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 The Tupper Lake Central School District is one of the cornerstones of the central Adirondack community. Now the district is cutting staff and reducing sports and after school programs. Photo: tupperlakeny.us
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Tupper Lake, NY, Jun 05, 2013 — Later this month, four North Country school districts will take their revised budgets back to voters in hopes of winning approval for their spending plans. The General Brown Central School District in Dexter, along with Minerva, Newcomb and Tupper Lake all asked voters last month to approve budgets that broke the 2 percent property tax cap. All four failed to win the sixty percent super-majority needed to set the cap aside. So they'll be offering new budgets for a second vote on June 18th. Seth McGowan, superintendent of Tupper Lake's district, says the revised budget comes in well below the property tax cap, but it will also mean a total of seven job cuts. Go to full article
 Stephens Mundy is CEO of CVPH in Plattsburgh and executive vice president for Northern New York for Fletcher Allen Partners. Photo: CVPH
by Brian Mann, in Plattsburgh, NY
Jun 03, 2013 — Last month, North Country Public Radio launched an ongoing series where we're talking in-depth with some of the region's health care leaders. This is a time of huge transition for the industry -- and huge pressure on rural hospitals, nursing homes, home-health programs and ambulance squads. That's meant some big changes, including a decision last year by CVPH Hospital and the Elizabethtown Community Hospital to join an umbrella company headed by Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vermont. Stephens Mundy is CEO of CVPH and serves as executive vice president for Northern New York for the new organization called Fletcher Allen Partners. He sat down last week with Brian Mann. Go to full article
 Governor Cuomo brought a multi-media presentation about his tax-cutting plan to Plattsburgh. Photo: Brian Mann, NCPR
by Brian Mann, in Plattsburgh, NY
May 31, 2013 — Governor Andrew Cuomo barnstormed across Upstate New York yesterday, trying to build political support for a new network of tax-free zones around many of the state's colleges and universities. At least eight SUNY campuses in the North Country would be eligible for the program, from community colleges in Glens Falls and Saranac Lake to larger campuses in Plattsburgh and Canton. One of the governor's first stops was at the SUNY campus in Plattsburgh, where he argued that this program could be a 'game changer' for a regional economy that has been struggling for decades. Go to full article
 A miner in the dangerous below-ground world of Lyon Mountain (Source: Lawrence P. Gooley)
by Brian Mann, in Lyon Mountain, NY
Lyon Mountain, NY, May 30, 2013 — The Clinton County village of Lyon Mountain is a community that's trying to find its future. The state correctional facility closed down two years ago and the buildings go up for auction in July. This isn't the first time Lyon Mountain has had to reinvent itself. In 1967, the iron mine that drove early prosperity closed its doors for good. The proud company town has struggled ever since. Lyon Mountain's iron mining era still shapes the memories and local mythology in that part of the North Country. Go to full article
 Adirondack Health's Lake Placid facility. Photo: Mark Kurtz
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
May 29, 2013 — A powerful state-run organization is opposing plans to shut down the hospital emergency room in Lake Placid by Adirondack Health. In a public letter sent this week to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise newspaper, the Olympic Regional Development Authority argued that closure of the emergency room would "have a negative impact" on the community. Go to full article
 An unidentified girl plants a flag on Memorial Day in Saranac Lake (NCPR photo)
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
May 28, 2013 — Memorial Day services were held across the North Country yesterday, with parades and prayers and wreath-layings. "The freedoms we as Americans enjoy and cherish today have been safeguarded by men and women who gave their lives," said Governor Andrew Cuomo, in a statement released from Albany. "Today, we also honor the military families who have lost loved ones, and send our heartfelt condolences to each of them." Go to full article
 Newcomb Superintendent Skip Hults is struggling to find cuts that balance his school's budget while garnering enough political support in his tiny community. NCPR file photo
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
May 27, 2013 — Last week, four North Country school districts tried to buck the state's 2 percent property tax cap. General Brown, Minerva, Newcomb and Tupper Lake all asked voters to approve spending increases that ranged from 7 percent as high as 24 percent. In every case, voters said no. That means school administrators and boards of education are meeting, holding conversations with their communities -- trying to figure out how to maintain programs and services in their rural areas. Go to full article
