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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>Sugaring season is underway</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21533/20130301/sugaring-season-is-underway</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 1, 2013) It may not feel like spring outside yet, but it&apos;s coming. The days are getting longer, the sun is higher in the sky, and the sap buckets are out.  Jeffrey Jenness of Orebad Sugar Shack in DeKalb Junction says February was a slow month for sugaring. When he spoke with Julie Grant earlier this week, Jenness had only collected a couple hundred gallons of sap.  For an operation like his, that&apos;s not enough to get the equipment dirty and start making syrup. He&apos;s hoping for better days ahead. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21533/20130301/sugaring-season-is-underway">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Julie Grant</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[It may not feel like spring outside yet, but it&apos;s coming. The days are getting longer, the sun is higher in the sky, and the sap buckets are out.  Jeffrey Jenness of Orebad Sugar Shack in DeKalb Junction says February was a slow month for sugaring. When he spoke with Julie Grant earlier this week, Jenness had only collected a couple hundred gallons of sap.  For an operation like his, that&apos;s not enough to get the equipment dirty and start making syrup. He&apos;s hoping for better days ahead. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21533/20130301/sugaring-season-is-underway">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:28</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>environment, weather, food, maple syrup, small business, [loc:44.5050816 -75.2736824], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Clarkson U. junior is also business magnate</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21503/20130226/clarkson-u-junior-is-also-business-magnate</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 26, 2013) Many 16-year-olds might dream about starting their own business. But it takes a special kind of teenager to turn an operation launched in his parents&apos; basement into a six-figure profit earner in just four years. After succeeding wildly with his web development and design company, North Shore Solutions, Clarkson University junior Matthew Turcotte, now age 20, is embarking on his second venture: commercial real estate. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21503/20130226/clarkson-u-junior-is-also-business-magnate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Joanna Richards</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many 16-year-olds might dream about starting their own business. But it takes a special kind of teenager to turn an operation launched in his parents&apos; basement into a six-figure profit earner in just four years. After succeeding wildly with his web development and design company, North Shore Solutions, Clarkson University junior Matthew Turcotte, now age 20, is embarking on his second venture: commercial real estate. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21503/20130226/clarkson-u-junior-is-also-business-magnate">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:10</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, small business, entrepreneurship, [loc:44.6697805 -74.9813084], st. lawrence county, clarkson, stlv, potsdam, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Heard Up North: From old to new with Malone sweater upcycler</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18781/20111125/heard-up-north-from-old-to-new-with-malone-sweater-upcycler</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 25, 2011) For some of us, crafting is a hobby—but for some, it’s a business. Claire Poirier of Malone makes hats, mittens, dog coats, and other things out of used wool sweaters, and sells them at craft shows and farmers markets all over the North Country. Like any good businessperson, Poirier goes for maximum efficiency—by using every part of the sweater. For today’s Heard Up North, she talked Nora Flaherty through the process: [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18781/20111125/heard-up-north-from-old-to-new-with-malone-sweater-upcycler">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Nora Flaherty</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For some of us, crafting is a hobby—but for some, it’s a business. Claire Poirier of Malone makes hats, mittens, dog coats, and other things out of used wool sweaters, and sells them at craft shows and farmers markets all over the North Country. Like any good businessperson, Poirier goes for maximum efficiency—by using every part of the sweater. For today’s Heard Up North, she talked Nora Flaherty through the process: [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18781/20111125/heard-up-north-from-old-to-new-with-malone-sweater-upcycler">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>02:48</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, environment, business, small business, upcycling, [loc:44.8486596 -74.2948983], heard up north, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Brasher to loan to local businesses</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17700/20110525/brasher-to-loan-to-local-businesses</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 25, 2011) The town of Brasher has taken the first step toward creating a local development corporation to make loans to local businesses. Brasher’s right next door to the Akwesasne Mohawk casino, and under the gambling compact that made way for that casino, the town gets a share of the profits—so do Massena, Fort Covington, and Bombay. That Mohawks give the money to the state, and the state passes it back to the towns, earmarked for tourism, infrastructure, gambling addiction education—and local economic development. Nora Flaherty reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17700/20110525/brasher-to-loan-to-local-businesses">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Nora Flaherty</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The town of Brasher has taken the first step toward creating a local development corporation to make loans to local businesses. Brasher’s right next door to the Akwesasne Mohawk casino, and under the gambling compact that made way for that casino, the town gets a share of the profits—so do Massena, Fort Covington, and Bombay. That Mohawks give the money to the state, and the state passes it back to the towns, earmarked for tourism, infrastructure, gambling addiction education—and local economic development. Nora Flaherty reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17700/20110525/brasher-to-loan-to-local-businesses">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>01:31</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, politics, economy, stlv, jobs, Brasher, small business, [loc:44.8913916 -74.7148513], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Small businesses fight tax proposal</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17297/20110314/small-businesses-fight-tax-proposal</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 14, 2011) A proposal to tax the rich to help balance the state’s budget deficit and avoid cuts to schools is a popular idea among New Yorkers. But business groups say what’s often overlooked in the debate is that the tax, in its current form, is paid by some of the state’s smallest and most marginal businesses.  Karen Dewitt Reports from Albany. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17297/20110314/small-businesses-fight-tax-proposal">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Karen DeWitt</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A proposal to tax the rich to help balance the state’s budget deficit and avoid cuts to schools is a popular idea among New Yorkers. But business groups say what’s often overlooked in the debate is that the tax, in its current form, is paid by some of the state’s smallest and most marginal businesses.  Karen Dewitt Reports from Albany. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17297/20110314/small-businesses-fight-tax-proposal">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:35</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, economy, politics, budget, taxation, taxes, business, retail, manufacturing, small business, cuomo, [loc:42.6525793 -73.7562317], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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