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<title>Loons and logs in Newcomb Saturday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 23, 2013) The Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb kicks off the summer season with its second rubber loon race and the return of a 100-year-old Adirondack guide boat on Saturday.The two events will be the centerpiece activities of the Visitor Center&apos;s second annual Loons and Logs Day, celebrating the AIC&apos;s second year of operation as part of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry&apos;s Newcomb Campus.The day&apos;s events will focus on the two most iconic symbols of human and natural history in the Adirondacks: logs and loons. Some 500 black-and-white rubber loons will be dropped into the Rich Lake outlet for a 425-yard floating race. Prizes will be awarded for those who sponsored the winners.  Todd Moe spoke with Visitor&apos;s Center program coordinator Paul Hai. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22045/20130523/loons-and-logs-in-newcomb-saturday">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>How a canoe sparked a trek and a book</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 22, 2013) Almost twenty years ago, Christine Jerome and her husband paddled a weeks-long canoe route through the Adirondacks.  They followed the path of a nineteenth-century writer and outdoorsman, George Washington Sears, known as Nessmuk to his readers.  Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, spoke to Chris about the new edition of her book An Adirondack Passage, the Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22028/20130522/how-a-canoe-sparked-a-trek-and-a-book">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Mohawks ink gaming exclusivity deal for North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 21, 2013) Fresh off a deal with the Oneida Nation, Governor Cuomo stood with chiefs of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe this afternoon to announced a deal to resolve gaming issues that affect the North Country. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22030/20130521/mohawks-ink-gaming-exclusivity-deal-for-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>North Country health care reforms and unravels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 21, 2013) These are the best of times and the worst of times for healthcare in the North Country.The region is at the center of a new wave of innovation, experimentation, and reform — including the &quot;medical home&quot; pilot project, funded in part by New York state. But the North Country&apos;s health care industry also face an unprecedented level of uncertainty and risk. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22023/20130521/north-country-health-care-reforms-and-unravels">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>This weekend in the Adirondacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) This is John Warren from the Adirondack Almanac with your look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this Victoria Day weekend. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22009/20130517/this-weekend-in-the-adirondacks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Another big Adirondack real estate development?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) Adirondack Park Agency officials have been meeting with a company looking to develop a large resort around Loon Lake, in Franklin County. Loon Gulf Inc. owns 2,800 acres, including the former Loon Lake Golf Course, which closed 10 years ago. At this point, though, the company&apos;s representatives say they&apos;re just testing the waters at this point and have no immediate plans for the property. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22002/20130517/another-big-adirondack-real-estate-development">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Do you have what it takes to be a Saranac Lake 6er?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) We&apos;ve all heard of the Adirondack 46ers. They&apos;re the club of hikers and climbers who have summited all 46 of the Adirondack&apos;s highest peaks. People who compete that grueling task are given an official number and official bragging rights. Now the village of Saranac Lake is hoping to launch its own version of that challenge with its new &quot;6er&quot; program.  The goal is to draw visitors to the ring of beautiful but less difficult mountains that surround the village. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22001/20130517/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-saranac-lake-6er">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>In Essex County, more FEMA buyout funds on the way</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 16, 2013) Good news for homeowners impacted by 2011&apos;s Tropical Storm Irene: Essex County will get grant money to cover the 25 percent non-federal share for up to 37 property buyouts.Governor Andrew Cuomo announced this week that funds for Hurricane Sandy recovery will be used to make those enrolled in the Federal Emergency Management Agency&apos;s property acquisition program whole. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21992/20130516/in-essex-county-more-fema-buyout-funds-on-the-way">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Peak Experiences&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 14, 2013) The mountains of the northeast attract hikers to their rocky summits.  What happens, though, when something goes wrong?  Carol Stone White collected over 50 essays in her new book, Peak Experiences - Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast.  Betsy Kepes as this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21977/20130514/book-review-quot-peak-experiences-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Adirondack Park Agency will hear from public on how to use new lands</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) The Adirondack Park Agency has drafted seven options for classifying 47,000 acres of state land in the central Adirondacks, including the first phase of former Finch, Pruyn and Co. timberlands acquired by the state. The options range from mostly wilderness, the most restrictive state land classification where motorized vehicles are prohibited, to wild forest, where more opportunities for public access and recreation are allowed. The APA board voted Friday to host a series of public hearings on the proposals. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21971/20130513/adirondack-park-agency-will-hear-from-public-on-how-to-use-new-lands">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>At John Brown Day, what does freedom mean? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. In a few months, it will be exactly fifty years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his &quot;I Have a Dream&quot; speech. And this past weekend, one organization in the North Country held its annual birthday party for John Brown, on the Adirondack farm he lived in for two years, and the place where his body is buried. