It even happens to New Yorkers who have good health insurance coverage - surprise medical bills that can total tens of thousands of dollars.
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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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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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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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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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