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Ever dreamt of opening your own bar — only to wonder if you're cut out for the chaos that comes with it?Gregg Singer didn't set out to open a bar. What started as a real estate deal turned into The Golden Monkey Lounge in Glens Falls, NY — and a crash course in what it really takes to run a bar from the ground up.This isn't a story about ribbon cuttings or flashy cocktails. It's about long nights, hard lessons, and figuring it out one stumble at a time.In this episode:The gut-check moments no one warns you about when starting a barWhy passion's just the starting point — and what actually keeps you afloatHow Gregg built a bar that regulars didn't just like — they belonged toHit play to hear what happens when a back-of-napkin idea turns into a full-blown bar — and the reality behind the dream.The Golden Monkey Lounge WebsiteThe Golden Monkey Lounge FacebookLearn More:Schedule a Strategy SessionBar Business Nation Facebook GroupThe Bar Business Podcast WebsiteChris' Book 'How to Make Top-Shelf Profits in the Bar Business'Thank you to our show sponsors, SpotOn and Starfish. SpotOn's modern, cloud-based POS system allows bars to increase team productivity and provides the reporting you need to make smart financial decisions. Starfish works with your bookkeeping software using AI to help you make data-driven decisions and maximize your profits while giving you benchmarking data to understand how you compare to the industry at large. **We are a SpotOn affiliate and earn commissions from the link above. A podcast for bar, pub, tavern, nightclub, and restaurant owners, managers, and hospitality professionals, covering essential topics like bar inventory, marketing strategies, restaurant financials, and hospitality profits to help increase bar profits and overall success in the hospitality industry.

(May 22, 2025) The Plattsburgh city council installed Jarrod Trombley as its new police chief last week, and some residents expressed concern over past workplace misconduct allegations against him; locals in Glens Falls hope the opening of a new event and market center called The Ed signals a fresh start for the city; and for Mental Health Month, we're putting the spotlight on what makes farmers more vulnerable to mental health challenges.

(May 15, 2025) Plattsburgh Press-Republican editor-in-chief Joe LoTemplio reflects on 40 years in local news as he retires; Albany lawmakers held a hearing on the state's prisons yesterday; and artwork created by teens in the southern Adirondacks will be on display at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls through this weekend.

In 1990, two men entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole something like $500 million worth of art, in what became the most infamous art heist in U.S. history. Today, we're joined by retired museum professional Frederick J. Fisher, who thinks that the Gardner affair may have been a sequel to an earlier effort to a rob a different institution, the Hyde Collection, located in Glens Falls, New York. Fisher explores the theory in a new book titled The Practice Run, which is out May 15, 2025, so go order a copy!   If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.   

The Knicks have pulled off two 20-point comebacks in the first two games of their series with the Celtics. Will New York finish off the defending champs or does Boston have a comeback of its own? Plus, Jimmer Fredette is now the managing director of USA Basketball's 3x3 program. We're catching up with the Glens Falls native about his retirement from playing to his prominent position now with Team USA. Aaron Judge is at the top of MLB's offensive statistical categories with eye-popping numbers even beyond his previous unanimous MVP seasons.

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(Apr 25, 2025) NPR's Brian Mann sends a postcard from a Champlain Valley farm in the midst of lambing season; Glens Falls basketball star Jimmer Fredette announced his retirement from the sport this week; and in celebration of National Poetry Month, we listen to two poems submitted by North Country poets.

(Mar 28, 2025) President Trump has pulled NY-21 Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations; Federal officials detained several dairy farm workers on Thursday; how a Glens Falls artist makes his living; we visit a tulip farm in Vermont; and, it's maple, maple, everywhere!

On March 23 in Glens Falls, the group IndivisibleADK held a town hall for NY Congressional district 21. Their representative, Elise Stefanik has recently been appointed ambassador to the United Nations by Donald Trump, but has yet to be confirmed. Members of IndivisibleADK claim that Stefanik has been ignoring her constituents for some time as she pursues a national or international spotlight. The meeting, which was filled to capacity with several people unable to get in to the hall, had a cardboard cutout of Stefanik on a chair at the front of the room. After an introduction from Cheryl Bratton, members of the audience posed questions to their absent Congressperson.

(Mar 6, 2025) As the prison crisis deepens in New York, more attention is on the head of that system, corrections commissioner Daniel Martuschello. A new investigation reveals scandals and deep family ties in Martuschello's leadership. Also: The story of a canceled drag queen story hour at a small library near Glens Falls is being turned into a new musical.

