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<title>New Champlain Bridge opens</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 8, 2011) Officials from New York and Vermont took part Monday in the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge, nearly two years after the old span was demolished.The opening ceremony for the 70 million dollar bridge took place on the bridge linking Crown Point and Addison, Vt—Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is there, as is New York Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy.      The original span was closed in October 2009 after inspectors deemed it unsafe. The 80-year-old bridge was destroyed by a controlled explosion in late December 2009. Construction on the new bridge began the following spring.     New York state transportation officials originally set the opening of the new bridge for October, but flooding in the spring caused a delay.Brian Mann talked with Nora Flaherty from the bridge about the opening, on his cell phone: [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18727/20111108/new-champlain-bridge-opens">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Officials from New York and Vermont took part Monday in the opening of the new Lake Champlain Bridge, nearly two years after the old span was demolished.The opening ceremony for the 70 million dollar bridge took place on the bridge linking Crown Point and Addison, Vt—Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is there, as is New York Lieutenant Governor Robert Duffy.      The original span was closed in October 2009 after inspectors deemed it unsafe. The 80-year-old bridge was destroyed by a controlled explosion in late December 2009. Construction on the new bridge began the following spring.     New York state transportation officials originally set the opening of the new bridge for October, but flooding in the spring caused a delay.Brian Mann talked with Nora Flaherty from the bridge about the opening, on his cell phone: [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18727/20111108/new-champlain-bridge-opens">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, cuomo, champlain, crown point, great lakes, , [loc:43.9503352 -73.4370667], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Report: new chemicals threaten Great Lakes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 10, 2011) A new report calls on the U.S. and Canada to do more to protect human health and water quality in the Great Lakes.  The International Joint Commission’s biennial report says beach closures, contaminated groundwater, and invasive species continue to be significant problems in the region.  Todd Moe reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17282/20110310/report-new-chemicals-threaten-great-lakes">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A new report calls on the U.S. and Canada to do more to protect human health and water quality in the Great Lakes.  The International Joint Commission’s biennial report says beach closures, contaminated groundwater, and invasive species continue to be significant problems in the region.  Todd Moe reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17282/20110310/report-new-chemicals-threaten-great-lakes">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>environment, photolead, pollution, great lakes, lake ontario, tijf, st. lawrence river, stlv, jefferson county, chemicals, agricultural runoff, [loc:42.3314270 -83.0457538], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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