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NCPR News Staff: Andy Flynn
Adirondack Correspondent
Andy Flynn is the assistant managing editor for Denton Publications in Elizabethtown and editor of the North Creek News Enterprise. He has worked in radio and print media for 20 years in the Adirondacks. He produces a series of monthly "Adirondack Attic" radio programs for NCPR, exploring the Adirondack Museum's artifact collections and other museum collections around the Adirondack North Country region to highlight a broad range of New York state history.
Andy is the author The Adirondack Attic book series and Meet the Town community guides and owner/operator of Hungry Bear Publishing. He lives in Saranac Lake."
Stories filed by Andy Flynn
Arto Monaco's straw hat and some of his toys are part of the permanent collection at the Adirondack Museum. Photo: Andy Flynn
Adirondack Attic: Arto Monaco's magical world
Jun 04, 2013 — 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, Andy Flynn takes a closer look at some of the artifacts from Arto Monaco, creator of the Land of Makebelieve, in Upper Jay. Go to full article
Today, Andy Flynn takes a closer look at some of the artifacts from Arto Monaco, creator of the Land of Makebelieve, in Upper Jay. Go to full article
Concrete block houses in Mineville. Photo: Andy Flynn
Adirondack Attic: iron ore tailings as a building material
May 07, 2013 — We continue our Adirondack Attic series: curator Laura Rice tells Andy Flynn why an old concrete block from Mineville is one of her favorite artifacts at the Adirondack Museum. The block was made from iron ore tailings and used to build company housing in the early 1900s. Go to full article
Rafting the Hudson River. Photo: Beaver Brook Outfitters
Will Cuomo tap Indian Lake for Adk Challenge?
Apr 26, 2013 — In his State of the State address in January, Governor Andrew Cuomo promised a whitewater challenge for the Adirondacks. The Challenge would promote the region, he said, and attract thousands of visitors to the area.
But the event's been a mystery. The governor and his administration have remained tight-lipped, providing no details about his plans.
But the long wait for specifics may be over soon, as an announcement is expected within a week. Go to full article
But the event's been a mystery. The governor and his administration have remained tight-lipped, providing no details about his plans.
But the long wait for specifics may be over soon, as an announcement is expected within a week. Go to full article
This baseball uniform breastplate was originally owned by Charles Henry Bailey, a miner who was a charter member of the Lyon Mountain Baseball Club in 1877. The breastplate was made by his mother, who owned a boarding house in Lyon Mountain. It is now in the collection of the Adirondack Museum. Photo: Adk Museum
Adirondack Attic: an heirloom from baseball's early days
Apr 02, 2013 — Just in time for the start of baseball season, Andy Flynn visits the Adirondack Museum for a look at a baseball uniform from the 1870's. Go to full article
A chessboard from the Gabriels Sanatorium. Photo: Adirondack Museum
Adirondack Attic: 1920s chess champs at Gabriels Sanatorium
Mar 05, 2013 — We continue our series, the Adirondack Attic, with Andy Flynn. NCPR is collaborating with Andy and his sources at the Adirondack Museum and other historical associations and museums in the region to bring local history stories to air.
Today, Andy Flynn visits the Adirondack Museum for a closer look at a chessboard from the Gabriels Sanatorium that dates from the 1920s. Go to full article
Today, Andy Flynn visits the Adirondack Museum for a closer look at a chessboard from the Gabriels Sanatorium that dates from the 1920s. Go to full article
Caperton Tissot with an antique ice saw at the ice palace in Saranac Lake. Photo: Andy Flynn.
Adirondack Attic: how they cut the ice for the frozen palace
Saranac Lake, NY, Feb 12, 2013 — 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, Andy Flynn visits the ice palace in Saranac Lake for a conversation with historian and author Caperton Tissot about cutting ice blocks for the palace and using an antique ice saw. Go to full article
Today, Andy Flynn visits the ice palace in Saranac Lake for a conversation with historian and author Caperton Tissot about cutting ice blocks for the palace and using an antique ice saw. Go to full article
Mose Ginsberg
Adirondack Attic: from peddler to Tupper Lake civic leader
Jan 09, 2013 — 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 listen to a 1969 interview with Tupper Lake business pioneer Mose Ginsberg, who immigrated to the Adirondacks in the 1890's as a teenager. Go to full article
Today, we'll listen to a 1969 interview with Tupper Lake business pioneer Mose Ginsberg, who immigrated to the Adirondacks in the 1890's as a teenager. Go to full article
John Eddy's 1818 map of the Adirondack/North Country region. Photo: Adirondack Museum
Adirondack Attic: an 1818 map of the North Country
Dec 05, 2012 — Andy Flynn visits the Adirondack Museum for a closer look at an early 19th century map of the region.
Published in 1818, the map was divided into four sections, including one for the Adirondack North Country region. Governor DeWitt Clinton commissioned state Geographer John Eddy to make the map in order to sketch out the proposed route of the Erie Canal between Lake Erie and the Hudson River. Clinton was largely responsible for the canal, which opened in 1825. Go to full article
Published in 1818, the map was divided into four sections, including one for the Adirondack North Country region. Governor DeWitt Clinton commissioned state Geographer John Eddy to make the map in order to sketch out the proposed route of the Erie Canal between Lake Erie and the Hudson River. Clinton was largely responsible for the canal, which opened in 1825. Go to full article
Artifacts found near Long Lake by summer vacationers in the 1960's and 70's. Photo: Andy Flynn
Adirondack Attic: Native American artifacts
Long Lake, NY, Nov 07, 2012 — Andy Flynn visits the Adirondack Museum for a closer look at Native American artifacts -- pottery and arrowheads -- found near Long Lake, for this month's edition of "The Adirondack Attic." Go to full article
One of the Ton-Da-Lay architectural drawings from 1972. Photo: Andy Flynn
Adirondack Attic: Remembering Ton-Da-Lay
Oct 02, 2012 — Andy Flynn visited the Adirondack Museum to look at architectural drawings for Ton-Da-Lay, a development in the town of Altamont, now Tupper Lake, that was proposed in the 1970s.
It called for creating 4,000 lots on 18,500 acres of property in the northern part of the town, with a goal of attracting 20,000 people. That's four times the population of the villages of Tupper Lake or Saranac Lake. The proposal was approved by the town, but rejected by the state. Go to full article
It called for creating 4,000 lots on 18,500 acres of property in the northern part of the town, with a goal of attracting 20,000 people. That's four times the population of the villages of Tupper Lake or Saranac Lake. The proposal was approved by the town, but rejected by the state. Go to full article
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