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Special Reports
Audio SeriesStoryCorps in the North Country: North Country residents have shared their stories with this national oral history project during visits to the region in 2006 and in 2008.
Audio SeriesLooking for the North Country
NCPR and TAUNY, Traditional Arts of Upstate New York, spent October 2000 exploring the place, the people and the culture we call the North Country.
No Bigger Than a Piano Box: a North Country Schoolhouse in 1893
By historian Betsy Kepes. Based on the 1893 diary of a North Country schoolteacher. A Women's History Month special. Teacher's guide and CD available.
Audio Slideshow:Finding the North Country
A new exhibit at TAUNY (Traditional Arts in Upstate New York) tells the story of North Country life with pictures. Finding the North Country: Stories of Local Life Through Photographs revisits the theme of North Country identity explored in the 2000 radio collaboration "Looking for the North Country." The photographs will remain on display through November 25, 2006.
Multimedia SeriesMeet the Masters of North Country Folklife
Profiling people who have mastered and conserved a variety of family and community traditions over several generations in the North Country and who actively practice them today. Together, they exemplify a living history of our North Country and a way of life otherwise often difficult to explain. An ongoing project of Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY).
Audio SeriesLiving North Country: Essays on Life and Landscapes in Northern New York, edited by Neal Burdick and Natalia Singer at St. Lawrence University, recently became available in bookstores. We invited several of the contributing authors into the NCPR studio to record excerpts in their own voices.
Writing ContestThe Writing Contest for Young and Adult Writers
The Adirondack Center for Writing and North Country Public Radio offer a literature award to regional writers. The Writing Contest is held biennially. We will offer prizes in two genres per session; this year (2005-2006) the genres are nature writing and memoir.
Audio NovelEben Holden: A Tale of the North Country
This three-hour NCPR production of Irving Bacheller's timeless tale of the North Country, the 1900 bestseller Eben Holden, features many local voices and talents.
Physician Assistant Brittani Bickel recently returned to Harrisville, to work at the Family Health Center. Photo: Julie Grant
The 8 O'clock Hour, 5/10/13
May 10, 2013 — EJ Noble Hospital is closing its rural clinic in the Adirondack village of Harrisville, but care continues. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo details his plans for upstate casinos. Heard Up North: A "Gentleman's runabout" in the Thousand Islands.
Brian Mann and Todd Moe report on a new choral piece celebrating the 150th anniversary of Emancipation; it's a part of the John Brown Day events happening this weekend. Adirondack weekend conditions; and a special birthday surprise for Todd. Go to full article
Brian Mann and Todd Moe report on a new choral piece celebrating the 150th anniversary of Emancipation; it's a part of the John Brown Day events happening this weekend. Adirondack weekend conditions; and a special birthday surprise for Todd. Go to full article
Heard Up North: Gentleman's runabout in the Thousand Islands
May 10, 2013 — Spring means life on St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands is coming back to life. One of the region's anchor destinations, the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, opens for the season this weekend.
Fritz Hager is the museum's executive director. "We've got a lot going on here. We've got a lot of boats under restoration here," says Hager, "including our gigantic 110-foot houseboat, La Duchesse, which will be in restoration for a couple of years. So there's always a lot going on here boat-building wise. We also have boat rides, sailing classes, and other educational programs, and it all starts on Friday." Go to full article
Fritz Hager is the museum's executive director. "We've got a lot going on here. We've got a lot of boats under restoration here," says Hager, "including our gigantic 110-foot houseboat, La Duchesse, which will be in restoration for a couple of years. So there's always a lot going on here boat-building wise. We also have boat rides, sailing classes, and other educational programs, and it all starts on Friday." Go to full article
The 8 O'Clock Hour 4/03/13
Apr 03, 2013 — Senator Gillibrand is pushing ways to preserve small dairy farms. Carousel Mall and Syracuse have reached a settlement. Senator and others are indicted in wide ranging corruption scandal. Heard Up North: the guy who painted the Thousand Islands bridge. How human trafficking happens all around us. Preview: "Hush" at St. Lawrence University. Go to full article
Heard Up North: the guy who painted the Thousand Islands bridge
Apr 03, 2013 — You never know who you're going to meet by the side of the road in the North Country. David Sommerstein stopped to chat with a guy sawing firewood recently. It turns out he... Go to full article
The 8 O'clock Hour, 3/11/13
Mar 11, 2013 — How the sequester could affect health care and law enforcement for Akwesasne Mohawks. Proposed state aid cuts could badly hurt agencies that provide services for people with... Go to full article
Heard up North: Young chefs have fun cooking, competing
Canton, NY, Mar 11, 2013 — More than two-dozen teams of young cooks from Franklin, Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties gathered to show off their culinary skills in Canton on Saturday. Middle and high... Go to full article
Heard Up North: The man to thank for Canton's groomed trails
Canton, NY, Feb 19, 2013 — If you're one of the many cross-country skiers who enjoys the perfectly groomed trails on St. Lawrence University's golf course in Canton, here's the guy you want to... Go to full article
Heard Up North: Tough times at the post office
Glens Falls, NY, Feb 18, 2013 — The US Postal Service lost another $1.3 billion in the last few months of 2012.
As a result, many rural post offices across the North Country are expected to see... Go to full article
As a result, many rural post offices across the North Country are expected to see... Go to full article
The 8 O'clock Hour, 12/24/12
Dec 24, 2012 — North Country schools fight for fiscal survival. Nearing the "fiscal cliff", the wind industry waits. A former SUNY Plattsburgh librarian donates almost half a million... Go to full article
Heard Up North: Santa meets dogs and cats in Ogdensburg
Ogdensburg, NY, Dec 24, 2012 — Getting your kids' pictures taken with Santa Claus has been a longtime holiday ritual for many. In recent years another group has begun vying for Santa's attention--pets--and... Go to full article
