Episodes

  • 7/7/25: Pickleball brings us all together

    7/7/25: Pickleball brings us all together
    Jul 7 2025
    (Jul 7, 2025) While civic groups and adult sports leagues have been disappearing from North Country society, pickleball leagues have exploded in popularity. We go courtside to a pickleball tournament in Potsdam which raises money for local charities. Also: The historic ferry business from Cape Vincent to Wolfe Island is now for sale.
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    9 mins
  • 7/2/25: Teaching the next generation of anglers

    7/2/25: Teaching the next generation of anglers
    Jul 3 2025
    (Jul 3, 2025) NOTE: This is yesterday's show. Our website and podcast system was down yesterday. Sorry for the inconvenience. David With so much water, the North Country is a prime place to fish. In Chazy in Clinton County, the rod and gun club brings local middle schoolers to train the next generation of anglers. Also: Hospital groups around the state say the tax and spending bill passed by the Senate will hurt New York's health care system.
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    10 mins
  • 7/3/25: The Hanmer guideboat race in Saranac Lake

    7/3/25: The Hanmer guideboat race in Saranac Lake
    Jul 3 2025
    (Jul 3, 2025) It's prime canoe and kayaking season, when there are races most weekends somewhere in the North Country. We join the Willard Hanmer paddling race, which is set to return to Saranac Lake this Sunday. Also: Health care professionals protested in Plattsburgh yesterday, saying Republicans' tax and spending bill will devastate the North Country's health system.
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    10 mins
  • 6/27/25: Lessons learned from the Dannemora breakout

    6/27/25: Lessons learned from the Dannemora breakout
    Jun 27 2025
    (Jun 27, 2025) The Dannemora prison break exposed a culture of complacency among corrections officers and leadership in the state prison system. We look at what's changed in the decade since and whether it's enough to prevent security lapses in the future.
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    10 mins
  • 6/26/25: A blissful swim near Blue Mountain Lake

    6/26/25: A blissful swim near Blue Mountain Lake
    Jun 26 2025
    (Jun 26, 2025) One of New York's top Democrats was in Plattsburgh yesterday to deliver funding for a big project in the city. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie brought an additional $1.5 million dollars for the construction of the Plattsburgh YMCA's new home. Also: With summer finally kicking in, we got for a swim in Tirrell Pond near Blue Mountain Lake.
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    10 mins
  • 6/25/25: The policeman who ended the Dannemora manhunt

    6/25/25: The policeman who ended the Dannemora manhunt
    Jun 25 2025
    (Jun 25, 2025) A decade ago, law enforcement shot and killed one of the dangerous convicts who escaped from Dannemora's prison, but the second was still on the loose. In a rare interview, we talk with the police officer who found him, ending the three-week manhunt that captivated the North Country. Also: A challenger defeated Glens Falls' mayor, and other results from primary day around the region.
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    10 mins