 Flood warnings and watches were in effect across much of the region Saturday (Image: National Weather Service Burlington)
by Brian Mann, in Westport, NY
May 25, 2013 — Emergency services officials met with elected leaders in Ausable Forks on Saturday as heavy rain swelled the Ausable River. The office of Governor Andrew Cuomo also signaled that it stands ready, should serious flood conditions force a major response. "We are most thankful for all Governor Cuomo's help in the past and as we prepare for any future possible flooding," said Essex County chairman Randy Douglas in an email. Go to full article
 The Essex Chain of Lakes. The process is now underway to determine what kind of recreation and public use will be allowed. Photo: Carl Heilman, courtesy Adirondack Nature Conservancy
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
May 24, 2013 — State officials announced yesterday that they'll begin public hearings in June to decide how the former Finch Pruyn timberlands will be managed, now that they've been added to the Adirondack forest preserve. The classification process will sort out what kinds of recreation and access will be allowed over a wide swath of the upper Hudson River that's being opened to the public for the first time in 150 years. Environmentalists and local government leaders have very different visions. Go to full article
 Dr. John Rugge founded the Hudson Headwaters Health Network in 1974, with his first clinic in Chestertown. HHHN now operates fifteen clinics. Photo: Brian Mann
by Brian Mann, in Queensbury, NY
May 21, 2013 — These are the best of times and the worst of times for healthcare in the North Country. The region is at the center of a new wave of innovation, experimentation, and reform -- including the "medical home" pilot project, funded in part by New York state. But the North Country's health care industry also face an unprecedented level of uncertainty and risk. Go to full article
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Brian Mann. Nancie Battaglia photo
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:
April 16, 2013 | NCPR · After decades of increasing inmate populations in the U.S., researchers are seeing a slow but steady decline in the number of men and women behind bars. Big states like California, New York and Texas are leading the way in developing alternatives to incarceration — in an effort to trim prison budgets.
February 28, 2013 | NPR · Corrections officers in the federal prison system are bracing for possible staffing cuts and furloughs triggered by the sequester. The cuts come at a time when studies show that inmate crowding and staff shortages in federal prisons are already posing challenges for guards trying to maintain order behind bars.
February 14, 2013 | NCPR · Forty years ago, New York enacted tough laws in response to a wave of drug-related crime. They became known as the Rockefeller drug laws, and they set the standard for states looking to get tough on crime. But a new debate is under way over the effectiveness of such strict sentencing laws.
February 14, 2013 | NCPR · George Prendes was 23 when he was sentenced under New York's Rockefeller drug laws — tough mandatory sentencing guidelines for nonviolent drug crimes. The 15 years Prendes served for a drug transaction still reverberate for him and his family.
January 30, 2013 | NCPR · New York has adopted the toughest gun control laws in the country — banning assault rifles and large clips. But now state officials have to figure out how to make the new rules work — and they have to convince gun owners to comply.
January 16, 2013 | NCPR · The state legislature in New York has voted to approve a sweeping gun control measure. It bans assault weapons and makes it harder for seriously mentally ill people to legally obtain firearms.
November 4, 2012 | NPR · As New York City's first responders begin to show fatigue, and in many cases deal with losses of their own homes, replacement crews of firefighters are getting ready to roll into Manhattan and Long Island. Among them are a group of firefighters from a small rural fire station in the mountains of upstate New York.
August 29, 2012 | NCPR · New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to decide soon whether to allow natural gas companies to use the controversial drilling technique known as hydro-fracking. New Yorkers are sharply divided on the issue. Industry groups and activists are campaigning hard to shape how the decision will be received.
April 30, 2012 | NPR · The Obama administration backed off a proposal to restrict kids under 16 from working on farms after a major push by conservatives and farm state Democrats. But farmers themselves weren't too happy about the restrictions, either.
April 24, 2012 | NPR · Tuesday is primary day in five states. But with the nomination all but sewn up for Mitt Romney, finding people actually interested in voting can be tough.
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