Special Reports: 2007-2008

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Old mill requires old skills
Lucy Martin returns to Watson's Mill in Manotick, Ontario to see how old millstones can be made new again, and learn about other vanishings arts of the miller's trade.

Audio Slideshow:
Donkey Basketball in Edwards
The loopy sport of donkey basketball has been used by North Country schools as a fundraiser since the 1950s. Visit a game in the St. Lawrence County town of Edwards. David Sommerstein reports.

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Demolition Derby on Ice
A bang-up guilty pleasure. Lucy Martin takes us to Kars, Ontario for a winter variation on the theme of automotive destruction.

Audio Slideshow:
Nathan Farb's Summer of Love
Adirondack photographer Nathan Farb first started using a camera in a unique time and place, the summer of 1967 in New York's Lower East Side. Farb has collected his photos from that time in a new book project, Summer of Love: A Photographer's Journal. Brian Mann reports.

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Tiffany windows at Trinity Church, Potsdam NY
Windows dating from the 1880s to the 1920s at this historic sandstone Episcopal church in Potsdam, New York were produced by the famed Tiffany Studio of New York City.

Audio Slideshow:
New book celebrates trees at Ottawa’s arboretum
Lucy Martin spoke with the co-authors of For the Love of Trees at the edge of the Ottawa Arboretum that is featured in this new photo book.

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Historic Follensby auction draws hundreds to Tupper Lake
In Tupper Lake, more than four hundred buyers turned out for the sale of antiques and other treasures from Follensby Park, one of the Adirondacks' most extravagant, private great camps. Brian Mann joined the crowd.

Audio Slideshow:
Anique North Country Postcards
Jon Kopp, a former state forester who owns an antique store in Tupper Lake, has set out to collect thousands of vintage North Country postcards. He shares his collection with Brian Mann.

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A winter visit to an infected bat cave
Wildlife researchers across the Northeast are scrambling to understand a mysterious ailment that is killing thousands of bats. "White-nose" syndrome has been found at sites in New York and Vermont. Brian Mann goes underground to see.

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Lifting giant windmills into the sky
Noble Environmental Power has is erecting 122 wind turbines in an energy park in western Clinton County. David Sommerstein was there as turbine #6 went up.

Audio Slideshow:
Beekeepers facing new challenges
Lucy Martin visits with Ontario beekeeper Terry McEvoy and talks about colony collapse disorder and other apiary ailments that raise concerns about the food supply.

Audio Slideshow:
Canada's Rideau Canal hits 175th anniversary
The Rideau Canal is a manmade waterway connecting Kingston to Ottawa. Lucy Martin was in scenic Merrickville for one of the year’s many 175th anniversary celebrations.

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Sens fans rally for Stanley Cup
Thousands of Stanley Cup-thirsty Senators fans took over Festival Plaza at City Hall in Ottawa for a lunchtime rally in May 2007. Lucy Martin joined the jubilant crowd.

Audio Slideshow:
Brothers cross the political divide
It isn't just about red states and blue states or the balance of power in Congress. America's rift can be far more intimate, dividing communities and families. In his book Welcome to the Homeland, Brian Mann tells the story of searching for common ground with his more conservative brother Allen.