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In a major speech, the president rejects the idea that the country can fight an opened-ended "global war on terror." In setting his own guidelines, he defines the standards for using drone strikes and again calls for closing the Guantanamo Bay...
People in Oklahoma had been warned days in advance that the weather would be bad the day the tornado struck. Those warnings came from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, which happens to be in Norman, a few miles from where the...
After a truck carrying a heavy load struck the side of a bridge that carries Interstate 5 over the Skagit River north of Seattle, the roadway collapsed. No one was killed. Dan Sligh and his wife were in a pickup. "You just hold on as tight as you...
There is some political willingness, but because China is highly decentralized politically, the Communist Party has only limited influence over provincial governments and how they regulate their dirty factories. The powerful state-owned oil...
Not long after his shocking ballet, the composer branched out into a broad range of styles, ushering in new musical trends far from the violent tone of his iconic Rite of Spring.
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Liza, Laura and Shelene Atkinson
Family band, family business
Harrisville, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — The Atkinson Family Band has been making bluegrass music since the '90s. In that time it has released several albums and become a staple of the summer festival scene. And now they're looking to make their band more of a business.
Nora Flaherty talked with the Atkinsons as part of NCPR's new occasional series on North Country business owners. Go to full article
Nora Flaherty talked with the Atkinsons as part of NCPR's new occasional series on North Country business owners. Go to full article
All Before Five: 03/21/12
Mar 21, 2012 — Brian Mann has the latest on the lawsuit Tupper Lake property owners and green groups have filed against the state of New York--they're hoping to stop construction of the Adirondack Club and Resort.
And the Atkinson Family has been making bluegrass music since the '90s. In that time they've released several albums and become a staple of the summer festival scene. But the family band is also a family business--Nora Flaherty looks at how they make that side of what they do work. Go to full article
And the Atkinson Family has been making bluegrass music since the '90s. In that time they've released several albums and become a staple of the summer festival scene. But the family band is also a family business--Nora Flaherty looks at how they make that side of what they do work. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Joanie Mackowski
Canton, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — Our guest, Joanie Mackowski, teaches at Cornell University and is visiting Canton as part of the St. Lawrence University Writers Series. Her poetry collections include the award-winning View From a Temporary Window and The Zoo. Her third collection of poems, in progress, explores lyric poetry from an ecocritical vantage point. Ellen Rocco, Sarah Barber and Dale Hobson host.
The author will give a reading Thu., March 22 at 7:30 pm in the Sykes Common Room on the campus of St. Lawrence University, Canton NY. Go to full article
The author will give a reading Thu., March 22 at 7:30 pm in the Sykes Common Room on the campus of St. Lawrence University, Canton NY. Go to full article
Green groups sue to block Adirondack Club and Resort
Tupper Lake, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — Environmental groups and property owners in Tupper Lake say they're suing the state of New York, hoping to stop construction of the Adirondack Club and Resort.
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Democrats claim trustee seats in Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — Voters swept two more Democrats onto the Saranac Lake Village Board of Trustees Tuesday. Local business owner Barbara Rice and Adirondack Park Agency attorney Paul Van Cott... Go to full article
Comptroller says pension plan won't save NY money now
Albany, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — Governor Cuomo and lawmakers are deliberating behind the scenes on their remaining disagreements over the state budget. Meanwhile unions and others have expressed doubts... Go to full article
Idled Fort Drum coal plant to have greener reopening
Fort Drum, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — An Albany energy company plans to buy an idled coal plant on Fort Drum and convert it to run on renewable biomass materials. Go to full article
Tax credits would encourage internships
Buffalo, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — A western New York representative wants to give businesses an incentive to provide internships. The new piece of legislation in Congress would give businesses a tax credit... Go to full article
Neighbors gather for a warm-weather "boil"
Vermontville, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — The unusually warm weather this March hasn't been great for sugar makers. Maple syrup yields across northern New York and Vermont have been low, and a lot of producers are... Go to full article
Listen up: the art of telling tales
Canton, NY, Mar 21, 2012 — Every year around the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere (or the first day of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere) people all over the world gather to tell stories... Go to full article
All Before Five: 03/20/12
Mar 20, 2012 — The APA approved the Adirondack Club and Resort project this winter...but that doesn't mean the issue's closed with green groups. Public unions react (not happily) to the... Go to full article
