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Music for a Monday (latest edition)
Mar 28, 2011 — The best eclectic mix of international music each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of Music for a Monday, hosted by Jackie Sauter, anytime you want. It is the lead segment of this stream. This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted. (Updates Monday at 8 pm.) Go to full article
FM in the Morning (latest edition)
Mar 27, 2011 — The best variety of classical music each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of FM in the Morning, hosted by Barb Heller, anytime you want. The program is the lead segment of this stream. This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted. (Updates Sunday at noon) Go to full article
Jazz at the Ten Spot (latest edition)
Mar 26, 2011 — The best in classic and contemporary jazz each week. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of Jazz at the Ten Spot, hosted by Guy Berard, anytime you want. The program is the lead segment of this stream. This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted. (Updates Sunday 3 am.) Go to full article
Another Playlist (stream archive)
Mar 25, 2011 — An hour of folk-techno, "freak folk," alternative country, experimental, pop, and, well, spectrum-of-goodness, etc. Here's your place to listen to the latest edition of Another Playlist, hosted by Summer Dorr, anytime you want. This edition of this program is the lead segment of this stream. (This archive will only be available until next week's show is posted.) Go to full article
Music Picks for Gift-giving
Dec 01, 2010 — What music--new or old--are you recommending for holiday listening and giving this year? Read some staff recommendations (at the more link) to get you started. Make your own recommendations using the comment link, or email your suggestions to jackie@ncpr.org. Go to full article
Competing on the speed skating oval in front of Lake Placid HS during the 1980 Winter Olympics. Source: Wikipedia Commons
NPR's Melissa Block reports on Lake Placid's Olympic tradition
Lake Placid, NY, Feb 02, 2010 — This week we're previewing the Winter Games in Vancouver, where more than a dozen North Country athletes will compete.
The Olympics have evolved into a mammoth industry. The spectacle in Vancouver is likely to cost more than $1.5 billion, as athletes from more than 80 countries gather to compete. But there was a time when the Olympics were much simpler. On this thirtieth anniversary of the Lake Placid Winter Games, the small-town version of the Winter Olympics still hold an important place in sports mythology. NPR's host of All Things Considered, Melissa Block, has our story. Go to full article
The Olympics have evolved into a mammoth industry. The spectacle in Vancouver is likely to cost more than $1.5 billion, as athletes from more than 80 countries gather to compete. But there was a time when the Olympics were much simpler. On this thirtieth anniversary of the Lake Placid Winter Games, the small-town version of the Winter Olympics still hold an important place in sports mythology. NPR's host of All Things Considered, Melissa Block, has our story. Go to full article
Top Story: Governor cuts 10 percent from schools across the state
Dec 15, 2009 — Governor Paterson's office released a list yesterday detailing half a billion dollars in cuts to schools. Teachers, unions and even legislators threaten to sue the governor over this so-called "unilateral budgeting." Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
In Essex, celebrating the Lake Champlain Quad on a sunny day
Aug 02, 2009 — Top Story: Quadricentennial events continue all summer long in the Champlain Valley, celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of Samuel de Champlain's arrival in the region. Brian Mann stopped by for the Essex Day celebration in the town of Essex on Saturday and he sent this audio postcard. Go to full article
Adirondack Roundtable: Author Russell Banks
Lake Placid, NY, Jul 25, 2009 — The Lake Placid Institute held it's second Adirondack Roundtable presentation with author and Adirondack resident Russell Banks. Mr. Banks discussed the "Portrayal of Abolitionist John Brown." Roundtable Chair Jack Bogle gave some opening remarks and LPI Board Member Lex Dashnaw introduced Mr. Banks. Go to full article
Top Story: Aubertine and Griffo hope for reform in state Senate
Jul 12, 2009 — It was a quiet weekend in Albany. The first since a Republican-led coup on June 8th left the state Senate evenly split and unable to pass crucial bills on local budgets and jobs. The rancor that came to characterize daily "extraordinary sessions"--and the entire month-long standoff--ended when dissident Democrat Pedro Espada rejoined his party. Now, as Jonathan Brown reports, Senators on both sides of the aisle are hoping to see something good come from the past month of political infighting. Go to full article
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