The Landisi siblings are hoops standouts for Beacon. Their mom was among the best ever to play for Haldane. Jen Moran Landisi, 48, oversees Beacon's Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) basketball program, which has 200 players in kindergarten through the eighth grade. Otherwise, she is probably watching her daughter, Reilly, and her son, Ryan, play for Beacon High School. The girls' and boys' teams compete on Monday (March 3) in the first round of the state tournament. Jen knows a bit about being a standout. By the time she graduated from Haldane High School in 1994, she had set a scoring record with 1,776 points that held for 14 years until Brittany Shields scored 1,945. (Reilly has 1,293 points for Beacon; she is also an All-State soccer player who will compete this fall for SUNY Oneonta.) Described as a "whirlwind of hustle" when she was inducted into the Haldane Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017, Jen led the Blue Devils to three state Final Fours. Her teams went 97-15. She began playing for the varsity in eighth grade, was named first-team All-State as a senior and went on to score nearly 1,000 points for St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill. "I remember the gym [at Haldane] was always full - that's not always the case for girls' games," Jen recalled. She said a running joke at the time was that the best time for burglars in Cold Spring was during state finals weekend, when the entire village decamped to Glens Falls. "It was the community support I remember most," she says, "and having a really great coach." That was Ken Thomas, who, she said, "knew the game, made us love it and didn't put up with much." She and her teammates were inspired by the 1989 girls' team, which won the school's first state title. (Haldane also won in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2008.) "We wanted to do just as well," Jen said. Young fans also helped motivate the team. "Win or lose, they'd ask for our autographs," she said. Jen began playing at age 5 in the Philipstown Recreation League, with her mom and dad as coaches. "I don't know if I had a choice, with them coaching," she said. "But there was no question I loved it." Her children also began playing at an early age in the Beacon CYO program. "I loved it right away," says Reilly, 18. "I always wanted to go practice, looked forward to games and my best friends were on the team." While Reilly feels ball handling and playmaking are her strengths, she needs to "pull up and shoot more, instead of always driving to the basket." The Bulldogs enter the tournament at 15-5, with a 12-game winning streak that included a win at previously undefeated Pine Bush after losing to the same team by 20 points earlier in the season. Reilly said she especially appreciates rival games, such as the Battle of the Tunnel series against Haldane. "That game is always fun," she said. "There's a larger than usual crowd, and if we win, we get a big trophy!" She was diplomatic regarding whether she or her younger brother, a junior center who averages nine points and 5.5 rebounds for the 16-4 boys' team, is the better player. "We play different positions," she said. Ryan also started basketball in Beacon's CYO, during the first grade, and also loved the game immediately. "It's fast-paced, so it can't really get boring, plus I've been playing with the same group of kids since I was little," he said. "It's fun when you have a team that's good and knows how to play together." He said Beacon's biggest rival is New Paltz, which beat them 73-66 early in the season. New Paltz was also the opponent in the game he remembers most after 2½ years on the varsity, in the state tournament when the Bulldogs won despite having one of their best players out sick. He concedes his sister is probably the better ballplayer. "I'm just bigger," he said, with a smile. Mom said she squirms a bit when watching her kids play. "I'm a nervous wreck because they're my babies!" she said. "I just want them to do well, for themselves."

(Jan 29, 2025) A St. Lawrence River community in the Thousand Islands may have an ally in the Trump Administration as a fight over a proposed border facility continues into 2025; in today's North Country at Work story, a Glens Falls bookstore owner tells us why it's important to see yourself in the books you read; and the steady cold is setting up the best ice fishing season in a few winters, so the folks at Beaver Camp are hosting a non-competitive derby, where every fisherman gets a prize.

(Jan 29, 2025) A decade ago, independent bookstores were considered all but dead with the dominance of online retailers like Amazon. Today, they're making a comeback, including in Glens Falls, where a new bookstore owner wants people to be able to see themselves in the books they read. Also: Opponents of a customs facility in a sensitive bay on the St. Lawrence River say they may have an ally in the Trump aministration.

(Jan 20, 2025) Community health centers have struggled financially in recent years due to stagnant Medicaid rates. That's putting care for many North Country families on lower incomes at risk; the mayor of Glens Falls is getting challenged for his seat by a fellow Democrat on the city council amidst disagreement over the city's budget process; and, NCPR book reviewer Betsy Kepes considers "Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania."

