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<title>DEC chief focused on stewardship in lean times</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 9, 2010) Governor Paterson&apos;s proposed budget would vastly rein in what New York can do with its environmental resources.  The plan would slash the Environmental Protection Fund by a third.  It would put a moratorium on new land aquisitions.  And it would cut the Department of Environmental Conservation budget by 11%.  Many observers say the DEC never recovered from deep cuts in the 1990s.  DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis was in Clayton last Friday to mark the completion of a brownfield clean-up on the St. Lawrence River.  He told David Sommerstein his agency does face big challenges. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15198/dec-chief-focused-on-stewardship-in-lean-times">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>State Senate fails to override Governor&apos;s veto of ethics reform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 9, 2010) The New York State Assembly overrode Governor David Paterson&apos;s veto of ethics legislation yesterday. But the vote failed in the State Senate, where Republicans and Democrats were left pointing fingers over who was to blame. Karen DeWitt reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15200/state-senate-fails-to-override-governor-apos-s-veto-of-ethics-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>No paperless office yet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 9, 2010) When the computer-age took off in the 1990s, lots of people thought we&apos;d use a lot less paper. But that hasn&apos;t happened. Julie Grant reports on why environmentalists are so concerned about all the paper we&apos;re still using in our offices and homes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15201/no-paperless-office-yet">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Businessman-environmentalist&apos;s APA nomination draws critricism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 9, 2010) Governor David Paterson has named Peter Hornbeck to serve on the Adirondack Park Agency commission. Hornbeck is a widely-respected boat builder from Olmstedville in Essex County.  But his nomination has sparked debate because of his strong ties to environmental groups. Martha Foley has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15202/businessman-environmentalist-apos-s-apa-nomination-draws-critricism">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>On a mission to help strangers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 9, 2010) Doing good deeds is nothing new to SUNY Potsdam student Tyler Kellogg.  He grew up in Adams Center, near Watertown, where his generosity earned him the nickname Tyler &quot;Dogood.&quot;  Last summer, as part of a project at school, Kellogg took to the road — travelling south to Florida. He spent 55 days living out of his car and helping strangers along the way.  He recorded his experiences in a blog and journal.  This winter, he&apos;s sharing his story with high school students and college classmates.  Todd Moe spoke with Tyler Kellogg about his summer road trip adventures and generosity. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15203/on-a-mission-to-help-strangers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>New York pushes for better water levels management</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 8, 2010) Friday, the community of Clayton celebrated the completion of a $2.5 million clean-up of prime waterfront on the St. Lawrence River.  Frink America’s former snowplow plant polluted eight acres of riverside property in the heart of the Thousand Islands.  Town supervisor Justin Taylor says the clean-up took almost ten years.  The redeveloped property may include a hotel, multi-family residences, businesses, and a riverwalk.  The head of New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation, Pete Grannis, came to Clayton to deliver the official certificate of completion in person.  Grannis stayed in Clayton Saturday for Save the River’s Winter Weekend.  He updated the members of the environmental group on the stalled study to control water levels on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario.  In 2008, the International Joint Commission finished a 5-year, $20 million review of water levels and issued a new plan for controlling them.  But then the IJC rescinded that plan, put the whole project on hold, and went back to the bargaining table.  Grannis told David Sommerstein that was due to strong opposition from New York. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15193/new-york-pushes-for-better-water-levels-management">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>In Essex County, Democrats make gains and history</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 8, 2010) Republicans are hoping to stage a revival in the Northeast this year, inspired by the upset victory of Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts.  But here in northern New York, Democrats continue to make surprising gains, eroding the GOP’s decades-long dominance.  Democrats Scott Murphy from Glens Falls and Bill Owens from Plattsburgh both won House seats in the last year.  The party is also making inroads at the grassroots level, capturing local government offices.  Brian Mann reports from Essex County. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15194/in-essex-county-democrats-make-gains-and-history">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Little things to grow — and eat — in the dead of winter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 8, 2010) Forty-one days till the official beginning of Spring, and weeks longer than the till the first greens from the garden. But there are things to grow and eat, right now, indoors. Martha Foley talks with Amy Ivy about sprouts and microgreens. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15196/little-things-to-grow-and-eat-in-the-dead-of-winter">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>SUNY faculty protest Paterson&apos;s budget</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 8, 2010) Around 300 professors, teachers, and other faculty employed at New York’s public colleges and universities chanted and marched at the state capitol Friday against the governor’s proposed budget cuts. Karen DeWitt reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15197/suny-faculty-protest-paterson-apos-s-budget">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Senators vow to &quot;punish&quot; one of their own: Hiram Monserrate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 5, 2010) New York State Senators pledged yesterday to punish Hiram Monserrate. He&apos;s the Democratic Senator from Queens, convicted on a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence late last year. Karen DeWitt reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15187/senators-vow-to-quot-punish-quot-one-of-their-own-hiram-monserrate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Plattsburgh poised to get new federally subsidized airline</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 5, 2010) A majority of Clinton County legislators want Colgan Air to replace current carrier Cape Air. Jonathan Brown reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15188/plattsburgh-poised-to-get-new-federally-subsidized-airline">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>In Lyon Mountain, a rally to save three North Country prisons</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 5, 2010) More than 200 people rallied yesterday in the American Legion hall in Lyon Mountain.  