Washington, DC – This week, the House Agriculture Committee approved its version of the Farm Bill, moving the legislation to the floor for consideration...
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Who will become Saranac Lake “6er” Number One?
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We’ll find out Saturday, May 25th during a special event at the Berkley Green in Saranac Lake.. HIkers will begin Saturday at 8am, registration begins at 7am. Later in the day Saranac Lake’s Mayor Clyde Rabideau and others will await the arrival of the first to hike all six peaks in order to become a Saranac Lake 6er.
The Affordable Care Act In Depth
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The Affordable Care Act is turning out not to be so affordable.. We’ll find out why from Ian Coryea from Burnham Benefit Advisers in Lake Placid. He spoke with Counselors during a recent Town of Harrietstown Work Session.
Lake Placid / North Elba Plan Joint Meeting
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AUDIO – 051513 – Joint North Elba – Lake Placid Meeting to discuss AMC – May 28th 430pm A meeting is set for Tuesday, May 28th at 4:30pm to allow the boards of the Town of North Elba and The Village of Lake Placid to consider a making joint recommendation to the Adirondack Health Board which is expected to formalize their decisions shortly thereafter.
Silver Demands Fair Labor Practices for Farmworkers
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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Announces the Assembly’s intention to pass the Farm workers Fair Labor Practices Act. The Measure would grant collective bargaining rights, workers’ compensation, disability and unemployment benefits plus other worker rights and protections to all farm workers.
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Trudeau Intern Heads to Medical School
TRUDEAU INSTITUTE RESEARCH ASSISTANT HEADS TO MEDICAL SCHOOL Local resident Luke A. Neill, who completed his premedical studies at the University of Vermont in the fall of 2011, graduating with honors, is now a member of the Class of 2016 at UVM’s College of Medicine. Prior to matriculating to medical school, Luke spent the...
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Rustic Furniture Honors at The Adirondack Museum
Rustic Artisans Receive Awards at the Adirondack Museum Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. - Over sixty talented rustic artisans from across the United States gathered at the Adirondack Museum in September for the 25th Annual Rustic Furniture Fair. Each year artisans are honored with the Maker’s and People’s Choice awards. The awards are determined by...
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Adirondack Mountain Club Releases New Paddling Guidebook
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. — The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) and Lost Pond Press have released “Adirondack Paddling: 60 Great Flatwater Adventures,” a full-color guidebook that offers recommendations for canoeing and kayaking trips throughout the 6 million-acre Adirondack Park. Written by Phil Brown, editor of the Adirondack Explorer newsmagazine, the guidebook gives detailed descriptions of...
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Lake Placid Center for the Arts Juried Art Show Winners
Annual LPCA Adirondack Juried Art Show – 2012 Winners Announced! The Lake Placid Center for the Arts is pleased to present the 2012 Adirondack Juried Art Show: A Showcase of Regional Artists. The Adirondack Juried Art Show will be on exhibit through October 20 in the LPCA Fine Arts Gallery. Gallery hours are Tuesday...
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SUNY VP of Student Affairs Retires in January
Vice President of Student Affairs Bill Laundry to Step Down in January PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Sept. 26, 2012) — After more than four decades at the college, William D. “Bill” Laundry, SUNY Plattsburgh’s vice president of student affairs, announced his plans to retire, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Laundry said the conventional wisdom — that you...
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The EAB Invasion
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been found in a DEC-deployed trap two miles from thePennsylvaniaborder A single adult EAB was found in one of the thousands of purple detection traps that are placed around the state this summer. Mark Whitmore, Forest Entomologist atCornellUniversitysaid, “Now is the time to plan and prepare for the...
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NYSAC wants More Funding for Roads and Bridges
The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC), lobbies for increased reimbursement funding for maintaining, rehabilitating and reconstructing local roads and bridges. The resolution is in response to the 5-year “freeze” in funding for the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) and State-federal matching funds– the primary funding sources for the majority of local transportation...
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K&J SHOW – The Harrietstown Town Board Responds to Letters to the Editor
The Harrietstown Town Board fights back following their regular meeting on Thursday - <<<< CLICK HERE TO LISTEN – K&J – 092812 – Harrietstown Board Fights Back >>>> The Town of Harrietstown Board begins regularly with outreach into the audience for public comment.. Typically there are at least one or two residents hoping to...
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Talk of the Town – September 28, 2012
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NY Unemployment Numbers
State Labor Department Releases August 2012 Area Unemployment Rates The State Labor Department today released local area unemployment rates for August 2012, as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). As reported last week, the state’s unemployment rate was 9.1% in August 2012. Over the past year, the state added...
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Obituary – Roy W. St. John
Roy W. St. John, age 87, of Gabriels, died Thursday, September 13, 2012 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. Born in Plattsburgh, New York on May 29, 1925, he was the son of William and Lillian (Depo) St. John. Roy married Jeanne Gauvin in Newcomb, New York in 1953. She predeceased him on...
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Obituary- Jeanne M. St. John
Jeanne M. St. John, age 90, of Gabriels, died Monday, September 10, 2012 at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. Born in Lamecque, New Brunswick, Canada on March 30, 1922, she was the daughter of Joseph and Alma (Chaisson) Gauvin. She married Roy St. John in Newcomb, NY in 1953. Jeanne had been employed...
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Legislators call on USDA to Support Dairy Farmers
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND CALL FOR USDA SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK’S DAIRY FARMS Washington, D.C. – Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined a bipartisan group of senators from leading dairy states asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to review the floor price for unprocessed milk. Schumer...
