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 NY State Sen. Betty Little. NCPR File Photo: Mark Kurtz
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Mar 19, 2013 — The budget deal now in its final stages in Albany is likely to include the elimination of at least two state prisons. State Senator Betty Little says she worries that a third correctional facility in Franklin County could be targeted for closure. Go to full article
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Indian Lake, NY, Mar 11, 2013 — A memorial service was held in the town of Indian Lake on Saturday to remember 51-year-old Paul Prill, who was killed in a snowmobile accident earlier this month. Prill is one of at least fourteen sledders killed in New York state so far this winter. State police say they believe alcohol may have been involved in his death. Go to full article
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Mar 11, 2013 — The North Country is in line to receive a big chunk of the $25 million that state officials are spending to bring broadband internet to more parts of rural New York. One of the projects in the Adirondacks will use a technology called "white space" to bring broadband to remote homes in the Warren County town of Thurman. Go to full article
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Queensbury, NY, Mar 08, 2013 — Next week, Governor Andrew Cuomo's tough new control law will face its first court challenge. The case was brought by Bob Schulz, a long-time conservative activist who lives on the shore of Lake George. This is only the latest court battle for Schulz, who has made a career as a political gadfly and organizer, battling what he views as government agencies run amok. His campaign has won Schulz accolades from conservative leaders and media outlets across the country, but also fierce criticism from groups that say he flirts with dangerous radicalism. Go to full article
 Robert Schulz from Queensbury announcing his lawsuit in Albany. Photo: Karen DeWitt
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Queensbury, NY, Mar 07, 2013 — Conservative activists, legal experts and many Republican lawmakers are gearing up to try to roll back key provisions of the New York SAFE Act. That's the tough gun control law pushed through in January by Governor Andrew Cuomo, following deadly shootings in Connecticut and western New York. The NY SAFE Act phases in a total ban on assault rifles and large ammunition clips. It also establishes strict new rules for buying and selling guns in New York. At least two court battles are brewing over the new law. But experts say overturning the measure through legal action will be a long-shot. Go to full article
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Parishville, NY, Mar 06, 2013 — Snow conditions have been improving in parts of the North Country the last two weeks and that means more sledders out on the trail. But there have also been five snowmobile deaths across the region. Go to full article
 Federal prison officials have packed more beds into wards at correctional facilities to house rising inmate populations. Photo: US BOP via GAO)
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Ray Brook, NY, Mar 01, 2013 — The sequester is upon us and Federal workers at facilities are bracing for across-the-board cuts that begin phasing in tomorrow. Tensions are particularly high in the country's Federal prison system. Two different congressional reports released in the last year found that inmate overcrowding at Federal prisons like the one in Ray Brook, near Saranac Lake, has already made it difficult for guards to maintain safety behind bars. Attorney General Eric Holder says furloughing more corrections officers could make safety problems even worse. Go to full article
 Phil Brown paddles near the confluence of Shingle Shanty Brook and the Mud Pond outlet in May 2009. Photo: Susan Bibeau/Adirondack Explorer, used by permission
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Long Lake, NY, Feb 28, 2013 — This week, a state Supreme Court judge ruled that a back country canoe route in the wilds of Hamilton County is "navigable in fact." It was another victory for paddlers, who have been fighting for decades to win more access to rivers. This latest ruling followed a lawsuit filed against journalist and outdoorsman Phil Brown, who paddled a remote stretch of Shingle Shanty Brook. To make the journey, Brown made a brief carry or "portage" over private land. He was sued by private landowners, who argued that he trespassed over land that had been closed to the public for generations. The landowners involved in bringing the suit declined to comment about the ruling. Brian Mann sat down to talk with Phil Brown about the significance of the decision and we'll hear part of our 2010 report looking at the long-running legal battle over paddler access. Go to full article
 A no-trespassing sign posted at Shingle Shanty Brook. Photo: Brian Mann
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Long Lake, NY, Feb 27, 2013 — A state Supreme Court judge has ruled that a journalist and paddler wasn't trespassing when he traveled a remote river in the Adirondack Park. Phil Brown, managing editor of the Adirondack Explorer magazine, made the controversial trip in 2010. The court fight became the latest front in a simmering battle over paddling access rights in New York. Go to full article
 Jack Delehanty Photo: District Attorneys Association of the State of New York
by Brian Mann, in Saranac Lake, NY
Tupper Lake, NY, Feb 27, 2013 — The debate in Tupper Lake over the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort has taken another bitter turn. For years the community has been sharply divided over the massive real estate project. Now the local newspaper, the Tupper Lake Free Press, has accused opponents of the development of sending an email that includes an anti-Semitic slur. 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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