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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>
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<title>Will CSX grease the rails for a new plant in Massena?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 21, 2013) The federal trust in charge of finding a new life for the General Motors property in Massena say the process is more marathon than sprint. But as David Sommerstein reports, they&apos;re hopeful a lift from a railroad giant will help. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22022/20130521/will-csx-grease-the-rails-for-a-new-plant-in-massena">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Man critical after being hit by train in Potsdam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 20, 2013) A man is in critical condition at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, after being hit by a train in Potsdam. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22015/20130520/man-critical-after-being-hit-by-train-in-potsdam">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Protest of PCB landfills near Akwesasne planned</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) Environmental activists will gather at a park in Massena tomorrow to protest the ongoing presence of toxic PCBs in the area.Organizer Donald Hassig says industrial chemicals from the Alcoa, Reynolds, and General Motors plants continue to pose a threat to the health of people in Massena and on the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22007/20130517/protest-of-pcb-landfills-near-akwesasne-planned">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>NYS allows Gouverneur&apos;s EJ Noble Hospital to expand lab services</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) E. J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur has gotten approval to expand its lab services.  The state forced E.J. Noble to close down last fall, after it found safety problems in the lab. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22003/20130517/nys-allows-gouverneur-apos-s-ej-noble-hospital-to-expand-lab-services">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Job losses big concern if Ogdensburg psych center closes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) The state Office of Mental Health could decide as soon as Monday whether it will close the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center in Ogdensburg.  This week, the state held a meeting to listen to the community&apos;s comments about the center. One topic many people brought up was jobs: The Ogdensburg facility employs more than 500 people. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22000/20130517/job-losses-big-concern-if-ogdensburg-psych-center-closes">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why low Lake Ontario levels mean high St. Lawrence levels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) We&apos;ve reported for months - years even - that the Great Lakes, from Superior to Ontario, are at historically low water levels.So we were surprised to get the news this week that regulators are lowering the gates at the Iroquois Dam near Ogdensburg because the St. Lawrence River is too high.It&apos;s quite a puzzle. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21999/20130517/why-low-lake-ontario-levels-mean-high-st-lawrence-levels">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Heard Up North: Another flea market opens in Canton </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 16, 2013) You may have noticed flea markets, where different vendors can sell all kinds of new and used things under one roof instead of having their own storefront, becoming more and more popular in the North Country. There are now three flea markets in the Canton and Potsdam area alone. The newest opened yesterday. The village Mayor, Town Supervisor, and vendors were at the grand opening of North Country Neighbors Too. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21993/20130516/heard-up-north-another-flea-market-opens-in-canton">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Community to rally for St Lawrence Pysch Center </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) More than 300 people were registered to attend a meeting at the St. Lawrence psychiatric center in Ogdensburg Wednesday morning, as the New York State Office of Mental Health is making a stop on its &quot;listening tour,&quot; as it considers changing the way mental health services are delivered. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21987/20130515/community-to-rally-for-st-lawrence-pysch-center">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>NCPR jazz host and producer Louis Cook dies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) A prominent voice from the early days of North Country Public Radio has died. Louis T.K. Cook, of Akwesasne, was the late night host of &quot;Jazz Waves&quot; in the 1980s and early 1990s.Cook also educated listeners - and producers at this radio station - about native political and cultural issues with his series, &quot;You Are On Indian Land&quot;. Cook is remembered here at the station as full of life and was known as a wild guy.His cousin, Ray Cook, who is now Op/Ed editor at Indian Country Today Media Network, says he owes his career in media to Louie Cook. He describes Cook as a natural teacher. &quot;He was an artist in the traditional form,&quot; says Ray Cook. &quot;He believed in the power of music and how it can soothe the soul and he always treasured the stories that he recorded and the people he talked to when he was in the production mode.&quot;Louis T.K. Cook died Monday from injuries he suffered in a car crash last week on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. He had been working with a not-for-profit there that helps families on the reservation build and maintain gardens. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21984/20130515/ncpr-jazz-host-and-producer-louis-cook-dies">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Turning downtown into an art gallery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) The St. Lawrence Country Arts council kicked off its inaugural community gallery project &quot;Art walk&quot; on Friday night in the villages of Canton and Potsdam. Around 20 local businesses lined their walls and shelves with local art and hosted receptions featuring local artists.The idea of art in local businesses is nothing new. Other communities in the region have held similar events in recent years. St. Lawrence County art leaders hope to foster a long term relationship between the businesses community and local artists. The council contacted local businesses with the idea that shops would stay open late and display local work. The hope is that having the walk will get people to enter places they may not normally go. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21983/20130515/turning-downtown-into-an-art-gallery">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Books: &quot;Friends in a Storm&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) A new children&apos;s book by Canton writer Mary Sue Seymour includes illustrations by a young artist from Ogdensburg.   Friends in a Storm tells the story of Squirrel, who gets locked out of his house during a rainstorm, and is befriended by Owl. Todd Moe spoke with author Mary Sue Seymour and 12-year-old artist Samantha Flynn, who created the illustrations for the book.  Seymour says she wrote the story while teaching a kindergarten class in Hammond.Mary Sue Seymour and Samantha Flynn will sign copies of their book, Friends in a Storm, at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton from 1-3 pm on Saturday. