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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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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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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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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K&J SHOW – Dr Andrea Cooper Speaks about New Discovery
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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Harrietstown 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 and more specifically today, we’ll hear on Candidate lay...
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Department of Labor Says New York Adds 102,700 Private Sector Jobs in 2012
In 2012,New YorkState’s economy added 102,700 private sector jobs, the State Department of Labor reported today. This year-to-date increase in the job count contributed to the state’s recovery of 348,000 private sector jobs since November 2009. New YorkStatehas regained all of the private sector jobs it lost during the state’s recession. Only four other states...
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DEC Rejects Call For “Independent” Health Study of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing
The “DEC has been reviewing approximately 80,000 comments submitted concerning the Department’s review of high volume hydraulic fracturing.” That’s part of a statement by DEC commissioner Joe Martens – who says that “While a wide variety of issues are addressed by the comments, many focus on the potential public health impacts of high volume...
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K&J SHOW – Technology Plan at Lake Placid Schools
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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Google’s in Town
Google Map’s Street View came to the Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa in Lake Placid on Friday morning. Jim Hilker, Google’s videographer based in Ithaca, will create 360-degree, up and down views of the entire resort property, including the Cottage Café, pictured here. The technology allows for browsers to take virtual tours of...
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St Regis Canoe Classic on Spitfire and St Regis September 23rd
The Twenty-fourth Annual St. Regis Canoe Classic is Sunday, September 23rd featuring over twenty-five categories including recreation, standard, and racing canoes, kayaks and one and two man guideboats. The course takes paddlers through Lower and Upper St. Regis Lakes, as well asSpitfireLake, and runs about seven miles. With another course running about 4.5 miles.. registration...
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Elementary Playground to Re-open with new plans and a call for volunteers
LPCS Elementary Playground Re-Opening October 10th A new plan is in place for reopening theLake PlacidElementary Schoolplayground.. The plan includes zoned areas for grade K-2 and 3-5, and a new 10 seat swing, new hill slides and a new sandbox and the installation of ten to twelve inches of processed wood chip fiber, which...
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Community Commitment and College Presidents
College Presidents Recognized for Their Community Commitment The Adirondack Park Institute, the “Friends of the Interpretive Centers” hosted the New Beginnings Award Gala on August 9, 2012 at the Paul Smith’s College VIC. The event was to celebrate the rebirth of the Interpretive Centers under new owners and to share with the community the...
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NEW YORK FARM BUREAU DEMANDS ACTION ON 2012 FARM BILL
New York Farm Bureau members attended the Farm Bill Now Rally in Washington, DC today pushing for quick action on the 2012 Farm Bill before the current bill expires at the end of September. Already the delay has rolled back the safety net for New York’s dairy farmers and further inaction puts critical programs...
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St Joseph’s looking to add Veteran’s Community Residence on their property
The Village of Saranac Lake’s Planning Board and the Zoning Review Board has it’s eye on a new Veteran’s facility proposed by Robert Ross, CEO of St Joseph’s Addiction Treatment and RecoveryCenter.. Actually, there’s no way they couldn’t because St Joe’s neighbors continue to complain about the lack of communication between themselves and St...
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NBT Lake Placid completes building Renovation
CHANGES ON MAIN STREET: NBT BANK CELEBRATES RESTORATION OF MAIN STREET BRANCH You may have noticed some changes at the NBT Bank on Main Street. “When the front of the building and the big fan window were removed, our customers and the community were initially confused and upset to see it go,” said Camilla...
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K&J Show – Growing up Guggenheim
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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NYSEF says Come Climb to the Castle September 15th
WILMINGTON, NY — The New York Ski Educational Foundation and the Olympic Regional Development Authority host the 6th annual NYSEF Whiteface Climb to the Castle Rollerski Race on Saturday, September 15 at 8:00 am. The course starts at the Whiteface Toll Booth, climbing for 5 miles with an average 8% grade up the Whiteface...
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K&J Show – Active Motif Coming to Saranac Lake
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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