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NCPR News Staff: Brian Mann
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 Brian Mann grew up in Alaska, where he fell in love with public radio. In 1999, Brian moved to the Adirondacks and helped launch NCPR's news bureau at Paul Smiths College. "I love the chemistry of water and mountains," Brian says. "But I'm also pretty crazy about village life in the north country. It's the kind of place where you know your neighbors." Brian lives in Saranac Lake with wife Susan and son Nicholas. He's a frequent contributor to NPR and also writes regularly for regional magazines, including Adirondack Life and the Adirondack Explorer. Recent Brian Mann stories carried by NPR:
July 2, 2009 | NPR· In April, Jiverly Wong, a mentally ill immigrant from Vietnam, opened fire at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13. What happens to people blindsided by such devastating violence? June 11, 2009 | NPR· The bridge, which links the two halves of a Mohawk reservation, was barricaded last week after Mohawks protested a plan to arm Canadian border agents. The flare-up follows growing tension on the border over drug smuggling and human trafficking. May 29, 2009 | NPR· President Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. Joseph Taluto of New York to head the Army National Guard. Taluto had commanded a Guard unit in Iraq and during that time, a soldier under his command killed an American officer in the unit. Now the widow of the dead officer is calling on the Senate Armed Services Committee to block Taluto's appointment. May 15, 2009 | NPR· One of the biggest environmental cleanups in U.S. history got under way Friday. The Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric have begun dredging tons of toxic, PCB-contaminated sludge from New York's upper Hudson River. April 4, 2009 | NPR· Four people were critically wounded in the massacre at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., Friday. Thirty-seven others escaped, including 26 who hid for hours in a basement boiler room while police tried to determine whether the gunman was still alive and whether he was holding any hostages, Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said. April 1, 2009 | NPR· Democrat Scott Murphy and Republican Jim Tedisco are vying to replace Kristen Gillibrand in the House. The race is so close that a recount is under way. Also, the Justice Department moved to drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens. April 1, 2009 | NPR· The candidates in a New York congressional election say they know the race isn't over. With all precincts in the 20th Congressional District reporting, Democrat Scott Murphy leads Republican Jim Tedisco by just 65 votes out of more than 154,000 cast. The two are vying to replace Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate to succeed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. March 28, 2009 | NPR· New York Gov. David Paterson unveiled a landmark deal on Friday that would scrap most of the state's system of mandatory prison sentences, which date to Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's get-tough-on-crime movement in the 1970s. March 11, 2009 | NPR· A mysterious ailment decimating bat colonies in the Northeast has spread far faster than scientists once believed. "White-nose syndrome" has been confirmed for the first time in New Hampshire and West Virginia, and suspected sites in Virginia are being investigated. January 23, 2009 | NPR· There are indications that Democratic Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice to fill Hillary Clinton's vacated Senate seat. An official announcement is expected Friday from New York Gov. David Paterson. The Senate slot opened when Clinton became secretary of state. |
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