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All Before Five, our afternoon regional news program, gives listeners a complete update on the day's news and weather, followed by the top regional features stories from NCPR News.

Nora FlahertyThe host of All Before Five is Nora Flaherty. Nora came to NCPR in March 2011 from WFUV in New York City, where she worked as a reporter and hosted a weekly interview program. She has become a familiar voice since then as a reporter for The Eight O'Clock Hour.

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All Before Five: 02/03/2012
(02/03/12) Will Fort Drum suffer in the new round of Base Realignment and Closure? Bleak economic news for New York state. And the North Country's annual winter festivals go ahead, even if it is unseasonably warm.

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All Before Five: 02/02/12
(02/02/12) An arrest in a 2010 disappearance in St. Lawrence County--Justin Trimm has been charged with 2nd degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Jason Wing. A Pennsylvania groundhog has told us we'll have more winter--but it doesn't seem the North Country's going to be seeing much more wintry weather. Local leaders weigh in on the DNA database expansion bill that just passed the Senate. Heard Up North: splitting wood. And Governor Cuomo tells county leaders he'll meet them halfway on mandate relief.

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All Before Five: 02/01/12
(02/01/12) North Country police and officials say legal fake pot is starting to become a real problem. Essex County's supervisor Randy Douglas was at the capitol this week for a big meeting of county leaders. One big topic on people's minds was mandate reform. Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver continues his push to raise the state minimum wage. And we'll visit one family's root cellar for today's Heard Up North.

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All Before Five: 01/31/12
(01/31/12) The state redistricting task force is getting an earful after their release last week of new district lines many say are gerrymandered. After a lot of discussion, St. Lawrence County's climate action plan is still up in the air. And controversial Adirondack environmental activist Bob Glennon is returning to the fight.

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All Before Five: 01/30/12
(01/30/12) The Department of Transportation opts to use money earmarked for rooftop highway research, to fix up Route 11. Rooftop Highway proponents are nonplussed, but the DOT says it's well within its rights. Potsdam's police chief announces he's stepping down as police are still investigating the murder of a 12-year-old boy there. Ed Tischler plans to work in private investigation.
And North Country artists make new pieces out of old materials--and some say it's like working with bits of history.

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All Before Five: 01/27/12
(01/27/12) Upstate Tea Partier Mark Barie on the upcoming congressional race for the 23rd district, on incumbent Bill Owens, and more. Governor Cuomo looks to SUNY schools to play a bigger role in economic growth in the state--and he wants them to compete for funds to help make that happen.
And a clause in the proposed state budget is causing an uproar among legislators.

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All Before Five: 01/26/12
(01/26/12) Redistricting information is coming out, finally--Karen DeWitt reports, and Nora hashes out how the changes affect the North Country with Brian Mann. Also, we talk with recently-retired Associated Press chief--and part-time Adirondack resident--Tom Curley.

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All Before Five, 01/25/12
(01/25/12) The North Country's public libraries are community hubs as well as places to check out a book--but how will they weather budget cuts? Upstate and downstate mayors have dramatically different takes on Governor Cuomo's budget plans. And we'll talk about how the warm winter weather is affecting one Adirondack institution--the Paul Smiths VIC.

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All Before Five 01/24/12
(01/24/12) After keeping their fingers crossed for mandate relief in Governor Cuomo's new budget...many county leaders are disappointed with what they got. Green groups respond to the APA's approval of the Adirondack Club and Resort. And anti-hydrofracking protestors rally in Albany.

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All Before Five: 01/23/12
(01/23/12) The APA approved the Adirondack Park and Resort overwhelmingly Friday--but supporters are still looking to calm environmental fears. Also, Governor Cuomo works to ease the process of getting food stamps--currently applicants are fingerprinted, and Cuomo wants to get rid of that requirement. And the fate of Watertown's Woolworth's building is still uncertain, after years of planning.

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Nora Flaherty and other NCPR reporters call out to people in communties all over the region to get a first-person take on what is happening that day in one of the nooks and crannies of the North Country, or to share one of the unique voices that contribute to the choir that is our region.

The program is looking for individuals who can fill the bill in their community--the unofficial mayors of unincorporated villages, the diner counter know-it-alls, the barbershop networkers, the contrarian librarians. If you know someone whose tongue is well-strung, drop Nora a line.