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<itunes:summary>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</itunes:summary>
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<title>Green Party candidate throws support to Owens</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20798/20121105/green-party-candidate-throws-support-to-owens</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 5, 2012) The results of a Siena Poll released Thursday, Nov. 1, showing the 21st Congressional race in a dead heat, has the third party candidate recognizing that he could be the spoiler. So Tuesday when Green party candidate Don Hassig enters the ballot box, he won&apos;t be voting for himself, and he&apos;s encouraging his supporters to do the same. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20798/20121105/green-party-candidate-throws-support-to-owens">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Natasha Haverty</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The results of a Siena Poll released Thursday, Nov. 1, showing the 21st Congressional race in a dead heat, has the third party candidate recognizing that he could be the spoiler. So Tuesday when Green party candidate Don Hassig enters the ballot box, he won&apos;t be voting for himself, and he&apos;s encouraging his supporters to do the same. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20798/20121105/green-party-candidate-throws-support-to-owens">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, environment, economy, election12, ny21, health care, [loc:44.5530213 -74.9395061], owens, hassig, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Candidates make final push</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20791/20121102/candidates-make-final-push</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 2, 2012) With Election Day looming Tuesday, candidates running for office have taken to the streets, going door to door to make their final pitches to voters.Candidates say there are still undecided voters to win over. And they&apos;re encouraging people to simply go the polls, no matter whom they support. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20791/20121102/candidates-make-final-push">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Morris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With Election Day looming Tuesday, candidates running for office have taken to the streets, going door to door to make their final pitches to voters.Candidates say there are still undecided voters to win over. And they&apos;re encouraging people to simply go the polls, no matter whom they support. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20791/20121102/candidates-make-final-push">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, election12, [loc:44.3294960 -74.1312662], owens, doheny, bisso, carpenter, stec, hassig, greene, duprey kimmel, tarantino, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Green party denounces Hassig after farmworker statement</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20706/20121022/green-party-denounces-hassig-after-farmworker-statement</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 22, 2012) North Country Green Party candidate Donald Hassig says he left a profane voice mail message over the weekend on the answering machine of a woman who serves as one of his party&apos;s top state officials.In an email statement sent to North Country Public Radio, Hassig says he called party co-chair Gloria Mattera &quot;an American elitist bitch.&quot; This after the party issued a statement Friday calling Hassig&apos;s statements about &quot;Mexican&quot; workers &quot;disturbing and reprehensible&quot;, and saying although he&apos;s petitioned for the Green Party line on November&apos;s ballots, &quot;we do not consider him a Green candidate.&quot;Hassig is running for a House seat in the North Country&apos;s 21st congressional district.The message follows an ugly blow-up within the Green Party that began last Thursday, when Hassig argued at a candidate forum in Wanakena that immigrants working on North Country dairy farms should be rounded up and deported. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20706/20121022/green-party-denounces-hassig-after-farmworker-statement">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[North Country Green Party candidate Donald Hassig says he left a profane voice mail message over the weekend on the answering machine of a woman who serves as one of his party&apos;s top state officials.In an email statement sent to North Country Public Radio, Hassig says he called party co-chair Gloria Mattera &quot;an American elitist bitch.&quot; This after the party issued a statement Friday calling Hassig&apos;s statements about &quot;Mexican&quot; workers &quot;disturbing and reprehensible&quot;, and saying although he&apos;s petitioned for the Green Party line on November&apos;s ballots, &quot;we do not consider him a Green candidate.&quot;Hassig is running for a House seat in the North Country&apos;s 21st congressional district.The message follows an ugly blow-up within the Green Party that began last Thursday, when Hassig argued at a candidate forum in Wanakena that immigrants working on North Country dairy farms should be rounded up and deported. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20706/20121022/green-party-denounces-hassig-after-farmworker-statement">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:35</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>politics, election12, ny-21, photolead, topstory, hassig, green party</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NY21 Green Party candidate: deport foreign farm workers</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20698/20121019/ny21-green-party-candidate-deport-foreign-farm-workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 19, 2012) The candidates in the race for New York&apos;s 21st District Congressional seat gathered Thursday night for a forum in Wanakena. At that forum, Green Party candidate Donald Hassig called for foreign workers on farms in the North Country to be rounded up and deported.Hassig blasted plans put forward by the Democratic and Republican candidates to allow more laborers to work legally on dairy farms and apple orchards. