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Canton Jazz Band Heads to NYC
May 14, 2003 — The Canton High School Jazz Band will attend the Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition and Festival this weekend in New York City. Seven members from the group visited the NCPR studios earlier this year to record some music and conversation. For more information about the jazz band and jazz combo, and their New York City plans, call director Tim Savage: 315-386-8561, x. 360. Go to full article
Park Agency Interim Chairman Resigns Abruptly
May 12, 2003 — The Adirondack Park Agency's interim chairman, Jim Frenette, announced his resignation Friday. The decision surprised commissioners and APA staff,coming just five months after the departure of veteran chairman Dick Lefebvre. Frenette, a Democrat from Tupper Lake, says nothing triggered his abrupt resignation. It was simply "time to move on." Go to full article
The Raquette River runs fast just below the Hannawa Falls Dam
Hiking Through History: The Red Sandstone Trail
May 08, 2003 — Hiking trails in the North Country are generally considered good ways to get away from human society, gateways to the unspoiled natural world we're lucky to live so close to. But a new trail along the Raquette River south of Potsdam takes hikers on a different sort of trip. The Red Sandstone Trail highlights both the natural beauty of the area and the ways people have shaped the river and its valley over time. David Sommerstein explored the trail with John Ohmohundro last spring. Go to full article
Going Local in a Global Economy: a Call-in Special with Chris Lydon (Hour 2)
May 07, 2003 — Renowned public radio talk host Christopher Lydon was joined in the NCPR studio by guests including Michael Shuman, author of Going Local, Karen St. Hilaire, executive director of the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Robert Penski, owner of a North Country personnel services company, and NCPR station manager Ellen Rocco, to engage in a wide-ranging conversation with callers about the nature and condition of the North Country economy and its future prospects. Go to full article
Christopher Lydon
Going Local in a Global Economy: a Call-in Special with Chris Lydon (Hour 1)
May 07, 2003 — Renowned public radio talk host Christopher Lydon was joined in the NCPR studio by guests including Michael Shuman, author of Going Local, Karen St. Hilaire, executive director of the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Robert Penski, owner of a North Country personnel services company, and NCPR station manager Ellen Rocco, to engage in a wide-ranging conversation with callers about the nature and condition of the North Country economy and its future prospects. Go to full article
Preview: GRP's Evening of One-Acts
May 06, 2003 — The Grasse River Players, a community theatre group in Canton, presents an evening of three one-act comedies this Friday and Saturday night at the SUNY Canton Student Center Theatre. Todd Moe gets a preview of the one-acts from NCPR's Shelly Pike, one of the directors. Go to full article
Clinton Proposes Special Ed Funding
May 05, 2003 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is sponsoring legislation to fully fund special education programs across the nation. The "IDEA Full Funding Act of 2003" would provide an additional $1.2 billion for New York schools over the next ten years. Go to full article
After the War: A Homecoming in Queensbury
Apr 25, 2003 — State Senator Betty Little, of Queensbury, tells Brian Mann what it was like to be the mom of a Navy pilot flying over Iraq. Lieutenant Commander David Little is a pilot on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, the last of the three carriers that participated in the air war over Iraq. Go to full article
Redford Pastor Wins Big in State Lottery
Apr 17, 2003 — The pastor of the Church of the Assumption in Redford became the second priest ever to win a million dollars from the New York state lottery. Reverend Frank Coryer bought the ?Win for Life? ticket on March 31st at a drug store near his home, and says he's already mapped out what to do with the money. Go to full article
Schumer Visits the North Country
Apr 17, 2003 — New York Senator Chuck Schumer begins a 2-day visit to the North Country this morning. Press Secretary Blake Zeff says the Senator begins his day in Brantingham in Lewis County to meet with local officials. Go to full article
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