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21953/20130509/books-quot-friends-in-a-storm-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why there&apos;s a burn ban for the next week</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 6, 2013) The snowy, cold early spring has quickly given way to wildfire season. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation cautions people against residential brush burning and other outdoor fires. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21926/20130506/why-there-apos-s-a-burn-ban-for-the-next-week">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>St. Lawrence County &quot;walking a financial tightrope,&quot; says NYS audit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 3, 2013) An audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says St. Lawrence County is &quot;walking a financial tightrope&quot;. The audit found the county&apos;s fund balance decreased 68 percent from 2007 to 2011. Legislators used surplus funds to close budget gaps and keep property tax increases last year to an already-high 14 percent. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21912/20130503/st-lawrence-county-quot-walking-a-financial-tightrope-quot-says-nys-audit">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Crossing borders to create a small-town Orthodoxy </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 3, 2013) The single most important day in the Orthodox calendar - Easter, or Pascha, is this Sunday.   Many Orthodox churches base their holiest days on the Julian calendar, rather than the Gregorian calendar. Historically, Orthodox communities in the United States have been defined largely by ethnicity and found mostly in urban areas.   But a group of Orthodox Christians in the Canton-Potsdam area has created a mission that brings diverse groups together. They don&apos;t have a permanent worship space, sometimes share priests with the Greek Orthodox Church in Watertown, and even visit a small monastery in Ontario.   Their membership includes students, families and seniors.    This Sunday will mark the group&apos;s first Easter service, or Great Vespers, and a meal of festive foods. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21909/20130503/crossing-borders-to-create-a-small-town-orthodoxy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Preview:  LAGQ in Potsdam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 18, 2013) The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will perform music of Japan, Cuba, Spain and Latin America in a concert Saturday night in SUNY Potsdam&apos;s Hosmer Hall.  The concert is presented by Community Performance Series.  For more than 30 years, the LAGQ have set the standard among guitar ensembles.  Todd Moe spoke with founding member William Kanengiser about Saturday night&apos;s concert.  The quartet, along with a guitar orchestra of 24 guitarists, will perform a Japanese composition by Shingo Fujii, entitled Shikki, written to honor the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21819/20130418/preview-lagq-in-potsdam">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Amish farmers partner with Agri-Mark</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 18, 2013) Most of the North Country is losing population, and losing farms. But there&apos;s one group that keeps growing: Old Order Amish. They&apos;re drawn  to the St. Lawrence Valley by the area&apos;s cheap, available farmland. They Amish live an agrarian lifestyle that&apos;s more 19th century than 21st century. But in order to support their communities and their culture, the Amish have had to find a place in the local economy, including the dairy industry and an unlikely partnership with Agri-Mark. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21814/20130418/amish-farmers-partner-with-agri-mark">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Will the Greek yogurt boom help dairy farmers?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 17, 2013) You might have been surprised last summer to hear politicians walking around and talking about—yogurt. Governor Andrew Cuomo held a Yogurt Summit at the Capitol in Albany, where he said the explosion of the Greek yogurt industry in New York is a once-in-a-generation moment. &quot;This is one of the best private sector market opportunities that Upstate New York has had in 30, 40 years,&quot; procliamed Cuomo. &quot;I don&apos;t know when we get another one. I really, really don&apos;t. And that entrepreneurial spirit is when you see an opportunity, grab it.&quot;New York has invested millions of dollars in tax breaks into new and expanding yogurt plants. Cuomo wants to ease environmental rules to encourage 200 cow dairy farms to become 300 cow dairy farms and make more milk.Experts say New York farmers will have to boost milk production by 15 percent, or two billion pounds each year, to keep up with demand.So does New York have a milk shortage? And are farmers stepping up it fill it?The answers lie in cream cheese, Old McDonald, and something called the Chobani Paradox. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21807/20130417/will-the-greek-yogurt-boom-help-dairy-farmers">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>SLU Wind Ensemble bands together campus and community</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 17, 2013) The North Country has a rich history of outstanding community bands.  And the number of local concert bands has increased in just the last few years.  Some are year-round ensembles that rehearse at local colleges or community centers. Others garner heaps of applause in parades and gazebos during the summer months.   Organizers will tell you that community bands give every player a chance to contribute in their own way.  The St. Lawrence Wind Ensemble began more than 25 years to offer students and local musicians a challenging and rewarding musical experience in an encouraging environment.   Today, the group includes just over 30 students, faculty and community musicians.  Members say the St. Lawrence University Wind Ensemble fills a void because every college or university needs its own band and has a pool of eager student, faculty and community members.  But the main reason most everyone gave for joining was to keep their instruments out of mothballs.Todd Moe stopped by a rehearsal of the SLU Wind Ensemble this week as the group prepared for its spring concert, next Monday night in the Peterson-Kermani Performance hall. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21806/20130417/slu-wind-ensemble-bands-together-campus-and-community">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Canton marathoner turned back by bombs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 16, 2013) Federal investigators say no one has claimed responsibility for the Boston Marathon attack that killed three people and wounded more than 140.Officials say the two bombs that went off near the finish line at the Marathon were about 100 yards and 10 seconds apart. They knocked people down, shattered windows and sent dense plumes of smoke rising over the street.A senior U.S. intelligence official says as many as two unexploded bombs were also found near the finish line, but they were safely disarmed.Canton native Laura Monroe-Duprey and her husband were running the race together. He was running with an injury, so at mile 18, she pulled ahead of him.Julie Grant spoke with Monroe-Duprey last night. She said when the explosion happened, she was nearing the last turn in the course, about a tenth of a mile from the finish line. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21801/20130416/canton-marathoner-turned-back-by-bombs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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