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20698/20121019/ny21-green-party-candidate-deport-foreign-farm-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The candidates in the race for New York&apos;s 21st District Congressional seat gathered Thursday night for a forum in Wanakena. At that forum, Green Party candidate Donald Hassig called for foreign workers on farms in the North Country to be rounded up and deported.Hassig blasted plans put forward by the Democratic and Republican candidates to allow more laborers to work legally on dairy farms and apple orchards. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20698/20121019/ny21-green-party-candidate-deport-foreign-farm-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:09</itunes:duration>
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<title>NY21 Green Party candidate: deport foreign farm workers</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20698/20121019/ny21-green-party-candidate-deport-foreign-farm-workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 19, 2012) The candidates in the race for New York&apos;s 21st District Congressional seat gathered Thursday night for a forum in Wanakena. At that forum, Green Party candidate Donald Hassig called for foreign workers on farms in the North Country to be rounded up and deported.Hassig blasted plans put forward by the Democratic and Republican candidates to allow more laborers to work legally on dairy farms and apple orchards. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20698/20121019/ny21-green-party-candidate-deport-foreign-farm-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The candidates in the race for New York&apos;s 21st District Congressional seat gathered Thursday night for a forum in Wanakena. At that forum, Green Party candidate Donald Hassig called for foreign workers on farms in the North Country to be rounded up and deported.Hassig blasted plans put forward by the Democratic and Republican candidates to allow more laborers to work legally on dairy farms and apple orchards. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20698/20121019/ny21-green-party-candidate-deport-foreign-farm-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:09</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>ny21, election12, hassig, green party, farms, agriculture, illegal alien, undocumented worker, topstory, [loc:44.1339512 -74.9210219], hassig</itunes:keywords>
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<title>NY21: House candidates agree to three debates</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20524/20120921/ny21-house-candidates-agree-to-three-debates</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 21, 2012) It looks like voters in the North Country will get three more chances to see the congressional candidates meet face-to-face before election day. Republican Matt Doheny and Democrat Bill Owens have agreed to three debates, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 25. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20524/20120921/ny21-house-candidates-agree-to-three-debates">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Brian Mann</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It looks like voters in the North Country will get three more chances to see the congressional candidates meet face-to-face before election day. Republican Matt Doheny and Democrat Bill Owens have agreed to three debates, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 25. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20524/20120921/ny21-house-candidates-agree-to-three-debates">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:34</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, election12, ny21, [loc:43.3594444 -73.656.9444], hassig, doheny, owens, dan stec, dennis tarantino, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Hassig says he&apos;s happy with Siena poll standing</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20489/20120918/hassig-says-he-apos-s-happy-with-siena-poll-standing</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 18, 2012) One candidate in the race for New York&apos;s new 21st Congressional District is pleased with the results from a Siena Research Institute poll released last week, and it&apos;s not the man with the 13-point lead.Green Party candidate Don Hassig says he&apos;s &quot;thrilled&quot; with his standing in the poll, which has 6 percent of those polled favoring him. He trails incumbent Congressman Bill Owens, a Democrat from Plattsburgh, and Watertown businessman Matt Doheny, a Republican, by a margin of 49-36-6, respectively.The poll said 8 percent of voters remain undecided. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20489/20120918/hassig-says-he-apos-s-happy-with-siena-poll-standing">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Morris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One candidate in the race for New York&apos;s new 21st Congressional District is pleased with the results from a Siena Research Institute poll released last week, and it&apos;s not the man with the 13-point lead.Green Party candidate Don Hassig says he&apos;s &quot;thrilled&quot; with his standing in the poll, which has 6 percent of those polled favoring him. He trails incumbent Congressman Bill Owens, a Democrat from Plattsburgh, and Watertown businessman Matt Doheny, a Republican, by a margin of 49-36-6, respectively.The poll said 8 percent of voters remain undecided. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20489/20120918/hassig-says-he-apos-s-happy-with-siena-poll-standing">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>02:44</itunes:duration>
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