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NCPR News: Nora Flaherty, Reporter/producer
 No bomb evidence found after Canton Central School scare
Canton, NY, May 03, 2012 — Village and state police, investigators from the county sheriff's department and sniffer dogs didn't find evidence of a bomb at Canton Central School. The school was evacuated this morning after a high school student reported the word "bomb" written on a girls' bathroom stall. Go to full article
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Growers work to protect crops after warm March weather, last weekend's freeze
Peru, NY, May 03, 2012 — Record-breaking warm temperatures this March sped up the growing season in North Country orchards--with many fruit trees now in blossom well ahead of schedule. This weekend, low temperatures below freezing put those blossoms in danger, and raised questions about this year's yields.
Many orchardists spent much of the weekend trying to protect their crops--using bonfires, wind machines and water to keep frost from settling into fruit blossoms. Go to full article  Jeremy Morrow works at his shop in Canton.
Framemaker business means good, steady work
Canton, NY, Apr 27, 2012 — Continuing our occasional series on North Country entrepreneurs, we talk with Jeremy Morrow. Morrow owns the Harvest House framing shop on Main Street in Canton.
He's had a couple locations in the last few years: his shop was in a restaurant that closed down, and now he's on the second floor of a building that doesn't get much walk-by traffic. Although he says he's tried advertising, he gets most of his business from word-of-mouth. Go to full article
Well it’s sort of a reality check, or mother nature’s way of paying us back for such a nice spring.
Storm brings a slushy reality check
Burlington, VT, Apr 24, 2012 — A spring nor'easter covered much of the state with a snowy and slushy mix Sunday night and Monday morning. About 5,000 utility customers remain without power in parts of central and western New York this morning.
The National Weather Service says the storm dropped 10 inches of snow on Newfield, near Ithaca, and 9 inches on Colden, south of Buffalo. Most of the North Country saw between 2 and 4 inches. A late-spring snow isn't that unusual. But it was definitely a contrast to the rest of the unseasonably warm and dry spring. Nora Flaherty put in a call yesterday to National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Taber to find out what happened and what else we can expect this week. Go to full article  Monday morning snow left some residents unimpressed. Photo: John Stanford
Sudden winter snow "Mother Nature's payback", says metoerologist
Canton, NY, Apr 23, 2012 — The snow has mostly turned to rain Monday afternoon, but a spring nor'easter covered much of the North Country with a snowy and slushy mix Sunday night and Monday morning. Schools were closed or delayed across the area, and slippery roads led to a number of minor accidents. People across the area also lost power, although there weren't any major outages in the North Country. Meanwhile, thousands lost power in in Western New York and the Southern Tier. Go to full article
 All Before Five: 4/20/12
Apr 20, 2012 — There's been a lot of talk about campaign finance reform in New York State...now advocates are pushing the legislature to get it done. And Brian Mann looks at the trade in Black bear parts out of the North Country...and efforts to control bear poaching in the state. Also, Lucy Martin checks in at the Ottawa Valley Farm Show. Go to full article
 Marcy Dam in the Adirondacks was severely compromised by Tropical Storm Irene last year.
Water expert says even wet communities need to think about drought planning
Potsdam, NY, Apr 19, 2012 — The North Country is no stranger to the awesome power of water. We saw what it could do last spring and summer, when spring floods, and later Irene, swept through the area. Our economy depends on water in various forms: agriculture needs just the right amount, fisheries need to be healthy and clean, the mountains need snow in the winter.
Journalist Charles Fishman writes about how we're handling water issues in America today and what we need to be doing in his new book, The Big Thirst. Fishman will speak at SUNY Potsdam on April 25. He told Nora Flaherty the world has all the water it needs, and it's infinitely renewable even if it's absolutely filthy--it just needs to be cleaned. Charles Fishman will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 in Sara M. Snell Music Theater at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music. The presentation is free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, (315) 267-2515. Go to full article  Charles Fishman: Full interview with Nora Flaherty
Apr 19, 2012 — Nora Flaherty's full conversation with Charles Fishman, author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water. Go to full article
All Before Five: 04/13/12
Apr 13, 2012 — Governor Cuomo issued an executive order yesterday establishing a healthcare exchange in New York--we'll get the details on that. Brian Mann talks with Queensbury state assembly candidate Dan Stec, about his positions and his campaign strategy. And, Heard Up North, what's changed, trash-wise, over the last few decades. Go to full article
 Expansion of Boonville springwater company set to create 60 jobs
Boonville, NY, Apr 12, 2012 — A spring water company plans to add 60 jobs at its bottling plant near Boonville. Right now, Nirvana Water employs about 125 people in the area. With help from US Senator Charles Schumer, the company has been approved for a $4.3-million loan from the Small Business Administration.
It's set to invest about $10 million in expanding, so the company can do more of its own bottling and packaging, and make its own bottle caps. Go to full article « first « previous 10 31-40 of 178 stories next 10 » last » |
Nora became a reporter and on-air host at Michigan Radio, where she did stories on environmental issues, housing, the arts, among other things. Nora moved to New York City in 2005, and became a producer at WFUV. At WFUV, Nora hosted a weekly interview program and reported on the long-term issues faced by September 11th survivors, education, and less serious topics like fairy tales, freak shows and pop music. A serious dog person, Nora loves hanging out with her "pack" (her husband and their dog), cooking, and driving in foreign countries. |
Nora Flaherty got into public radio kind of by mistake--the local public radio station was in the same building as the office of the Anthropology department at the University of Michigan, where Nora was studying to be a professor. But after a few weeks as an intern, she was convinced she'd stumbled into the right place.
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