News stories tagged with "lowville"

(10/11/11) 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, a watercolor painting by a Lowville painter from the late 19th century that celebrates fly-fishing.

(09/15/11) NCPR is media sponsor for Saturday's 7th annual Lowville Cream Cheese Festival in downtown Lowville. The event celebrates Lowville's distinction as home of the world's largest cream cheese manufacturing plant. Todd Moe spoke with Eric Virkler, Director of Economic Development and Planning for Lewis County, who says the event includes music, art, contests and lots of cheese cake.

(12/15/10) Over the next month, we'll hear a lot about earmarks, also known as "pork." They're the district-specific pet projects of members of Congress. The new Republican-led House has vowed to ban earmarks, or at least strictly curtail them.

We've all heard about the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere." But for every one of those earmarks, there are many others that are filling a need in a community.

Fort Drum near Watertown is the only Army base in the country without its own hospital. Soldiers and their families rely on doctors and clinics in Jefferson, Lewis, and southern St. Lawrence counties. A $400,000 earmark funds an organization thats building health care assets for soldiers and civilians alike. avid Sommerstein reports. more

(09/15/10) Workers at the Kraft plant in Lowville are focussed on one of their biggest assignments this year -- creating a cheesecake large enough to feed hundreds. They call it the world's largest cheesecake and it's one of the highlights of the sixth annual Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville on Saturday. Todd Moe spoke with Eric Virkler, Lewis County economic development director, about the festival. Virkler says there's other food, besides the cheesecake, along with music, art and a recipe contest.

(07/30/10) It's county fair season in the North Country. And that means it's also fried food season. Fried dough, French fries, funnel cakes. At the Lewis County fair last week in Lowville, David Sommerstein bumped into some "X-treme" frying: fried oreo cookies. He sent this Heard Up North.

(07/23/10) Andrew Cuomo and his RV are making a swing through eastern half of the North Country today. The Democratic candidate for Governor has appearances in Port Henry, Plattsburgh, and Saranac Lake. He'll march in the Seaway Festival parade in Ogdensburg tomorrow. The stops are part of Cuomo's plan to visit all 62 counties in his "Drive for a New New York" campaign. Yesterday, Cuomo held rallies in Watertown and Speculator, and he toured the Lewis County fair in Lowville. That's where David Sommerstein found the Democrat greeting fairgoers. He reports many voters still have questions before choosing New York's next Governor. more

(02/19/10) The Black River Valley Concert Series continues in Lowville this weekend with a performance by one of the most interesting and prolific singer/songwriters in the country. Joel Hurd has a profile of Ari Hest.

(02/11/10) Singer songwriter Lindsay Mac and her band take the stage in Lowville this Saturday night (8 pm) as part of the Black River Valley Concert series. Lindsay Mac is a cellist who plays standing up, with the cello strapped on like a guitar. But her cello strumming, plucking and singing isn't a gimmick. She's a classically trained musician who's studied in San Francisco, Boston and London. She also loves skiing and thought about a career in medicine. But she told Todd Moe that it was a year in a cabin in New Hampshire that produced her unique style.

(01/20/10) The Lewis County Historical Society's Black River Valley Concert series continues its sixth season this Saturday night in Lowville. Before she struck out on her own, Kelly Flint made a name for herself, as the sultry voice in Dave's True Story, a jazzy New York City cult band. Drive all Night is Flint's first solo cd. These are songs from heart. "Postmodern folk with a tinge of Americana", according to her website. Todd Moe spoke with Kelly Flint about her own music and the title track from Drive all Night.

(11/26/09) Today we celebrate food, plenty, and family. But dairy farmers are warning of a crisis. The price farmers are paid for their milk has been below the cost of production for almost a year. Farmers say without changes to dairy policy, today's farms won't be able to survive. The dire economic reality in dairy country is sparking a grassroots movement. Some North Country farmers are travelling to Washington next week to make an urgent appeal for reform. David Sommerstein reports.