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NCPR News Staff: Martha Foley
News and Public Affairs Director
Martha Foley joined the staff of WSLU as morning host in 1981, after a stint at The St. Lawrence Plaindealer. She helped found the news department in 1982, and has seen it grow, and shrink, and grow again. "I especially liked the 'grow again' part," she says, "it means working with really talented reporters, telling more and more stories from around the North Country."
Martha has won state and national awards for her reporting and editing. She has encouraged local news at public radio stations across the country as a member and director of Public Radio News Directors, Inc., an organization of over 100 local newsrooms. As a director of PRNDI for six years, she was responsible for The PRNDI Project, an annual training program for young reporters, and NewsWorks, training for station news departments.
Martha grew up on an Adirondack foothill in northeastern Saratoga County. She lives just south of Canton with her husband, boatbuilder Everett Smith, and her teenaged son, Emmett. Favorite pastimes: sitting, looking, and listening. E-mailStories filed by Martha Foley
Figure 1. Rising of the Winter Hexagon seen to the ESE from Tupper Lake at 11 pm on November 6, 2012. Jupiter is in Taurus moving westward in retrograde motion. The galactic anti‐center is the line of sight along the plane of the galaxy outward from the center (in Sagittarius). Made using Starry Night software.
November skies offer early risers lots to see
Canton, NY, Nov 06, 2012 — Planets are on the move in in the mornings, in both the eastern and western skies. Astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue sketched the scenes in conversation with Martha Foley Tuesday morning, and she also explained why the moon matters so much in the ocean's tides, like those that swept ashore during superstorm Sandy. Go to full article
Fall bulbs. Photo: Bob Holland, CC some rights reserved
Last call for the Fall bulbs
Plattsburgh, NY, Nov 05, 2012 — It's finally time, after a long, warm fall, to plant bulbs for spring flowers, and for next year's garlic.
In their weekly gardening conversation, horticulturist Amy Ivy and NCPR's Martha Foley talk about what to plant, where, and how. Go to full article
In their weekly gardening conversation, horticulturist Amy Ivy and NCPR's Martha Foley talk about what to plant, where, and how. Go to full article
This home on Long Island is owned by a firefighter. Crews from the North Country have gone south to help their colleagues recover. Photo: Jim Stinson, Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department
North Country emergency crews head south to Sandy
Saranac Lake, NY, Nov 02, 2012 — As fire and rescue crews downstate grow weary from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, teams from the North Country are beginning to rotate into the storm damaged area.
Crews from Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake are already on Long Island, working with local fire departments and helping provide safety information.
A half-dozen crews from Essex County are now on standby, waiting for assignments in hard-hit areas downstate. Go to full article
Crews from Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake are already on Long Island, working with local fire departments and helping provide safety information.
A half-dozen crews from Essex County are now on standby, waiting for assignments in hard-hit areas downstate. Go to full article
Hurricane Sandy approaching the Eastern seabord. Photo: NASA GOES Project
Extreme weather, with a new climate backdrop
Paul Smiths, NY, Oct 31, 2012 — Sandy is no longer a hurricane, and many of our preparations here in the North Country are looking more like a massive fire drill at this point, but the remains of the storm were still expanding yesterday, promising to bring rain and wind along a route headed for the Great Lakes.
Martha Foley talked with climate scientist Dr. Curt Stager of Paul Smith's College about what this gigantic, complicated storm, just over a year since Tropical Storm Irene, says about regional weather patterns, and global climate. Go to full article
Martha Foley talked with climate scientist Dr. Curt Stager of Paul Smith's College about what this gigantic, complicated storm, just over a year since Tropical Storm Irene, says about regional weather patterns, and global climate. Go to full article
Wild grape in fall color. Photo: Leonie di Vienna, CC some rights reserved
A good day to stay inside
Plattsburgh, NY, Oct 29, 2012 — With the eastern U.S. anticipating a "superstorm" of high winds and heavy rain, it's not a good day for working in the yard or garden.
In their weekly conversation, horticulturist Amy Ivy and NCPR's Martha Foley talk about what you might do once the weather clears. One annual fall chore: clear out the season's growth of wild grape, Asian bittersweet and other aggressive vines. Go to full article
In their weekly conversation, horticulturist Amy Ivy and NCPR's Martha Foley talk about what you might do once the weather clears. One annual fall chore: clear out the season's growth of wild grape, Asian bittersweet and other aggressive vines. Go to full article
Emily Holt at work, summer 2011. Looking over her shoulder is the Rev. Thomas Brown of the Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester, Mass. She said he had no idea the embroidery would take over two years to complete. Photo courtesy Caroline Larson
Heard Up North: Emily Holt
Clayton, NY, Oct 25, 2012 — In today's Heard Up North, we meet a woman who's one of the last experts in ecclesiastical embroidery in America. Emily Holt has spent 60 years illuminating church altars and vestments with specialized and painstaking hand-work.