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Congressman Owens Pushes for Updates to Family Farm Relief Act H-2A
Washington, DC – Congressman Bill Owens joins with a bipartisan group of New York Congressmen to introduce the “Family Farm Relief Act,” Owens is an original co-sponsor of the bill to improve the H-2A visa program used by family farms inNew YorkState. The bill would transfer oversight of the current farm worker program from...
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Safe Routes to Schools
A Safe Route to Schools is on the list of priorities for the North Country Economic Regional Development Council and a broad group inFranklinCountyhas put together an application for the current round of funding… The idea behind this initiative – is to help the community get together with the school districts, the Village Boards,...
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K&J SHOW – Kevin Lynch – Chief Information Officer at Clarkson University
We’re speaking with Kevin Lynch, Chief Information Officer at Clarkson University about their upcoming “Forever Wired” Conference – Friday’s Event begins with a lunch at 11:30 followed by the Keynote Address from Clarkson President Anthony Collins, co chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council.. The Forever Wired Conference gives us the opportunity...
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Flying Lead: The Unfriendly Skies of New York
Aviation Gas Endangers Airports’ Neighbors NEW YORK – They got the lead out of automobile gas decades ago, but three-quarters of the nation’s piston-driven airplanes – some 167,000 – burn leaded aviation fuel, or “avgas,” making them the largest source of dangerous lead emissions in the nation. The effect of the lead spewed by...
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2012 St. Regis Canoe Classic – Race Results
2012 St. Regis Canoe Classic – Race Results Thirty-three paddlers participated in the St. Regis Canoe Classic held Sunday on the Paul Smith’s College campus with a total of nineteen canoes and kayaks entered in the event. There was plenty of opportunity for winners, with over thirty categories. Those placing in the top three...
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Saranac Lake Art Works – Artists at Work Studio Tour this weekend
How Do They Do That? How does the painter get just such a shade of blue? How does a potter raise up a vessel from a lump on a wheel? And how on earth does metal get beaten into shapes like those? Find out Sept 28-29, from 10 – 4 and Sept 30 from...
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LPCA Hosts 15th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
- Filmgoers in Lake Placid, New York, will unite with audiences in over 300 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 15th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at The Lake Placid Center for the Arts in Lake Placid on Friday,...
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ARISE – Saying Goodbye to a dream..
TUPPER LAKE (09/25/12) – Big Tupper Ski Area has been forced to close. ARISE Chairman Jim LaValley was joined by members of the Board, as well as managers and volunteers of the Big Tupper Ski Area, at P-2′s Pub in Tupper Lake. LaValley said that the community of Tupper Lake and Big Tupper...
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K&J SHOW – Planning for Pisgah
One Thing’s for sure in the Adirondacks, now that Summer’s over, Fall brings the color on the trees and then if we’re lucky the snow will fall as soon as all of the leaves have fallen… and According to Charlie Martin who is the General Manager of Mt Pisgah Ski Area in Saranac Lake,...
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WNBZ One on One – Jeff Dora – Saranac Lake DPW Superintendent
The Village of Saranac Lake’s new Highway Superintendent Jeff Dora spent some time with WNBZ talking about the position… <<<< CLICK HERE TO LISTEN – 092512 – Jeff Dora – VSL Highway Superintendent >>>> Construction Schedule update for Village of Saranac Lake Projects: Week of September 24th thru September 28th: Removal of Sidewalk and...
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Village Board Asks DOT / DEC to Update Rail Corridor Unit Management Plan
The Village of Saranac Lake is asking the DEC and the Department of Transportation to review and update the railway corridor and Unit Management Plan for the Corridor extending fromUticatoLake Placid… <<<< CLICK HERE TO LISTEN – 092512 – SARANAC LAKE RAIL CORRIDOR RESOLUTION >>>> SaranacLake’s Mayor Clyde Rabideau reading the Resolution at Monday’s...
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Tupper Lake Fire Station Forum #3 Tonight
Several homes inTupperLakeare going to receive a new status symbol in the coming weeks… Perhaps not the kind of symbol you might want to associate with your status, either… It’s the kind of symbol which tells firefighters to “Stay Out” TupperLake’s Fire Chief Mark Picerno says he’s marking homes to show that a house...
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STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
If there’s one thing that holds true for the Tri-Lakes Region, it’s that we have some of the most enthusiastic group of teachers in new YorkState.. and you can’t help but see the excitement of teachers in different departments throughout the region… In SaranacLake, we didn’t have much trouble finding another teachers happy to...
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Harrietstown Supevisor Candidates Clarify their positions on Business Park
The Town of Harrietstown is going to have a new Supervisor come Election Day… and in a regular feature here on WNBZ, we’re taking a regular look at the positions of the two candidates.. We’re going to look more closely at the Town’s Business Park, On Friday, we heard from Town Councilman Bob Bevelacqua…....
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Who Really Doesn’t Pay Taxes?
The Backstory on Who “Doesn’t Pay” Taxes NEW YORK – Pundits and politicians are throwing around a lot of numbers these days. When it comes to taxes and who is or isn’t paying them, one group aims to separate the facts from fiction. Chuck Marr, director of federal tax policy for the Center on...
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Forever Wired Conference in it’s 4th Year
The fourth annual Forever Wired Conference happens Friday, atClarksonUniversity… This year’s focus is the state of broadband in the Adirondack North Country and the progress made in generating greater awareness and economic opportunities along with a discussion of responsible and sustainable economic growth in theAdirondacks. Conference Chair Kelly Chezum says “Forever Wired has been...
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Voter Rights – on the Mind of Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand teams with Rep. John Lewis, who is well recognized for his work in Civil Rights.. introducing companion legislation in the Senate for the Voter Empowerment Act. Gillibrand says “We’ve come too far in our nation’s history to re-fight old battles over voting rights that have already been won,” and she...
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