(02/07/12) We continue our series, the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. You may know Andy from his series of Adirondack Attic books on local history. He uses the objects people make, use and leave behind to tell stories about the life and times of the region.
NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring these stories to air. Today, we'll get the history and the back-story of Saranac Lake's Winter Carnival, and its famous Ice Palace.
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Fireworks above this year's Ice Palace.
Adirondack Ice author Caperton Tissot.
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The Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear, New York.
(01/30/12) Officials in Harrietstown have organized a new citizens committee to study the cost and future management of the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear. The airport was the target of a scathing report from the state Comptroller's office earlier this month that found the facility had been mismanaged.
Book donations arrived from around the country.
(01/27/12) An Adirondack community welcomes the return of its library this weekend, after months of repair work. The doors of the Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay will reopen on Saturday as part of a day-long celebration. Five months ago, heavy flooding damaged the library after Hurricane Irene.
The library's board president, Marie-Anne Azar Ward, says flood waters ruined a majority of the library's books, and nearly all the children's collection was destroyed. Azar Ward says the community rolled-up its collective sleeves and went to work repairing the 106-year old building. The re-opening celebration, with music and food, starts at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
(01/26/12) Earlier this week, Tom Curley announced his retirement after nine years as president and CEO of the Associated Press. The 63 year-old Curley spent his tenure working to transform the news cooperative for the digital era. Now that he's retiring, Curley said he plans to spend more time in the Adirondacks, where he owns a home on Upper Saranac Lake with his wife, Marsha Stanley. Chris Knight intereviewed Curley this week about the changing times faced by newspapers and what he sees as the biggest issues facing the Adirondacks. more
Betsy Brooks (left) and Eva Jankowska of the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System
A note posted on the Plattsburgh Public Library desk, thanking the public for their support
(01/25/12) 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 with the changing ways that we use information and technology.
But decreases in funding are making it harder for rural libraries to juggle their many missions. Sarah Harris has our story. more arts ·
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Frances Fairchild, Chazy Public Library director, with the new library's stained glass installation
(01/25/12) 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. Sarah Harris talked with Stan Ransom, Frances Fairchild, Betsy Brooks, Eva Jankowska and Jacqueline Madison, all librarians in Clinton County. more
Nip Rogers' self portrait
(01/11/12) Todd Moe talks with Lake Placid artist Nip Rogers about his "Portraits of Other Artists" project and how social networking websites are bringing artists and art together. His Social Faceworking Show opens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts on Friday night. It includes portraits of 19 North Country artists and their own artwork in one show.
Every single person that talked to us said we need to put money back into the budget.
(12/07/11) It was standing room only in the Essex County Courthouse in Elizabethtown Monday night as nearly 150 people turned out for a hearing on the tentative 2012 county budget.
Twenty-three people spoke during the hearing, which lasted more than two hours. Not one person asked for additional cuts to a spending plan that proposed to increase the tax levy by 4.3 percent and lay off 30 county employees. And as Chris Morris reports, every speaker called for the board to restore funding for contract agencies and do what they could to avoid job cuts, a move that would increase next year's tax levy. more
Politi: only one thing - love of community. Doty: an energy level that’s second to none.
(10/25/11) Voters in Essex County's most populous town head to the polls Nov. 8 to select their supervisor. In the race for North Elba town supervisor, incumbent Roby Politi looks to fend off a challenge by Derek Doty. Politi is a nonpartisan candidate, although he is a registered Republican; Doty is a Democrat and a member of North Elba's town council.
Both men agree that North Elba, which includes the village of Lake Placid and part of Saranac Lake, has weathered the last several years fairly well, and they share a similar vision for the town's future. But there's still a lot at stake as the supervisor's seat also carries tremendous sway in Essex County government. more
APA commissioners Lani Ulrich and Dick Booth talk with DEC administrative law Judge Daniel O'Connell (Photos: Brian Mann)
The ridge above Cranberry Pond would be ringed with new homes if the project goes forward.
(10/18/11) State officials are gearing up to make a final decision about the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort in Tupper Lake.
Over the weekend, members of the Adirondack Park Agency commission toured the site, which stretches from the Big Tupper ski area to the banks of the Raquette River. The goal was to give them a better feel for the landscape that would be changed if the massive and fiercely debated project is allowed to go forward. Brian Mann tagged along for the tour and has our story.
