Oct 19, 2012 — The candidates vying for the North Country's House seat traded views in the tiny St. Lawrence County village of Wanakena last night. At that forum, Green Party candidate Donald Hassig called for foreign farm workers to be deported.

The rural North Country qualifies as a "food desert" on the USDA's food desert map. GOP senate candidates use Governor Andrew Cuomo's image to bolster campaigns. And weekend conditions in the Adirondacks.