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Audio SlideshowFollowing Photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard
In the late 1800s, photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard captured some of the most iconic scenes in north country Now another Glens Falls native, Mark Bowie, has spent two years photographing the exact same scenes.
Audio SlideshowOn Great Sacandaga Lake, State Land For Lease Cheap
Adirondack real estate prices have soared in recent years, thanks to a boom in vacation homes. Small lake front parcels sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. But along Great Sacandaga Lake, in the southern Adirondacks, people can lease 100-foot sections of shoreline property from the state for just $56/yr. Brian Mann reports.
Audio SlideshowHistoric Hyde House Reopens in Glens Falls
After 18 months of expansion, renovation and restoration, the Hyde House in Glens Falls has reopened to the public. Built in 1912 by Charlotte and Louis Hyde, the home has been a centerpiece of the Hyde Collection of fine art and antiques for decades. Todd Moe tours the restored home with Museum Director Randall Suffolk.
Photo Audio EssayArts & Healing: Living Well In the Shadow of Cancer
Brian Mann traveled to a retreat in the Adirondacks for women living with cancer. He found that many of the women still see joy and hope in a world filled with uncertainty.
David Barlow & Robert LaVelle play a father and son in "A Number"
Preview: A Number in Glens Falls
Jul 19, 2006 — The Adirondack Theatre Festival's production of A Number opens tonight (8 pm) at the Charles Wood Theatre in Glens Falls. Todd Moe talks with actor Robert Lavelle, who plays the father in the show, and ATF producing director David Turner. Lavelle says the play is about about a son who confronts his father with the fact that he has genetically identical counterparts and is merely one of "a number". Go to full article
DEC Tallies Adk Snowmobile Trails
Jul 14, 2006 — For the first time yesterday, New York's Department of Environmental Conservation released an official mileage tally for snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Park. Over the last five years, field crews mapped roughly 841 miles of roads and trails that cross over state land. As Brian Mann reports, the new tally is controversial, but could help in creation of a long-delayed snowmobile trail system. Go to full article
Adks After Pataki, Pt. 3: The View From Inside
Jul 13, 2006 — This week, we're talking with some of the politicians and activists who will shape the Adirondack Park Agency's future after Governor George Pataki leaves office in January. Three local government leaders who sit on the APA commission have left or are stepping down. The agency is also facing new criticism from North Country lawmakers, including state Senator Betty Little. They have called for sweeping changes to the environmental laws that make up Park Agency Act. Ross Whaley chairs the APA commission. He says the shifting tide in Albany has brought new scrutiny and tension to his agency. Go to full article
Adks After Pataki, Pt. 2: Beef Up APA?
Jul 12, 2006 — This week, we're talking with some of the politicians and activists who will shape the Adirondack Park Agency's future after Governor George Pataki leaves office in... Go to full article
Adks After Pataki, Part One: Scrap the APA?
Jul 11, 2006 — In their Sunday editorial, the editors of the Glens Falls Post Star suggested that the Adirondack Park Agency may have outlived its usefulness. A growing number of... Go to full article
Guard Heads To Mexico Border
Jul 06, 2006 — The Glens Falls Post Star is reporting this morning that National Guardsmen from the North Country will be sent to Arizona to help patrol the US-Mexico border. Brian... Go to full article
Music: John Kribs Sings the Blues
Jun 30, 2006 — Southern Adirondacks singer-songwriter John Kribs joined Todd Moe, and co-hosts Hilary Oak and Beth Robinson in the studio last night for NCPR's Open Studio. Here are... Go to full article
Heard Up North: Amateur Archaeologists Discover 250-year-old Burial Site
Jun 07, 2006 — Last November a couple of amateur archeologists and local historians in Fort Edward found something potentially huge... an old burial site they say contains scores of... Go to full article
Arson Burns Historic Adirondack Church
Jun 06, 2006 — The Warren County Sheriff's Office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say a fire that destroyed the Episcopal church in Pottersville was... Go to full article
Adk Wind Project Inches Forward
May 12, 2006 — Developers of an industrial wind project near Gore Mountain in the Adirondacks won a small victory yesterday. The Adirondack Park Agency's board agreed that a new tower,... Go to full article
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