(Jan 10, 2025) The new North Creek Ski Bowl lodge has no sewer to connect to; why the Adirondacks make the perfect "raw material" for artists; SUNY is trying to make it easier for students to transfer between campuses; we head to Glens Falls for a trail run; and, a preview of The Strand's winter concert series in Watertown.

The panel is back one more time to think back on Christmas Eve and the importance of the Incarnation. God took on flesh and dwelt among us in Jesus. Why is this so important to our faith during Christmas and even beyond? Guests on the Podcast: Rev. Stephanie Schneider: Village Baptist & First Baptist, Glens Falls & Ft. Edward, NY Rev. Peggy Hanson: Madison UMC, Madison SD Rev. Teresa Whetsel: Flame of Faith UMC, West Fargo, ND Beata Ferris: Discipleship Coordinator at Pierre First UMC, Pierre, SD Eric Stearns: Lay Leader at Canton UMC, Canton, SD Connect with the Canton UMC!

(Dec 30, 2024) We dive into how the Glens Falls City School District has bucked the "chronic absenteeism" trend and gotten kids back into school; the state attorney general's office released body camera footage last week of prison guards fatally beating an inmate at a prison in Utica; and we listen back to how a group of students at Hermon-DeKalb Central School experienced last April's total solar eclipse. 

(Dec 30, 2024) Since the pandemic, educators nationwide have grappled with a crisis of kids just not coming to school. How one North Country school district is bucking the trend of 'chronic absenteeism' and gotten kids back into the classroom. Also: The state education department is calling for additional school funding in next year's budget.

Pastor Clay and his friends are back for the 4th Week of Advent to discuss what some of the touchstones of the holidays are for them. This goes with our week on touch and feeling, so what are some of the touchstones and traditions that make it feel like Christmas? Guests on the Podcast: Rev. Stephanie Schneider: Village Baptist & First Baptist, Glens Falls & Ft. Edward, NY Rev. Peggy Hanson: Madison UMC, Madison SD Rev. Teresa Whetsel: Flame of Faith UMC, West Fargo, ND Beata Ferris: Discipleship Coordinator at Pierre First UMC, Pierre, SD Eric Stearns: Lay Leader at Canton UMC, Canton, SD Connect with the Canton UMC!

The panel is back to discuss another one of our senses as it relates to Advent and Christmas. One of the most amazing parts of this season is the special meals and treats we get to enjoy along with the special people around us. We hope you enjoy all these stories. What treat lets you know that the season is truly here? Guests on the Podcast: Rev. Stephanie Schneider: Village Baptist & First Baptist, Glens Falls & Ft. Edward, NY Rev. Peggy Hanson: Madison UMC, Madison SD Rev. Teresa Whetsel: Flame of Faith UMC, West Fargo, ND Beata Ferris: Discipleship Coordinator at Pierre First UMC, Pierre, SD Eric Stearns: Lay Leader at Canton UMC, Canton, SD Connect with the Canton UMC!

(Dec 11, 2024) Folks in Whitehall are looking out for their neighbors and the state is sending tankers of water as the village deals with a drinking water emergency; the South Glens Falls Pop Warner Cheer Team will compete in a national competition in Orlando, Fla. tomorrow; and we hear about Chapel Unplugged, a monthly event in St. Lawrence University's chapel that encourages people to put away their devices and focus on themselves and each other. 

(Dec 11, 2024) A girls' cheerleading team in Warren County will perform in a national competition in Florida tomorrow. We meet the South Glens Falls Bulldogs, 4th to 7th graders who have spent weeks practicing and honing their routine. Also: The Biden Administration has locked in $4.5 billion in funding for Micron's semiconductor factories, which are expected to bring thousands of jobs to the Syracuse area.

Welcome back to the Cut for Time Podcast at the Canton United Methodist Church. As we continue our sermon series focused on how our sensory experiences focus us on the birth of Christ, we turn to our sense of hearing. This week, you'll hear from Pastor Clay and his panel about their favorite Christmas songs. Guests on the Podcast: Rev. Stephanie Schneider: Village Baptist & First Baptist, Glens Falls & Ft. Edward, NY Rev. Peggy Hanson: Madison UMC, Madison SD Rev. Teresa Whetsel: Flame of Faith UMC, West Fargo, ND Beata Ferris: Discipleship Coordinator at Pierre First UMC, Pierre, SD Eric Stearns: Lay Leader at Canton UMC, Canton, SD Check out a playlist based on today's episode! Connect with the Canton UMC!