Special Reports  Audio Slideshow:Harold Weston: Remembering an Adirondack painter's "Wild Exuberance" The Adirondack Museum features a Weston exhibition this summer: "Wild Exuberance." Brian Mann with curator Caroline Welsh.  Audio Slideshow:Researcher Finds New Mite Species In Adirondacks Heather Root has found at least one new type of tiny tree mite at the Huntington Wildlife Forest near Newcomb. Root does her research while dangling in a harness high above the ground in the maple tree canopy, where she also found rare forms of lichen not seen in the Adirondacks for decades.  SlideshowA Look Inside Temple Beth Joseph, Tupper Lake Beth Joseph Synagogue in Tupper Lake is the oldest synagogue in the Adirondacks. Built in 1905, its origins stem from the late 1800s, when Jewish immigrants from Russia and eastern Europe arrived in America. It had been closed up for decades when a summer resident asked to take a look inside. What she found was a national treasure.  Audio SlideshowSt. William's on Long Point In the late 1800s, St. William's was the parish church for Raquette Lake and served many of the Irish and French-Canadian Catholics who were the early pioneers on the Lake. Today, it's a seasonal camp and cultural center, accessible only by boat. Todd Moe visited during restoration work.  Audio SlideshowSkiing The Route of the Seven Carries Over the weekend, temperatures in the Adirondacks topped sixty degrees. There's not much snow in the backcountry, but many lakes still have a solid layer of ice—and people are still getting outdoors. Brian Mann skied the Route of the Seven Carries—a traditional canoe route north of Saranac Lake. 
Audio Slideshow90 Miles by Canoe… in a Single Day The 90-mile Adirondack Canoe Classic takes paddlers from Old Forge to Saranac Lake. Race organizer Brian McDonnell paddled the entire course in a single day—a journey he describes as the "90-mile cannonball."  Photo/Audio EssayA Trek up Mt. Adams A land deal will add thousands of acres to the state forest preserve, but it will almost certainly mean the removal of an antique fire tower that sits on Mt. Adams, near the town of Newcomb. Brian Mann made the climb. 
Audio SlideshowAdirondack Rail: on the Old New York Central Line For seventy years, the New York Central carried passengers to Malone and Lake Placid and points in between. The old line is all but abandoned now. But trains still make the run a few times each year, bringing supplies and equipment to the tourist railroad in Lake Placid. Brian Mann made the trip this spring. 
Photo Audio EssayChildren's Camps in the Adirondacks The Adirondack Museum opens today for the summer season. A major new exhibition looks at the history of the region's summer camps. 
Photo Audio SlideshowGary Randorf: Wild Adirondack Photography Gary Randorf is one of the region's veteran photographers. His new book is called The Adirondacks: Wild Island of Hope. Brian Mann talked with him on a shoot in the Dix Mountain Wilderness. 
Photo Audio EssaySummer at the Seagle Music Colony For 87 years, the Seagle Music Colony in the eastern Adirondacks has offered talented young singers a secluded summer haven to polish their skills.  Photo Audio EssayWinter Camping in the Adirondack High Peaks The Adirondacks' High Peaks can be a hard place to find peace and quiet during the busy summer months. Many people choose the winter to get their fix for solitude among New York's tallest mountains. Winter camping offers unique pleasures and sometimes, unexpected perils. Brian Mann and David Sommerstein got plenty of both on a late winter expedition to Lake Colden and Algonquin Peak.  Photo Audio EssayRock Climbing in the Adirondacks People climb looking for adventure and amazing views—and a deeper connection to the mountains. Brian Mann climbed Hurricane Crag during the peak of this year's leaf season.  Photo Audio EssayDiscovering Adirondack Old Growth Forest The Adirondacks are home to some of the East's largest Old Growth Forests. Martha Foley talks with a naturalist who spent part of this summer finding the towering trees.  Photo Audio EssayPreserving Adirondack Alpine Meadows Adirondack Nature Conservancy program volunteers haul rocks up into the High Peaks to protect fragile ecosystem from erosion.  Audio SlideshowA Barn-Raising in Upper Jay (Real 6:23) These days, most new barns are built quickly with steel frames and sheet-metal siding. But some landowners are taking a little more time, using methods and materials passed down over hundreds of years. Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks · Wildlife Conservation Society · Adirondack Medical Center Foundation · Adirondack Museum · Niagara Mohawk Foundation · Schumann Foundation · John A. Sellon Charitable Trust · several anonymous individual donors |
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