The Clinton County community is fighting to save its state prison, which anchors the local economy.  Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility is one of three prisons in the North Country slated for closure next year.  As Brian Mann reports, prison guards are hoping to form a united front across the region.Assemblywoman Addie Russell from Theresa also sent a letter to Governor Paterson this week, urging him to keep the Ogdensburg Correctional Facility open. In her letter, she accused the state Department of Correctional Facility of using “false” claims to justify the closure. According to Russell, maximum security prisons in the state are still overcrowded and too many inmates are being “double-bunked.”  Russell also argued that Ogendesburg’s economy “will be devastated” if the correctional facility closes. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15189/in-lyon-mountain-a-rally-to-save-three-north-country-prisons">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A photographer&apos;s eye on the Vancouver Games</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 5, 2010) Photographer Nancie Battaglia is familiar to most of us as a talented all-around photographer, with an eye for both people and landscape. Her photographs regularly appear in Adirondack Life and other publications – including NCPR’s book, Food, Stories, Life. But she came to Lake Placid to document the 1980 Winter Olympics… and Winter Olympics are still a sort of specialty. Battaglia will be checking in with North Country Public Radio from the Vancouver Games. Martha Foley spoke with her this morning. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15190/a-photographer-apos-s-eye-on-the-vancouver-games">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Preview: &quot;Enchanted April&quot;  in Canton</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 5, 2010) Some of the members of Canton&apos;s community theater troupe stopped by to talk about their upcoming winter production, Enchanted April.  With settings in London, on trains and an Italian villa, the show is a new incarnation of an old-fashioned romantic comedy.  Enchanted April opens Thursday, February 11th, at the Presbyterian Church in Canton.  Todd Moe talks with some of the cast for a sneak peek at the production. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15191/preview-quot-enchanted-april-quot-in-canton">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Cutaway (stream archive)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 5, 2010) An hour of a wide range of folk, blues, acoustic and roots sounds. Here&apos;s your place to listen to the latest edition of Cutaway, hosted by Jonathan Brown, anytime you want. The 02/05/10 edition is the lead segment of this stream. (This archive will only be available until next week&apos;s show is posted.) [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15195/cutaway-stream-archive">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Paterson says New York now faces $8B budget shortfall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2010) According to Governor David Paterson, the state has fallen $750 million deeper into red ink. He says the budget deficit has grown to more than $8 billion dollars. Karen DeWitt reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15178/paterson-says-new-york-now-faces-8b-budget-shortfall">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Song by Adirondack musicians goes prime time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2010) A song written and performed by Adirondack musicians will reach a very big audience tonight. The song, &quot;In Knowing&quot; by the band Swimming in Speakers will be featured on tonight&apos;s episode of Grey&apos;s Anatomy. The medical drama on ABC had more than 12 million viewers last week. Guitarist and songwriter Chris Clarke, of Saranac Lake, says this is a dream come true for him and band mate Meadow Eliz, who lives in Rainbow Lake.Portions of the song were originally recorded here, in North Country Public Radio&apos;s music studio. Clarke came back to the station yesterday and told Jonathan Brown how the song came together. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15179/song-by-adirondack-musicians-goes-prime-time">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;In Knowing&quot; by Swimming in Speakers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2010) Listen to the song featured on tonight&apos;s episode of Grey&apos;s Anatomy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15180/quot-in-knowing-quot-by-swimming-in-speakers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Essex farmer Lewis wins another court fight against Adirondack Park Agency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2010) Essex County farmer Salim &quot;Sandy&quot; Lewis won another round in court yesterday in his battle with the Adirondack Park Agency.  According to the New York Times, a state judge has ordered the APA to pay all of Lewis&apos;s legal fees and expenses following a lengthy court fight.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15181/essex-farmer-lewis-wins-another-court-fight-against-adirondack-park-agency">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Olympic preview:  ski cross thrilling... and unsafe?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 4, 2010) The Winter Olympics open Feb. 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and this year, ski cross will make its debut. The sport has been a favorite of the Winter X Games.  Skiers come out of the gates four at a time, competing for space on the narrow, twisty half-mile course and jockeying for position. They finish in about 50 seconds and get up to speeds of 50 mph, with lots of twists and turns and bumps and jumps along the way. But the sport is also controversial.  At the Nature Valley World Cup ski cross final in Lake Placid, N.Y. last month, a skier from France was paralyzed from the waist down.  NPR’s Melissa Block has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15182/olympic-preview-ski-cross-thrilling-and-unsafe">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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