Welcome to the Season of Advent at the Canton UMC! Advent is a season of the senses, and our sermon series is focused on how our sensory experiences focus us on the birth of Christ. This week you'll be introduced to several of Pastor Clay's friends and ministry colleagues who will all share an experience of Christmas sights that is impactful for them. Guests on the Podcast: Rev. Stephanie Schneider: Village Baptist & First Baptist, Glens Falls & Ft. Edward, NY; Rev. Peggy Hanson: Madison UMC, Madison SD; Rev. Teresa Whetsel: Flame of Faith UMC, West Fargo, ND; Beata Ferris: Discipleship Coordinator at Pierre First UMC, Pierre, SD; Eric Stearns: Lay Leader at Canton UMC, Canton, SD. Connect with the Canton UMC!

The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, New York offers a collection of artworks that spans nearly 6,000 years of art history, from the ancient world to the present day. The museum's diverse and curated holdings include masterpieces from antiquity, the Renaissance, the modern era, and contemporary art.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, First, Tracy Frisch of the Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls talks with Mark Dunlea about the recent denials of various air and waste permits for their biochar plant proposal in the Town of Moreau. Then, Skidmore College's Jordan Guzman talks about food insecurity. Later on, Marshall Lazarus brings us part two of her series on Michelle Crone's 5 decades of activism. After that, Brea Barthel talks to Carol Roberts, head of youth services at Troy Public Library in another public library update. Finally, we have an interview with the author of “Fascism Today: What it is and How to End It”

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has denied the various air and waste permits for the controversial biochar plant proposal in the Town of Moreau. The company wanted to process up to 15 percent of the biosolids generated in New York without first demonstrating that its process works at scale and is protective of human health and the environment. Tracy Frisch of the Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

(Oct 31, 2024) On Election Day, North Country voters will cast ballots for more than just the president. We take a look at very local races - like town justice, county judge, and town boards - and the more immediate impact they can have on residents' daily lives. Also: Congresswoman Elise Stefanik kicked off the last week of campaigning with a speech to thousands of Trump supporters at Madison Square Garden, while her Democratic opponent Paula Collins debated herself in Glens Falls.

Dementia is a family disease that affects not just the afflicted person but everyone who loves, depends on, and cares for her. Alzheimer's and related diseases don't kill off their victims right away but instead drains them over years of their ability to think or do or even really be themselves. Watching that happen is horrifying and tests caregivers. Writer Will Doolittle knows this. Seven and one half years ago his wife Bella was diagnosed with Alzheimer and told she probably had eight years to live. He writes about how the disease has changed their lives. Rosemary's family care for her 98-year-old mother who is slowly disappearing. Ruth Fish is a nurse practitioner who offer support and hope and sees the bright spots for families like Doolittle's and Armao's. Will Doolittle is 64. He met his wife, Bella, when he was 13 and living in Saranac Lake, and she came over from Lake Placid to see her boyfriend, Dave, who was one of Will's best friends. Bella was 15. Will worked at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, his family's business, as a teenager, and then again after college and some time abroad. In 1986, he was living in Lake Placid,, working on the newspaper there, when he went into the Lake Placid bar P.J. O'Neill's and, after pushing through a crowd, saw a bartender he thought he recognized. "I think I know you," he said to Bella. "Yeah? Half the guys in here think they know me," she said. Before long  they were seeing each other. After several months, Will moved into the apartment in Saranac Lake where Bella lived with her two children, Travis and Ginny, who were 8 and 7.  Will and Bella got married in April of 1990, and the family moved the next year to Malone, where Will worked as the editor of the local paper, the Telegram.  Bella commuted to Saranac Lake to continue working as a photographer for the Enterprise, then took a job as a bartender at a notorious biker bar in Malone.  They moved to Glens Falls in the fall of 1993, where Will had taken a job as an editor at the Post-Star. He worked as night, Sunday, features, editorial page and special projects editor — not all at once — over the next 29 years, retiring in January of 2022 to stay home and take care of Bella full-time.  Bella worked various jobs and finished her undergraduate degree, then got a master's and a teaching certificate while she was working full time as a domestic violence counselor at Catholic Charities.  Will and Bella adopted their son Zo in 1990 and daughter Tam a couple of years later.  Bella took a job as a teacher and administrator for the Ticonderoga branch campus of North Country Community College but was forced to retire in 2018 after informing the college in 2017 she had been diagnosed with Alzheimers.   Will was able to keep working for a few years but eventually had to stop. He is now writing a memoir that will include what's happening with my life now with Bella. He also writes a Substack column about that which you can read here: https://kentingley.substack.com/ Ruth E. Fish is a certified family nurse practitioner with more than 35 years of experience in internal medicine and geriatrics. She is an educator for the Center for Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease at the Glens Falls NY Hospital. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from SUNY Plattsburgh and a master's from the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond in Family Nurse Practice and Community Healthy. She has been awarded the Warren County Bar Association's Liberty Bell prize for work helping adult reach physical and neuron-cognitive wellness. A nurse beloved by patients she also has an extensive volunteer history including helping refugees coming into her community. 

