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<title>Vermont grants driver&apos;s licenses to migrant workers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) Dairy farms in Vermont and northern New York have faced a major labor shortage, which means that migrant laborers from Mexico and Guatemala are now milking many of the region&apos;s cows.Farm country here is not an easy place to be a migrant worker: It&apos;s rural, hard to get around, and there&apos;s not a big Latino population. But a new law means that migrant workers in Vermont will soon be able to drive legally. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21952/20130509/vermont-grants-driver-apos-s-licenses-to-migrant-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Would Quebec-NYC power line benefit North Country? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 25, 2013) The Champlain Hudson Power Express is a proposed underground transmission line that could supply New York City with hydropower generated in Quebec. But opponents say the line won&apos;t benefit New York state&apos;s energy producers - or communities along the route. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21677/20130325/would-quebec-nyc-power-line-benefit-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dalai Lama addresses thousands in Middlebury</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 15, 2012) The Dalai Lama visited Middlebury College in Vermont last Friday and Saturday. Thousands of people descended on the college town to hear his message. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20667/20121015/dalai-lama-addresses-thousands-in-middlebury">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Vermont considers driver&apos;s licenses for migrant workers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 9, 2012) The dairy industry in Northern New York and Vermont relies heavily on migrant labor. A lot of the farm workers are undocumented. That causes problems when the workers have to do simple tasks that involve driving, like going to the grocery store or visiting the doctor.  But Vermont legislators are discussing a bill that may change that. Sarah Harris reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19640/20120409/vermont-considers-driver-apos-s-licenses-for-migrant-workers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Schumer wants efficient, safer border</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 18, 2011) Sen.Chuck Schumer says Homeland Security will begin tapping into Canadian military radar later this year to detect low-flying aircraft used to smuggle drugs from Canada into the United States.Schumer also says a border security task force of several U.S. and Canadian agencies will be established in Massena by October. At a hearing he chaired in Washington yesterday, New York&apos;s senior senator questioned Department of Homeland Security officials about new initiatives to balance commerce with fighting drug trafficking.  Ryan Morden has more from Washington. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17675/20110518/schumer-wants-efficient-safer-border">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Aboard a cold Seaway ship with a sick crew</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 28, 2010) Twenty-two Chinese seamen are resting up in Montreal after a harrowing Christmas journey through the St. Lawrence Seaway.  The crew aboard the German-owned Hermann Schoening became violently ill after phosphine gas leaked into the living and working spaces.  The gas is used regularly as a fumigant to kill pests in the cargo hold.  The freighter is carrying 19,000 tons of midwestern corn bound for Algeria.The crew was treated at a hospital in Ontario.  But the ship then continued on with windows open to air out the gas.  Don Metzger piloted the freighter from Lake Ontario through the St. Lawrence River to Massena.  He’s been a Seaway pilot for more than 30 years.  He told David Sommerstein he’s never seen anything like this happen before.  Metzger says the crew was sick and cold, and unprepared for winter weather.Carolyn Osbourne of the Mariners House of Montreal says the crew spent yesterday recovering after being sickened by phosphine gas.  She says they received a second hospital checkup, as well as warm coats, gloves, and Christmas gifts while in port.  The ship was scheduled to resume its travels this morning.An official with Transport Canada says the incident is under investigation.  The shipowners could be fined if violations of the Canada Shipping Act are found.  But the gas leak is so far being considered an anomaly. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16890/20101228/aboard-a-cold-seaway-ship-with-a-sick-crew">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Pieces fall into place for Laurentian and Plattsburgh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 13, 2010) A company called Laurentian Aerospace says it is ready to move forward with a project in Plattsburgh that would bring roughly 900 high-paying jobs to the city. The company announced on Friday that after years of effort, it had found a major investor, Verdant Capital Group, willing to back the 175-million dollar venture.Laurentian now plans to build a maintenance facility at the site of the old Plattsburgh Air Force Base that would refurbish commercial jetliners. Brian Mann was in Plattsburgh for the announcement and has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16819/20101213/pieces-fall-into-place-for-laurentian-and-plattsburgh">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>More with Anne Harrington</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 15, 2010) Anne Harrington is the new Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the National Nuclear Security Administration. She and her staff at the National Nuclear Security Administration keep an eye on materials, outside the U.S., that could be used to make a nuclear weapon. Harrington is a native of Long Lake. She spoke with Jonathan Brown recently about her work, her background and the path that brought her from one to the other. Here’s more of their conversation. