The Senate’s version of the Farm Bill Slashes $4.1 Billion in Food Stamps For Veterans, Seniors, and Food Insecure Families.. Gillibrand is speaking out....
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The K&J Show – airs at 8:10am during The Morning News and again at 3:08pm during the “Three O-Clock News” on WNBZ.
In a recent K&J show during The Morning News we spoke with teachers and advisers in the Tupper Lake Central School District. The Link Below will take you to the audio of the program.. Bullying is, “a repeated oppression, psychological or physical, of a less powerful person by a more powerful person or group of persons.”...
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The Saranac Lake Central School Board Holds their regular meeting on Wednesday Night.. and they go into executive session.. Ok that’s not overly controversial because they do have to do the work of hiring and firing and working privately with employees issues in private, but when they again open the meeting back up to...
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The Adirondack Rails to Trails Advocates sent a letter to members of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council, with copies of the recent study by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy on the economic implications of a recreational trail that would connect the Tri-Lakes area. The letter included a cover memo from Joe Mercurio, ARTA’s president,...
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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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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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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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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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TRUDEAU RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY UNFORESEEN REGULATION OF THE ANTI-BACTERIAL IMMUNE RESPONSE New research from the laboratory of Dr. Andrea Cooper at the Trudeau Institute, just published in the European Journal of Immunology publication, holds promise for the improved prevention and treatment of bacterial infections and the life-threatening complications of chronic inflammation that can result from...
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Picture yourself standing in front of a line of computers at Best Buy, or Target, Wal Mart, your local neighborhood computer store… trying to decide which piece of technology is going to be right for you, There are at least 10 or 12 choices of laptops, and another 4 or 5 desktop versions and...
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The Trudeau Institute played host to one of Historic Saranac Lake’s Lecture Series on Tuesday Evening.. Peter Lawson-Johnston, a fifth-generation member of the Guggenheim family, discussed his memoir, “Growing Up Guggenheim: A Personal History of a Family Enterprise,” on Wednesday, September 12, in the John Black Room of the Saranac Laboratory Museum. AUDIO –...
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The end of Labor Day marks the approach of another Biotech Company’s arrival in SaranacLake.. On November 1st, 2012, Active Motif will begin operations in their newly designed facility complete with it’s own hydroelectric turbine pump and a biotech neighbor, Myriad RBM, across the river in the old Village Offices. Active Motif is moving...
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Is this really the right time? That’s the question from Deb Lennon, President of theSaranacLakeCentralSchoolBoard.. She’s sitting to the Right of Mary Deitrich, who recently became President of the Lake Placid School Board. The two are flanked by Clyde Baker to Mary’s left and Janet Smith to the Right of Deb Lennon.. AUDIO –...
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There are two candidates running for the open Supervisor position in the Town of Harrietstown – Tom Catillaz and Bob Bevelacqua. Today we speak with Tom Catillaz on the K&J Show..
There are more wires on the floor to the back of the administrative board room at the Lake Placid Middle / High School – In fact one of those roll around carts is sitting in the middle of the aisle during Tuesday’s Lake Placid School Board Meeting… The roll around cart is designed to...
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On Monday, an event is held inSaranacLake’sRiversidePark– It’s a fundraiser, an awareness builder, for youth at the Saranac Lake Youth Center.. We arrived mid afternoon and spoke first with the President of the Youth Center Board Doug Zobel. The Board consists of volunteers in the community interested in helping to support the Youth Center. Diane...
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ADIRONDACK CANOE CLASSIC CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR TODAY on the K&J SHOW Join us as we speak with Brian McDonnell from the Adirondack Watershed Alliance! AUDIO – 090412 – K&J SHOW – Brian McDonnell – 90 Miler The Adirondack Canoe Classic, better know as “The 90 Miler,” starts in Old Forge next weekend… In fact...
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The New York Education Reform Commission holds a public hearing here in Lake Placid and they’re plans are to hold a dozen of this type of meeting designed to gather information and comment from local educators and stakeholders on the system of education in New York. The 20 member Commission was recently appointed by...
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AUDIO – 083012 – K&J SHOW – Barb Rice Gail Brill Peter Seward On Thursday’s K&J Show we’re joined by Saranac Lake Village Trustee Barbara Rice, Farm 2 Fork Festival Producer Gail Brill, and HoboFest Promoter Peter Seward. We’re talking about the Last Outdoor Movie – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at the...
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What do Rugby Weekend and The study of T-Cels have in common? His name is Doctor Ian Orme… and he became involved in the field of Tuberculosis while training as a postdoctoral fellow at the Trudeau Institute from 1981 to 1986 and it turns out that not only is he a Professor of Microbiology,...
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A retaining wall needs repair, The Chamber visits the board and Sewa Arora talks to the Harrietstown Town Board, plus Pumpkin Fest moves to the Airport. On the K&J show Friday..
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Amy Webb Joins us on the K&J show – She’s the Elementary Math Coach at Petrova and Bloomingdale Schools. AUDIO – 083112 – K&J SHOW – Math and Education with Amy Webb
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The Saranac Lake Art Works – Plein Air Festival welcomed nearly 50 artists, all of whom signed on to participate in this year’s event which marks the 4th time the event has visited Saranac Lake. AUDIO – 082012 – K&J SHOW – Saranac Lake Plein Air Festival Artists came with blank canvas and by...
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The Albert A. Gonyea Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Post 3357 is being recognized this weekend by the Town of North Elba.. August 18th will mark 76 years for the VFW Post and Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the Women’s Auxiliary at the VFW… AUDIO – 081712 – K&J SHOW – Veterans Affairs...
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Wayne Davison owns Northern Solar, which he and his partner operate out of Tupper Lake, NY. During a recent Village of Saranac Lake Board Meeting, the idea of municipalities making use of solar power to reduce expenses over the long term became a topic of discussion and we took the opportunity to invite Davison...
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We speak with Peggy Wiltberger about the Olga Memorial Foot Races scheduled for this weekend on today’s K&J show.. AUDIO – 081512 – K&J Show – Olga Memorial Foot Races The event is Saturday August 18, 2012. The 15th Annual Olga Memorial Footrace. Berkeley Green, Saranac Lake. 5K Walk and Run, 10K Run and 1/2...
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Lake Placid and Saranac Lake are in a unique situation which may not be available to them again. The fact that both Lake Placid’s Superintendent Randy Richards and Saranac Lake Superintendent Gerald Goldman are leaving after the end of the 2012-2013 school year means the school boards have an opportunity to consider the option...
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The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) is a cooperative effort initiated in 1998 among citizens and organizations of the Adirondacks. Our mission is to protect the Adirondack region from the negative impacts of nonnative invasive species. The program coordinates two projects: the Aquatic Invasive Species Project and the Terrestrial Invasive Species Project. The APIPP...
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The Saranac Lake Central School Board hears new results from the Elementary Literacy Programs run by Diana LeBlanc. They take great pride in providing the staff and students with best practices in education. Early literacy skills focus on the five big ideas in reading: including Phonemic Awareness, Phonic Instruction, Vocabulary, Fluency and Comprehension. AUDIO –...
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A TOUR OF THE GOFF-NELSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY on the K&J Show In Tupper Lake there is always an opportunity to talk about the economy, and stalled opportunities but today, a gem in the community with a view of the lake and periodically speaking, anything you need to keep up to date, or just relax...
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