Dementia is a family disease that affects not just the afflicted person but everyone who loves, depends on, and cares for her. Alzheimer's and related diseases don't kill off their victims right away but instead drains them over years of their ability to think or do or even really be themselves. Watching that happen is horrifying and tests caregivers. Writer Will Doolittle knows this. Seven and one half years ago his wife Bella was diagnosed with Alzheimer and told she probably had eight years to live. He writes about how the disease has changed their lives. Rosemary's family care for her 98-year-old mother who is slowly disappearing. Ruth Fish is a nurse practitioner who offer support and hope and sees the bright spots for families like Doolittle's and Armao's. Will Doolittle is 64. He met his wife, Bella, when he was 13 and living in Saranac Lake, and she came over from Lake Placid to see her boyfriend, Dave, who was one of Will's best friends. Bella was 15. Will worked at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, his family's business, as a teenager, and then again after college and some time abroad. In 1986, he was living in Lake Placid,, working on the newspaper there, when he went into the Lake Placid bar P.J. O'Neill's and, after pushing through a crowd, saw a bartender he thought he recognized. "I think I know you," he said to Bella. "Yeah? Half the guys in here think they know me," she said. Before long they were seeing each other. After several months, Will moved into the apartment in Saranac Lake where Bella lived with her two children, Travis and Ginny, who were 8 and 7. Will and Bella got married in April of 1990, and the family moved the next year to Malone, where Will worked as the editor of the local paper, the Telegram. Bella commuted to Saranac Lake to continue working as a photographer for the Enterprise, then took a job as a bartender at a notorious biker bar in Malone. They moved to Glens Falls in the fall of 1993, where Will had taken a job as an editor at the Post-Star. He worked as night, Sunday, features, editorial page and special projects editor — not all at once — over the next 29 years, retiring in January of 2022 to stay home and take care of Bella full-time. Bella worked various jobs and finished her undergraduate degree, then got a master's and a teaching certificate while she was working full time as a domestic violence counselor at Catholic Charities. Will and Bella adopted their son Zo in 1990 and daughter Tam a couple of years later. Bella took a job as a teacher and administrator for the Ticonderoga branch campus of North Country Community College but was forced to retire in 2018 after informing the college in 2017 she had been diagnosed with Alzheimers. Will was able to keep working for a few years but eventually had to stop. He is now writing a memoir that will include what's happening with my life now with Bella. He also writes a Substack column about that which you can read here: https://kentingley.substack.com/ Ruth E. Fish is a certified family nurse practitioner with more than 35 years of experience in internal medicine and geriatrics. She is an educator for the Center for Excellence for Alzheimer's Disease at the Glens Falls NY Hospital. She holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from SUNY Plattsburgh and a master's from the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond in Family Nurse Practice and Community Healthy. She has been awarded the Warren County Bar Association's Liberty Bell prize for work helping adult reach physical and neuron-cognitive wellness. A nurse beloved by patients she also has an extensive volunteer history including helping refugees coming into her community.

(Aug 26, 2024) Warren County is facing a budget shortfall, and it's considering raising the sales tax. A heated debate over what's the best way to close a budget gap in Glens Falls and the surrounding area. Also: We meet Tupper Lake's resident Santa Claus, who also has become a mascot for the community's Riverpigs baseball team.

(Aug 21, 2024) We remember the life of local civil rights activist Alice Green and learn about her work getting Black Adirondackers involved with the state's reparations commission; a North Country at Work profile of a Glens Falls man who's spent his life selling big trucks; and work by North Country artists that considers the value of our region's waterways is on display this month at the Ogdensburg Free Academy's Montpelier Gallery. 