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16670/20101115/more-with-anne-harrington">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Audio Postcard: The world from Mt. Marcy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 6, 2010) The view from Mt. Marcy is pretty extraordinary, but its made even better when shared with friends from Kenya, Zimbabwe, the Maldives, and the North Country. Sarah Harris sent this audio postcard from her recent hike up New York&apos;s tallest mountain. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15927/20100706/audio-postcard-the-world-from-mt-marcy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>On the road: &apos;round the world hitchhiker pauses in the North Country</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 12, 2010) Frenchman Jeremy Marie is about halfway through his world tour. It&apos;s a slow trip. He figures it will take him five years, because he&apos;s hitchhiking, ride by ride, from his home in Normandy and back. The 25 year-old has been through Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He crossed the Atlantic by crewing on a catamaran from South Africa to Panama. The it was north through Central America, Mexico and the west coast to Alaska and across Canada. Now he&apos;s thumbing his way south through the U.S. He’s ridden in cars, trucks, on tractors and donkeys. His budget is seven dollars a day, and he&apos;s slept on people’s couches, outdoors at gas stations in the middle of the desert — anywhere he can find a bed. This past week he&apos;s been on &quot;pause&quot; in the North Country, with home base in Canton. He says this is the coldest place he has been, but also one of the most hospitable. Martha Foley spoke with him after his talk at the Canton Rotary Club, on his first day in town. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15055/20100112/on-the-road-apos-round-the-world-hitchhiker-pauses-in-the-north-country">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A veteran observer reports out from the COP15 climate talks in Copenhagen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 5, 2010) International attention to last month&apos;s climate change meeting in Copenhagen was intense. Tens of thousands of people were there, inside and outside the two-week long COP15 negotiations. There were street protests, traffic jams, lots of congestion and confusion as NGOs and heads of state gathered. A handful of developed nations, including the U.S. and China, reached a last-minute accord that fell short of hopes for a binding agreement on carbon reduction targets.Reports and analysis since the climate change talks closed have not been enthusiastic. Jon Rosales teaches environmental studies at St. Lawrence University. He was in Copenhagen with four students, who blogged from the conference for NCPR. Rosales is a veteran observer; it was his eighth COP meeting. He spoke with Martha Foley about how the Copenhagen gathering was different, and what that could mean for future climate change negotiations and policy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15019/20100105/a-veteran-observer-reports-out-from-the-cop15-climate-talks-in-copenhagen">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Seaway chief hopes for traffic turnaround</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 19, 2009) On the St. Lawrence Seaway’s website, there’s a picture of a freighter docked next to mountains of “containers” - those boxes that fit on trucks and trains and carry virtually every good you can think of.  Containers are the currency of global trade.  Yet they’re passing the St. Lawrence Seaway by.  Just a tenth of one percent of all cargo that travelled the St. Lawrence Seaway this year came in a container.  Most of the cargo is bulk commodities, stuff like iron ore, coal, steel, and grain – the building blocks of industry that just disappear when the economy tanks.  So it’s no surprise 2009 was a brutal year for the Seaway, with tonnage down 30%.  In fact, Seaway traffic has for the most part decreased since the late 1970s.  This all gives Terry Johnson a headache.  As head of the U.S. side of the shipping channel that links the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, Johnson’s in charge of turning those numbers around.  He told David Sommerstein if gas goes back up to 4 dollars a gallon, or if the roads become clogged with truck traffic, the Seaway will benefit.  But for now, Johnson places his hopes in those containers.  And he hopes they’ll come from Nova Scotia. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14754/20091119/seaway-chief-hopes-for-traffic-turnaround">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Seaway at 50: Seaway chief looks forward</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 10, 2009) U.S. and Canadian dignitaries will officially open the St. Lawrence Seaway’s 50th anniversary celebration this afternoon in Massena.  The Obama Administration is sending department of transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.  Seaway administrator Terry Johnson will also be on hand to speak.  Johnson took over the U.S. agency that runs the Seaway two and a half years ago.  He spoke with David Sommerstein about the waterway’s legacy and future. