesday night about a controversial solar development in Canton; environmental advocates are pushing state lawmakers again to cut plastic packaging in half; It’s warming up, and with that... black flies, unfortunately. Listener Phil Fitzpatrick shares advice for repelling them, a poem for the season, and a peak at some of his favorite spots near his camp in Onchiota.
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