Martha Foley visited her summer work space in the Thousand Islands, where she was finishing up her latest project. After two and a half years of work, she hopes to have a reproduction of an altarpiece for her church done for Christmas. Go to full article
Martha Foley visited her summer work space in the Thousand Islands, where she was finishing up her latest project. After two and a half years of work, she hopes to have a reproduction of an altarpiece for her church done for Christmas. Go to full article
Harmonia axyridis, the Japanese Lady Beetle, has almost completely displaced the native variety. Photo: Bob Stone, CC some rights reserved
Balmy days bring bugs inside
Plattsburgh, NY, Oct 22, 2012 — It's the last full week of October, but it looks as though the North Country will be enjoying another several days of warm temperatures and sunny skies: good weather for enjoying the outdoors and finishing up fall chores.
But as Cornell Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy tells Martha Foley, the late season warmth brings unwelcome insects inside. Cluster flies and ladybugs lead the list of bugs that commonly turn up inside this time of year. They're annoying she says, but not dangerous to humans or homes. The best thing to do? Sealing up the windows and woodwork to keep them out. Go to full article
But as Cornell Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy tells Martha Foley, the late season warmth brings unwelcome insects inside. Cluster flies and ladybugs lead the list of bugs that commonly turn up inside this time of year. They're annoying she says, but not dangerous to humans or homes. The best thing to do? Sealing up the windows and woodwork to keep them out. Go to full article
Basically, his argument is that people have the right to go down the Hudson River however they choose.
Questions persist for whitewater rafting company
Lake Pleasant, NY, Oct 12, 2012 — The district attorney in Hamilton County has filed an application to reinstate criminal charges dating back to 2010 against Patrick Cunningham, operator of the Hudson River Rafting Company based in North Creek.
Just three weeks after the DA's action came the death of an Ohio woman who was a passenger in a raft guided by one of Cunningham's employees.
State police have charged the guide, Rory Fay of North Creek, with criminally negligent homicide for allegedly operating the raft while intoxicated.
Phil Brown is editor of the Adirondack Explorer magazine and he's been following this story closely. He joined Martha Foley on the line. Go to full article
Just three weeks after the DA's action came the death of an Ohio woman who was a passenger in a raft guided by one of Cunningham's employees.
State police have charged the guide, Rory Fay of North Creek, with criminally negligent homicide for allegedly operating the raft while intoxicated.
Phil Brown is editor of the Adirondack Explorer magazine and he's been following this story closely. He joined Martha Foley on the line. Go to full article
Bob Sauter and Roger Bailey cranking the press. Photo: Bonnie Obremski
Many hands help at neighborhood cider pressing
Canton, NY, Oct 09, 2012 — It is absolutely cider season, from big operations to small. Martha Foley and her neighbors usually gather at this time of year for "cider day." The hand-cranked press lives in an old milk house. It's a barrel-shaped contraption, with heavy slatted sides.
Whole apples, mostly wild, are washed, chopped and packed into the press. The cranking starts, squeezing the apples tighter and tighter, and eventually, the cider flows.
The whole process is a team effort, starting outside with a bath for the apples. Go to full article
Whole apples, mostly wild, are washed, chopped and packed into the press. The cranking starts, squeezing the apples tighter and tighter, and eventually, the cider flows.
The whole process is a team effort, starting outside with a bath for the apples. Go to full article
These leaves are lovely on the tree, and a valuable resource for gardeners once they're on the ground. Photo: Brian Mann
Many reasons to cherish the fallen leaves
Oct 08, 2012 — This year's brilliant fall color display is fast giving way to the second annual leaf event: Raking season.
Few people will say raking is their favorite outdoor chore. But in their weekly conversation, Amy Ivy tells Martha Foley there are plenty of reasons to cherish those fallen leaves, and more than one way to deal with them. Go to full article
Few people will say raking is their favorite outdoor chore. But in their weekly conversation, Amy Ivy tells Martha Foley there are plenty of reasons to cherish those fallen leaves, and more than one way to deal with them. Go to full article
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