(Aug 6, 2024) Nearly 1,000 people rallied on Sunday to oppose the state's plan to close a prison in the Adirondacks; The U.S and Canada have lost over a quarter of their bird populations since 1970 due to collisions with windows; and artists are bringing murals to life in Glens Falls.

(Aug 6, 2024) Murals and other public art have become increasingly popular in the North Country, making downtowns look and feel better. In Glens Falls, a new annual event is turning mural making into a community exercise. Also: A new Siena College poll finds Vice President Kamala Harris has a 14 point lead in New York over former President Donald Trump, more than double the lead President Joe Biden had.

Thursday's Race of the Day is Saratoga's Grade 2 Glens Falls Stakes. Dan Illman and Mike Beer analyze here. This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

(Jul 29, 2024) Scott Kotronis, a helicopter pilot in the Adirondacks, has flown thousands of lifesaving missions over his 30-year career; Glens Falls native Jimmer Fredette is hooping in 3-on-3 basketball in the Paris 2024 Olympics; and, a conversation with David Francis, pastel artist and organizer of the Adirondack Pastel Society's 10th Annual Adirondack National Pastel Exhibition at The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls.

(Jul 22, 2024) A new report looks at working conditions for workers in New York's solar industry. Many are not unionized, lack healthcare and take stimulants to work longer; the closure of Great Meadow Correctional near Glens Falls could have a big impact on families of staff and the local economy; and, the current opera of the Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake is underway. We'll chat with artistic director, Darren Woods.

(Jul 18, 2024) Cleanup continues in Glens Falls after a line of severe thunderstorms moved through the region Tuesday night; we speak with the manager of a Queensbury car dealership where multiple vehicles caught fire due to a downed power line; a group of academics is looking to change the name of a hill in the Tri-Lakes region that currently uses a racial epithet; and a conversation with Jeff Gura, who raced in the first Lake Placid Ironman 25 years ago and has competed every year since.

(Jun 17, 2024) A set of large barges will lay a 97-mile portion of the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line along the bottom of Lake Champlain this summer. Zachary Matson with the Adirondack Explorer says once it's finished, it'll effectively act as an extension cord from Quebec hydropower to New York City; early voting started on Saturday. Just nine primaries are being contested in North Country; and, passing on a love for photography at the Crandall Public Library.

A homily is a public speech, so it only makes sense to write it in public, says Scott VanDerveer, who mostly writes his homilies sitting at a long shared table in a coffee shop. “I love looking up at whoever's in line at the cash register at that moment and thinking, ‘Would this guy, or would this woman care about what I'm saying at all; would this speak to their life at all?'” he says. “Or would they say, ‘Ugh, that's so churchy?'” The Rev. VanDerveer, a priest of the Diocese of Albany and the pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Glens Falls, New York, joins “Preach” host Ricardo da Silva to discuss his homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, often referred to as Corpus Christi. In the season finale of Preach, we're answering a resounding call from our listeners! Instead of our usual homily recorded exclusively for the podcast, we're sharing one Scott delivered at his parish in June 2022, before a live congregation. Ricardo invites Scott to revisit the homily, two years later, to explore how it evolved from preparation to delivery and how he would refine it today. Scott also shares his tips for weaving parishioners' personal stories into his homilies, revealing how he leverages his training as a journalist and uses the notes app on his cellphone, akin to how a reporter might use a notebook to capture inspiration on the go. Scott also jokes about his retirement plans, imagining himself back behind the wheel of a school bus, a job he briefly held for a time after college. He quips, “I always tease my friends that priesthood is the second-best job I've ever had.” Read Scott's homily Read the Scripture readings for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood Christ, Year C. Get daily Scripture reflections and support “Preach” by becoming a digital subscriber to America Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(May 9, 2024) New York announced $3 million for land conservation groups, but environmentalists say the state is falling far short of its conservation goals; meanwhile, the state Legislature voted on climate change and environmental bills this week, but lawmakers couldn't predict if any of them would become law; we meet a Potsdam girl with grit at baseball practice; and explore how the bonds of baseball span generations in a Glens Falls exhibit.

(May 9, 2024) From little league to adult softball to professional games, the North Country has baseball and softball games all spring and summer long. A new exhibit at the Chapman Museum celebrates the history and culture of America's pastime in Glens Falls.

