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<title>Serving up meatloaf, pie and community at Mom&apos;s Schoolhouse Diner</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 22, 2012) At its best, Thanksgiving is about food, family, and community—and Sharon Bastille, better known around her West Potsdam stomping ground as &quot;Mom&quot;, has built her business around all those things. Bastille and her husband, who&apos;s a carpenter, own Mom&apos;s Schoolhouse Diner, located in a former one-room schoolhouse. Mom&apos;s is a &apos;50s diner, where the staff wears red and white checked circle skirts under their aprons. Bastille has had Mom&apos;s for about a decade, after a couple decades spent at home with her kids. She tries to make the diner as much like home as possible by knowing customers&apos; names, likes and dislikes, for example. Though Mom&apos;s is a business, Bastille doesn&apos;t think of herself as a businesswoman. She told Nora Flaherty she doesn&apos;t make a living from the diner. But as long as it breaks even, her priority is creating a nice place for people in the community to come together. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20855/20121122/serving-up-meatloaf-pie-and-community-at-mom-apos-s-schoolhouse-diner">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Photographer captures Wanakena&apos;s community spirit </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 5, 2012) Using images and text, a new photography exhibit explores the meaning of community and small town life in the northern Adirondacks.  The Way to Wanakena is the thesis project of seasonal resident Kristin Rehder, a graduate student at Skidmore College.  Her photos are on display at the Ranger School through September 30th.Rehder told Todd Moe that she&apos;s a writer by profession who is also a &quot;passionate photographer&quot; who uses the camera to help her &quot;learn something about the world.&quot;  Her exhibit is in the tradition of social-activist photography.  Rehder says she fell in love with Wanakena during her first visit eleven years ago. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20423/20120905/photographer-captures-wanakena-apos-s-community-spirit">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Preview: Harvest Social at SUNY Potsdam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 7, 2011) Music, socializing and food will be part of Gardenshare&apos;s Harvest Social this Thursday night (7pm) at SUNY Potsdam.  The event is free and open to everyone.  GardenShare is a nonprofit organization seeking to end hunger and strengthen food security in northern New York. The group will also present its nine annual Growing Community Award.  Todd Moe spoke with Phil Harnden, Executive Director of GardenShare, about Thursday&apos;s event. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18723/20111107/preview-harvest-social-at-suny-potsdam">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>As Hamilton County ages, will communities hang on?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 16, 2011) Last week, the US Census found that the New York population is aging much faster than the rest of New York state. The average resident in St. Lawrence County is forty years old. The number of young children in the county, below age five, dropped ten percent over the last decade. In Hamilton County, the median age is even higher – more than 51 years old. That’s thirteen years older, on average, than New York state as a whole. Brian Mann was in Hamilton County last week talking to people about the Census findings and what these numbers mean for their communities. He talks with Martha Foley. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17657/20110516/as-hamilton-county-ages-will-communities-hang-on">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Volunteer fire squads battle blazes and a shortage of recruits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 20, 2011) Across the North Country, volunteer fire squads are struggling to find new recruits.Departments face a lot of challenges.  Many small towns have fewer and fewer young people.Training demands have grown over the years.  As Chris Morris reports, the region’s fire chiefs are organizing to try to rebuild the tradition of service. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17503/20110420/volunteer-fire-squads-battle-blazes-and-a-shortage-of-recruits">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Health officials, local leaders spar over chili cook-offs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 15, 2011) The cancellation of two chili cook-offs in St. Lawrence County this month is prompting a clash with local health officials.  Many community groups rely on food-related events for their fundraising.The state health department says it’s trying to work with those groups to prevent food borne disease while letting the show go on.  But some local leaders say the rules are arbitrary and too onerous to follow.  As David Sommerstein reports, state lawmakers are stepping in to seek a compromise. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17156/20110215/health-officials-local-leaders-spar-over-chili-cook-offs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A workday brings attention to climate change</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 8, 2010) The group 350.org is spearheading a world-wide community workday Sunday. It&apos;s called 10.10.10.  Volunteers across the region will pick up hammers, shovels and garden tools and join the Global Work Party.  It&apos;s being called the world&apos;s largest day of practical action to fight the climate crisis.   Todd Moe found some SUNY Potsdam students and community volunteers who got ahead of the game last weekend by helping with fall chores at a community garden in Potsdam. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16466/20101008/a-workday-brings-attention-to-climate-change">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Community garden thrives in Plattsburgh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 13, 2010) A second year of planting seeds for food and friendship in a community garden in Plattsburgh was a success.  The Plattsburgh Community Garden Group manages dozens of garden plots in the city that are offered to residents to grow their own produce.   The gardeners come from a variety of gardening backgrounds, some novices, some experts.  There&apos;s even a teaching garden plot.  Doug Butdorf chairs the gardening group, and told Todd Moe that gardeners took home, or shared, lots of healthy tomatoes and other veggies from more than forty garden plots this year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16304/20100913/community-garden-thrives-in-plattsburgh">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Promoting and inspiring a sustainable future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 4, 2009) A group in the Adirondacks is getting serious about a greener more sustainable world.  Todd Moe talks with Gail Brill, of Saranac Lake, about plans for a community store, the Adirondack Green Circle, Transition Towns initiative, and passing &quot;traditional&quot; skills like gardening, canning and baking bread to the next generation. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14097/20090804/promoting-and-inspiring-a-sustainable-future">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hard Choices: foundation focuses on &quot;basic needs&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 16, 2009) Our &quot;A Year of Hard Choices&quot; series continue today. Over the next several months, we&apos;ll track the effects of the recession though people and organizations in this region, and the choices they make in response. Charitable foundations are an important part of the fabric of local life. They fill in the gaps between tax-supported, public services, and the broader needs of a community&apos;s people and organizations. Martha Foley talked with Alex Velto, the long-time executive director of the Northern New York Community Foundation, about how it&apos;s adjusted to the new economic realities. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13366/20090416/hard-choices-foundation-focuses-on-quot-basic-needs-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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