Northern Light Podcast
1) Cellphone ban in NY schools, Seagle Festival company manager, starting line at the 90 Miler
Students across New York went back to school this week, and this year, they'll have limits on using their cellphones at school; we head to Schroon Lake to meet someone working behind the scenes in the...Show More
2) Lake Placid panel preview, DMV inspections, Otis Mountain Getdown
NCPR reporters Cara Chapman and Emily Russell preview the roundtable discussion they're co-hosting in Lake Placid on Monday; state lawmakers voted to study the standards and fees for annual motor vehi...Show More
3) Cashman Assembly campaign, 90-Miler Canoe Race logistics, Chef Curtiss
Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman officially launched his campaign for an anticipated special election in the 115th Assembly District yesterday; we talk with the logistics coordinator of the...Show More
4) Saranac Lake school DEI, Dems select Cashman for special election, 46er exhibit in Elizabethtown
Despite the Trump administration asking schools to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, one local district says it has no plans of stopping; the chairs of the Democratic county committees ...Show More
5) Clarkson ROTC to stay, CASA volunteers, Stefanik on ICE, Corsican trail run, Northern Current preview
Sen. Chuck Schumer says the ROTC program at Clarkson University in Potsdam will not shut down, a reversal of a previous Army announcement; a volunteer who works with children who have been abused shar...Show More
6) Clinton Community College, NYS swim lessons, Margaret Jacobs
After more than a year and a half of planning, moving and renovating, Clinton Community College started classes at its new campus this week; we stop by a state park where New York has been offering fr...Show More
7) Saranac Lake veterinarian dies, Watertown bands, North Country at Work
We remember John Cogar, a longtime veterinarian and former bobsled athlete in the Adirondacks who drowned in Lower Saranac Lake last week; an arts organization in Watertown is hosting an event for loc...Show More
8) Gillibrand in Saranac Lake, accessibility at Great Camp Santanoni, "Jackal's Mistress" review
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Saranac Lake on Monday, as she works to secure millions in federal funding for the Trudeau Institute amid the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to scienti...Show More
9) The Dean's List: Vermont duo still "Best Boys" 3,000 miles apart
Longtime friends from Richmond, Vermont (and now Portland, Oregon) drop a new EP September 9th
10) Shoreline erosion, Plattsburgh Air Force base funding, Grant for Ogdensburg hospital, Best Boys VT band