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Special Reports
Audio SeriesStoryCorps in the North Country: North Country residents have shared their stories with this national oral history project during visits to the region in 2006 and in 2008.
Audio SeriesLooking for the North Country
NCPR and TAUNY, Traditional Arts of Upstate New York, spent October 2000 exploring the place, the people and the culture we call the North Country.
No Bigger Than a Piano Box: a North Country Schoolhouse in 1893
By historian Betsy Kepes. Based on the 1893 diary of a North Country schoolteacher. A Women's History Month special. Teacher's guide and CD available.
Audio Slideshow:Finding the North Country
A new exhibit at TAUNY (Traditional Arts in Upstate New York) tells the story of North Country life with pictures. Finding the North Country: Stories of Local Life Through Photographs revisits the theme of North Country identity explored in the 2000 radio collaboration "Looking for the North Country." The photographs will remain on display through November 25, 2006.
Multimedia SeriesMeet the Masters of North Country Folklife
Profiling people who have mastered and conserved a variety of family and community traditions over several generations in the North Country and who actively practice them today. Together, they exemplify a living history of our North Country and a way of life otherwise often difficult to explain. An ongoing project of Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY).
Audio SeriesLiving North Country: Essays on Life and Landscapes in Northern New York, edited by Neal Burdick and Natalia Singer at St. Lawrence University, recently became available in bookstores. We invited several of the contributing authors into the NCPR studio to record excerpts in their own voices.
Writing ContestThe Writing Contest for Young and Adult Writers
The Adirondack Center for Writing and North Country Public Radio offer a literature award to regional writers. The Writing Contest is held biennially. We will offer prizes in two genres per session; this year (2005-2006) the genres are nature writing and memoir.
Audio NovelEben Holden: A Tale of the North Country
This three-hour NCPR production of Irving Bacheller's timeless tale of the North Country, the 1900 bestseller Eben Holden, features many local voices and talents.
The tap...
Heard Up North: tapping the trees
Canton, NY, Mar 07, 2012 — Cold nights, warm days, sunshine: chickdees are busy, and the sap is rising. It all adds up to maple syrup season. Whether your operation includes a bulk holding tank and miles of plastic tubing, or just a few buckets hanging off the trees in the backyard, it all starts the same way, with a strategically placed hole in a sugar maple.
And it's today's Heard Up North, produced by Martha Foley. Go to full article
And it's today's Heard Up North, produced by Martha Foley. Go to full article
Old ways add up nicely for one subsistence family
Hermon, NY, Mar 05, 2012 — It's a scene that was common-place in the early 20th century, horses out on a frozen lake cutting through the ice with bladed plows.
Ice harvesting may not be part of your family's plans this year, but for one rural St. Lawrence County family it's the only way to keep food cool during the summer. Trevor Alford visited the Douglass family farm outside Canton and has our story. Go to full article
Ice harvesting may not be part of your family's plans this year, but for one rural St. Lawrence County family it's the only way to keep food cool during the summer. Trevor Alford visited the Douglass family farm outside Canton and has our story. Go to full article
Massena's history still tied to 1928 "blood libel" incident
Massena, NY, Feb 14, 2012 — A St. Lawrence County community is being reminded, again, of an 80 year-old rumor many people would rather forget.
A new novel re-imagines what happened when a little girl went missing overnight in Massena. It's based on a true story from 1928. The town's small Jewish community was accused of kidnapping her for a ritual murder.
Julie Grant set out to find out what really happened. She found that after 80 years, it's not easy to parse the truth from rumors and memories.
But she did find that people from cultures around the world brought together in America's "melting pot" were easily pulled apart in a time of crisis. Go to full article
A new novel re-imagines what happened when a little girl went missing overnight in Massena. It's based on a true story from 1928. The town's small Jewish community was accused of kidnapping her for a ritual murder.
Julie Grant set out to find out what really happened. She found that after 80 years, it's not easy to parse the truth from rumors and memories.
But she did find that people from cultures around the world brought together in America's "melting pot" were easily pulled apart in a time of crisis. Go to full article
Students gather to meet lawmakers, talk politics
Peru, NY, Feb 10, 2012 — NCPR kicked off election coverage with a series of stories this week. See below for more on the 23rd district race for the House of Representatives.
Politics are... Go to full article
Politics are... Go to full article
Heard Up North: splitting wood
Canton, NY, Feb 02, 2012 — There were clear skies, cool temperatures...and a woodpile. A perfect combination for our Heard Up North. Go to full article
Librarians talk about their jobs
Chazy, NY, Jan 25, 2012 — These are tough times, as libraries grapple with changing technology and shrinking budgets. But librarians in Clinton County say their work is more important than ever.... Go to full article
North Country libraries: balancing services, budgets
Plattsburgh, NY, Jan 25, 2012 — Libraries aren't just quiet places filled with books. In the North Country, libraries serve as social hubs and community centers. These days, they're scrambling to keep pace... Go to full article
State Attorney General combats prescription narcotic drug abuse
Albany, NY, Jan 13, 2012 — State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is again pushing for legislation to create an online database to report and track the use of prescription narcotic drugs. On... Go to full article
Plattsburgh mail processing center may close
Plattsburgh, NY, Dec 23, 2011 — The US Postal Service is in crisis mode, trying to downsize while wrestling with billions of dollars in deficits. Dozens of local post offices have been targeted for possible... Go to full article
Heard Up North: Goodbye to Larry the fish guy
Canton, NY, Oct 07, 2011 — All summer long, seafood lovers in St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties keep their eyes open for a white truck with a big red lobster on its side.
It's Larry's... Go to full article
It's Larry's... Go to full article
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