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21970/20130513/at-john-brown-day-what-does-freedom-mean">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>North Country wines survive the cold, please the palate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) The New York wine industry is booming. According to the New York Wind and Grape Foundation, five million people visit New York wineries every year. The industry generates almost $4 billion.The New York Farm Bureau is pushing for an official designation for a new Adirondack Wine Coast Trail to bring enthusiasts to seven vineyards in Clinton County.A lot of the credit for New York wines can go to a team of researchers that&apos;s doing what you might call &quot;extreme winemaking&quot;: Breeding grapes that survive the North Country&apos;s frigid winters and still make delicious wine.They hope names like Frontenac and Marquette will one day be as popular as Cabernet and Merlot. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21968/20130513/north-country-wines-survive-the-cold-please-the-palate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>This weekend in the Adirondacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) Each Friday, the Adirondack Almanack takes a look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this weekend. The warm and dry weather the region has been enjoying has given way to wetter and cooler conditions, and a forecast for unsettled weather through the weekend. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21965/20130510/this-weekend-in-the-adirondacks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>150 years after Emancipation, a new song of freedom </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) Today and tomorrow in the Adirondacks, activists and artists will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.That document, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, freed more than three million enslaved human beings.Lincoln&apos;s action during the Civil War followed decades of sacrifice by slaves, free blacks and whites who formed the abolitionist movement.One of the most powerful symbols of that movement was Timbuctoo, the colony of freed slaves near Lake Placid.This weekend, that history is being celebrated in a performance of traditional music from the 1800s and also in a brand new oratorio commissioned by the group John Brown Lives. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21961/20130510/150-years-after-emancipation-a-new-song-of-freedom">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hearing historic voices of freedom, again, through song</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) New music will be performed tonight and tomorrow in Saranac Lake and North Elba as part of the John Brown Day events.    Voices of Timbuctoo is a new work based on the Adirondack settlement of Black farmers in the mid-1800&apos;s designed to secure voting rights.  Abolitionist Gerrit Smith gave away 120,000 acres of his land, beginning in 1846, hoping the Adirondack wilderness would offer refuge to black families. Voices of Timbuctoo, is an oratorio written by western New York composer Glenn McClure.   It&apos;s part of what he calls a Musical Freedom Trail. Some of his other works written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation have been performed in Alabama, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and later this month in Rochester.  McClure says his research for the oratorio included reading through diaries, letters and documents featuring the words of Gerrit Smith, John Brown, and the individuals who worked on the land that Smith had provided.  McClure told Todd Moe that these texts illustrate hope and promise. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21966/20130510/hearing-historic-voices-of-freedom-again-through-song">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Earlier bar closing raises issues of safety, religion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) The Essex County Board of Supervisors has approved a measure that changes last call for bars and nightclubs from 4 am to 3 am.The resolution moved through two committees in April without much discussion. But at Monday&apos;s meeting, Schroon town Supervisor Mike Marnell made a last-ditch effort to reinstall holiday closures for bars on Christmas Eve and Good Friday, which generated a brief debate about whether it&apos;s OK for lawmakers to set hours of sale on religious holidays. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21958/20130509/earlier-bar-closing-raises-issues-of-safety-religion">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>North Country Community College reaches deal with faculty union</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) North Country Community College has reached a new, five-year deal with the union that represents its faculty.NCCC President Steve Tyrell presented on the new contract at Monday&apos;s Essex County Board of Supervisors meeting. Afterward, county lawmakers approved the deal unanimously. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21951/20130509/north-country-community-college-reaches-deal-with-faculty-union">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Essex County OKs earlier bar closing time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2013) ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) Lawmakers in the northern New York county that&apos;s home to Lake Placid have approved a measure requiring bars to close an hour earlier.The Press-Republican of Plattsburgh reports that the Essex County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to change the legal closing time from 4 a.m. to 3 a.m. The measure now goes to the State Liquor Authority for final approval. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21948/20130508/essex-county-oks-earlier-bar-closing-time">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Plan to close Lake Placid ER faces harsh criticism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2013) Adirondack Health will host the second of two public meetings tonight on a controversial plan to convert the emergency room at its Lake Placid hospital to an urgent care center. At the first meeting last week, representatives of the Saranac Lake-based hospital faced a hostile crowd. Many people said the change would leave the community vulnerable and put a strain on the emergency medical service system. Adirondack health officials say a decision could come at the end of the month. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21944/20130508/plan-to-close-lake-placid-er-faces-harsh-criticism">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Bill Bowers: mime and monologue in Lake Placid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2013) Actor/mime Bill Bowers brings his one-man show,  It Goes Without Saying,  back to the Adirondacks next Monday night.   The show, which began ten years ago at the Adirondack Theater Festival in Glens Falls, has traveled around the country from Manhattan to Alaska.  When it premiered Off-Broadway, the New York Times called it &quot;zestful and endearing.&quot;He&apos;ll perform it Monday at 5:30 pm at the &quot;A Taste of the Arts&quot; dinner at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts.  Todd Moe talks with Bowers about the success of his quirky, autobiographical production based on his life and theatrical career. From a childhood in rural Montana, to Broadway, to training with Marcel Marceau, Bowers says, It Goes Without Saying, tells a funny and touching story of the important role that silence plays both on stage and in life. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21943/20130508/bill-bowers-mime-and-monologue-in-lake-placid">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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