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Community Calendar Events for The Tug Hill region and Lewis County
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Special Reports
Audio Slideshow:Life beneath the Tug Hill wind turbines
David Sommerstein talks with neighbors of the Maple Ridge windfarm on the Tug Hill Plateau to find out what it's like living with the new energy technology in your own back yard.
Photo Audio EssayProtecting the Tug Hill Plateau: Fish Creek
Last summer, New York State, the Nature Conservancy, and a Boston-based timber company announced a plan to preserve 45,000 acres of forest on the Tug Hill Plateau. David Sommerstein visited the “East Branch of Fish Creek Working Forest” to see how the plan is shaping up.
Marjorie Ransom
Preview: Silver Speaks - Jewelry of the Middle East
Sep 05, 2006 — Todd Moe talks with Marjorie Ransom, a Lewis county native, who spent years in the Middle East as a U.S. diplomat. She's also researched and collected traditional silver jewelry of the Middle East for more than 40 years. An exhibit of some of her collection opens in Watertown at the Jefferson County Historical Society this Friday. A Gala Preview will be held Thursday, September 7, 5-7pm. Go to full article
Heard up North: Sticky Secrets of the Freeman Taffy
Aug 22, 2006 — It wouldn't be summer without taffy. For 11 years Freeman's Taffy Stand has been a fixture at the Lewis County Fair. Jim Freeman now runs the stand. Go to full article
Marks Farm, DEC settle over Black River manure spill
Aug 04, 2006 — A Lewis County dairy farm has agreed to a $2.2 million settlement for a massive manure spill into the Black River last summer. The Department of Environmental Conservation announced the settlement with Marks Dairy Farm in Lowville yesterday. The farm has agreed to fund over $1.5 million in environmental benefit projects along the Black River and a tributary, Whetstone Creek. It'll also pay $700 thousand in penalties to the DEC. The spill occurred last August 10. The earthen wall of a lagoon holding the liquid manure blew out, sending about 3 million gallons into a drainage ditch and then into the river. The spill killed approximately 375,000 fish in a 20-mile stretch of river. The farm has also upgraded its manure storage facility and handed over development rights for part of the farmland to the DEC. Deparment spokesperson Maureen Wren says that's good for the environment and the public. Go to full article
Heard up North: Yupper! (& Beaver Meadows)
May 31, 2006 — Our ongoing exploration of North Country dialect continues. Lynn Klein lives in the Lewis County Town of Leyden. Go to full article
Latinos on the Farm, in the Shadows
May 16, 2006 — In the North Country, two groups are watching the immigration debate closely: dairy farmers and the Mexicans and Central Americans who work for them. There are no numbers on... Go to full article
Lowville AP Program Among Nation's Best
May 12, 2006 — Newsweek magazine has ranked Lowville Academy's honors program as one of the best in the country. Douglas Hopper has a report. Go to full article
Wind Farm Boosts Lowville Schools
Apr 20, 2006 — Schools across the North Country are trimming and tucking in anticipation of next month's budget votes. One district, however, is flush with money. Lowville Central Schools... Go to full article
A Northern Light Author Returns to Her Roots
Mar 29, 2006 — North Country Reads is a region-wide project focusing this year on Jennifer Donnelly's book, A Northern Light. Next week, Jennifer Donnelly will make several... Go to full article
Croghan Crazy about Maple Syrup
Mar 28, 2006 — It's a busy week for New York's maple syrup producers. In 2005, they made more than 222,000 gallons of syrup according to the New York Agricultural Statistics Service. ... Go to full article
Maple Season Underway
Mar 28, 2006 — The maple syrup season is underway across much of the North Country. Over the weekend, hundreds of visitors and neighbors stopped by Yancey's Sugarbush, near Croghan, in... Go to full article
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