(Apr 16, 2024) Eight years after it was awarded a Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant, Glens Falls is getting close to finishing its DRI projects, which would make it the first community in the North Country to do so; Hochul announced that a tentative $237 billion budget deal has been reached. A surprising and controversial change is a plan to close regional centers that help people with developmental disabilities hire their own healthcare workers, and move them out of state; we debrief with astronomer Aileen O'Donoghue about the eclipse and consider a star that looks like it will explode.

(Apr 16, 2024) Glens Falls was the first community in the North Country to win the state's 10 million dollar revitalization grant. Eight long years later, the city can finally see the finish line for all its projects and improvements. Also: The hospital in Plattsburgh went into lockdown for a few hours yesterday, two months after police prevented a potential mass shooting there.

(Apr 15, 2024) Jefferson and St. Lawrence Counties recently increased the amount it reimburse funeral homes when they bury people who can't afford to pay. But, it doesn't help working families who are on the edge of qualifying; we hear about how a small canal transformed Glens Falls in the 1800s; lawmakers are two weeks late on hashing out a spending plan for the state for the next year and there's no resolution in sight; and NCPR book reviewer Betsy Kepes shares her thoughts about Canadian writer, Amanda Peters' debut novel, "The Berry Pickers".

Hi everybody and welcome to today's episode of Attendance Bias. I am your host, Brian Weinstein. Today, we're taking on one of the big ones: one of the most pivotal shows in the band's 40 year career. Guest Jeff Paradise was at the first modern Phish Halloween show, October 31, 1994 at the Glens Falls Civic Center, where the band played a 3-set show that included the band's first musical costume; a full cover of The Beatles' White Album in the second set. The full show lasted about 5 hours, concluding at around 3:30am in a remote upstate New York minor league hockey arena.Jeff was in college in Ithaca, NY at the time, bouncing around college towns to see Phish, frequently at the behest of his friends, since Jeff was the guy with the car. At this point of the band's career, being a college student in upstate NY or New England was a golden age of being a Phish fan. Chances are that, if they weren't playing withing a few hours drive this week, they would be next week. It's easy to look back now and see how monumental this show was–a band covering a double album of the most famous band in rock and rock history, and Jeff points out that, even compared to other big Phish shows of the era, the historicity of the show was apparent even in real time. Anyone in the audience in Glens Falls that night knew that they were witnessing history.   Even with that, we have a lot more to cover about this five-hour, three-set show. So join Jeff and I as we discuss Dark Side of the Moon fakeouts, mailing in postcards, and making it back in time for class with October 31, 1994 at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

(Mar 29, 2024) On Wednesday, a sure sign of spring on the Paul Smiths College campus. Professor Curt Stager has been monitoring the same sandy hillside for the first bees of the season; student athletes in Glens Falls were honored with a parade earlier this week; once again, the state budget will be late this year; and Aileen O'Donoghue combines astronomy and gastronomy, by helping Todd and Monica make a sweet-n-salty snack to enjoy during the total solar eclipse April 8th.

NCAA Tournament preview show with predictions and former Section 2 stars in the Capital Region now part of March Madness this week! Glens Falls grad Joseph Girard III has 6th seeded Clemson going up against 11 seed New Mexico while Albany Academy grad August Mahoney is back in the big dance with Yale after winning the Ivy League title. The Bulldogs take on Auburn in a 4-13 matchup. Plus, Saratoga Springs grad Dolly Cairns is part of another run for Florida Gulf Coast, which has won seven straight Atlantic Sun Conference tournament championships. The 12th seeded Eagles will face 5 seed Oklahoma. And, Hoosick Falls grad Meg Barber has led the NYU women's basketball program to its first DIII national championship in more than 25 years!

(Mar 18, 2024) There's a staff shortage of prison workers in NY, potentially leading to 5 more correctional facilities closing this year; a conversation with St. Lawrence County DA about his investigations into dozens of abuse claims against the former Ivy Ridge boarding school. The school is the subject of a new Netflix documentary; and we'll check out the current photo exhibit on display at the Chapman Museum in Glens Falls that features the small family camps and lean-tos of the southern Adirondacks.

(Jan 15, 2024) James Bonet went through a political transformation over the last few years, from leaning left to diving deep into the far right. He went down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, including about the 2020 presidential election, eventually landing him in federal prison.