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13942/20090710/seaway-at-50-seaway-chief-looks-forward">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Binghamton bears up after shooting tragedy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 6, 2009) Funerals for those killed in Friday&apos;s mass shooting have already begun in Binghamton. At an area mosque, an imam chanted over the bodies of two women killed in Friday&apos;s massacre. Mustafa al-Salihi is the son of one of the women. He says his family moved to the U-S from Iraq to escape violence. He adds that he&apos;ll especially miss his mother later this spring, when he graduates. People from eight countries have been identified as the victims of the deadly rampage at the city’s immigrant community center. It remains unclear exactly why a Vietnamese immigrant strapped on a bulletproof vest, barged in on a citizenship class and killed the victims and himself. Brian Mann has been on assignment for NPR in Binghamton since the shooting Friday. Martha Foley spoke with him this morning. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13295/20090406/binghamton-bears-up-after-shooting-tragedy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Return To Sender&quot;?Julia Alvarez portrays illegal dairy farmworkers in young adult terms</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13202/20090320/quot-return-to-sender-quot-julia-alvarez-portrays-illegal-dairy-farmworkers-in-young-adult-terms</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 20, 2009) Mexican and central American immigrants—most in this country illegally—have become a fixture on hundreds of dairy farms in northern New York and Vermont.  In fact, they&apos;ve become crucial to many farms&apos; survival.  Meanwhile, the farmers themselves, and their families, are in involved in a degree of illegality they&apos;re not used to.  It&apos;s this underground world meeting sanguine farm life that&apos;s the backdrop for the latest novel by Julia Alvarez.  It&apos;s a book for teen readers called Return To Sender. Alvarez is one of America&apos;s most famous Latina authors.  She wrote How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies.  Alvarez was born in the Dominican Republic, but she&apos;s lived the majority of her life in Vermont.  She&apos;s taught at Middlebury College since the 1980s.  She told David Sommerstein when she first moved to Vermont, there were very few latino faces. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13202/20090320/quot-return-to-sender-quot-julia-alvarez-portrays-illegal-dairy-farmworkers-in-young-adult-terms">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Stores required to label some foods</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 18, 2009) Starting this week, supermarkets are officially required to tell you where some of your meat and produce comes from. But as Rebecca Williams reports, it can get confusing at the store. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13187/20090318/stores-required-to-label-some-foods">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dairy additive bill fuels farm worries and politics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 13, 2009) Darrel Aubertine’s first big piece of legislation as chairman of the senate agriculture committee is dividing the farming community.  The Democrat from Cape Vincent wants to restrict which products are labeled “real dairy”.  The target of the bill is highly processed dairy powders called “milk protein concentrates”, or MPCs, that are imported from other countries.  Aubertine wants to protect American dairy farmers at a time when the price of milk has plummeted.  But critics say the bill will hurt more than help.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13159/20090313/dairy-additive-bill-fuels-farm-worries-and-politics">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Representatives want shared border talks revived</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 13, 2009) Representatives of northern New York&apos;s border regions have new hope for sharing border crossing facitlies and procedures with Canada. Martha Foley reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/12987/20090213/representatives-want-shared-border-talks-revived">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Ogdensburg gets early approval for port project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 10, 2009) The City of Ogdensburg got preliminary approval from the federal government for a $7.5 million project revamping the Patterson Street Corridor, serving the industrial port on the St Lawrence River.  Martha Foley has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/12953/20090210/ogdensburg-gets-early-approval-for-port-project">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Clock is ticking on new rules targeting invasive species</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 19, 2008) Ocean-going ships on the St Lawrence River must start using new treatments that will clear invasive species from their ballast tanks. They have three years – starting today – to buy and install equipment preventing foreign marine life from reaching the St Lawrence and Great Lakes. Invasives – like zebra mussels and round gobies – have no natural enemy here to limit their numbers. They’ve hurt local aquatic ecosystems. And Jennifer Caddick with Save the River tells Jonathan Brown that current regulations aren’t stopping them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/12651/20081219/clock-is-ticking-on-new-rules-targeting-invasive-species">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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