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Thom Hallock is the Director of Production & Content at Mountain Lake PBS, as well as the Senior Producer & Host of Mountain Lake Journal.
Mountain Lake PBS will air the short film, Tree House tomorrow at 2 PM. It's one of three films featured in the half-hour special Festival Films: Spotlight on New York Shorts. Producer and co-director of Tree House, Claire Kinnen joined me to talk about this movie that was shot in DeKalb, NY in a week with a very small budget. https://vimeo.com/336495086
Bill McColgan is the President & CEO of Mountain Lake PBS in Plattsburgh, NY.
(Jun 22, 2020) Plattsburgh mayor Colin Read, a Democrat, is facing two challengers in Tuesday's primary election: restaurant owner Tenzin Dorjee and Clinton County legislator Christopher Rosenquest. The three met recently for a televised debate hosted by Mountain Lake PBS and a panelist of reporters including Emily Russell.
Learn about the severe overcrowding of the Adirondacks with longtime Mountain Lake PBS journalist Thom Hallock. We'll also analyze why environmental groups are criticizing President Donald Trump's administration, the big election just north of the border next week and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's shift more to the right in 2019. Learn More: nynow.org
Ep12 Gen’s Delights http://mountainlake.org/blogs/gens-delights Dedicated to Inspire, Enrich and Engage my community “For me, a good trip (whether for business or pleasure) should be satisfying and include delicious food, comfortable accommodation and unforgettable activities. “Gen’s Delights” invites you to join me as I embark on a journey of discovery around Montreal and beyond as I share my favourite “Coup de Coeur” food, travel and event destinations with community members as well as offer tips and advice for the savvy traveller. Bon, voyage! Please follow my articles on Mountain Lake PBS: http://mountainlake.org/blogs/gens-delights links to your website, social media and contact info: https://mountainlake.org/category/read/gens-delights/ https://www.instagram.com/genevievepmroy/ Subscribe on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/boudoir-therapy/id1454078222 Stream all shows at https://darleenwong.com/boudoir-therapy/
Listen to a discussion about North Country politics with longtime Mountain Lake PBS journalist Thom Hallock. Featuring clips from the first TV debate between NY21 candidates Elise Stefanik, Tedra Cobb, and Lynn Kahn & analysis on the one, and likely only, debate between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Marc Molinaro. Learn More: nynow.org
(Oct 24, 2018) On Tuesday, the three candidates for the North Country's seat in Congress shared the stage for the first time at Mountain Lake PBS in Plattsburgh. Listen to their first debate in full.
In the beginning I saw neither hide nor hair of the animal known as the American marten. Then I found a suspicious dropping, and then I glimpsed the animal in a video in my own backyard. Still, it took years to set eyes on my first wild marten. Hear here my chronicle.
Pataki For President, Bridge Renamed In Honor Of Veterans, 9/11 Memorial, Heroes Remembered, Mega Maple, Honeybees Crisis, Film Forum Returns, Parsons Remembered As Broadcast Legend
Human music may well have been inspired by the music of birds. But where did birds get the idea? Recent research findings suggest that songbirds, also known as perching birds or passerines, trace their ancestry to the land of kangaroos.
Life brings its humbling moments. For me, a leader of bird walks, one came recently when a sparrow turned up, and I had no idea what kind it was. What to do? I confessed my ignorance and invited my companions to peer through binoculars and join me in solving the mystery at hand.
Lake Cleanup, High Tech Manure Spreading, Cross-Boarder Flood Study, New Lakefront Marina Opens, Community Tree House, Fowl Ban, After School Rummage Sale, Combating Bullying
New Senate Leader, Checkpoint Confrontation, Trail Improvements, Maple As Medicine, Tasty New Discovery, Dr. Jack, Gift of Music, Olympic History, John Brown Day
Spring brings the eyes a feast of color, and after a long, black-and-white winter, they're hungry for it. Some of the finest color of the season comes to us on the wings of butterflies. Listen and meet the mourning cloak, the comma, and the spring azure.
Have you ever injured yourself by accident, felt stupid afterward, and found yourself the brunt of jokes? I have. My story involves a crowd of kids and a very large and menacing blue crab. Hear it here.
Believe it or not, there are common insects that build armor around themselves like turtles grow shells. As larvae they live in streams, ponds, and lakes and are known as caddisflies.
Opting Out, Church Fire, Congresswoman Stefanik On Trains/Olympic Bid, Severe Weather Storm, New Lease On Life, Sugar Finds New Home
Destination Cuba, Manufacturing Universities, Skills Gap, Presidential Politics, Raising Concerns Over Oil Trains, Power Project, Facing The Storm, Locks For Luge, Message Delivered, Women of '69 Unboxed
In the Adirondacks and throughout most of eastern North America, we know spring has arrived when the red maple buds pop. Did you know that some red maples are girls and some are boys, and that you can tell the two apart from a car speeding along the highway? Here hear the details.
Amazing Migration, Rabies Outbreak, Underground Hydro-Power Project, Play Ball, Living The Miracle, Bottle Drive, Tibetan Festival, Evening of Healing
Riddle: What makes a marsupial a marsupial? Hint: it has little or nothing to do whether the animal has a marsupium, or pouch, for carrying its young. In fact, two mammals that have pouches for carrying young are not considered marsupials. Confused? Listen and join in on the confusion.
'All Things Natural' Celebrates 100th Episode! Listen here as Mr. Buck Tooth, "Rodent of the Year," accepts his honor at a meeting of the American Association of Gnawing Rodents.
Commitment Renewed, Budget Deadline, Rebuilding, Unfair Trade, Back To Back, Surprising Discovery, Wild Nature, Boy's Dream Comes True
Cross-border Deal, Hotel Clears Hurdle, Flood Danger, Drug Ring Busted, Pilot With A Heart, Bilingual Children, Get Ready To Learn
Pets bring us joy and the pleasures of companionship. And sometimes they bring us pain. Listen to a horror story of a house---my house---invaded by hordes of hungry mites.
Start looking at birds, and you have to master a whole new vocabulary of lingo. Pretty soon you'll be talking about wingbars, eye-lines, eye-rings, throat patches, rump patches, and if you're a real voyeur, crissums. To know birds, you have to get your mind around the details.
Olympic Bid, Budget Battle, Pay Raise, Transportation Funding, Anti-fracking Movement, Military Planes Fill Skies Over Plattsburgh, Big Change Roundup, Blowing In The Wind, Farm Fresh, Vision2Action, League Of Women Voters Of The North Country
Before there was James Bond OO7 the secret agent and ladies' man, there was James Bond the distinguished ornithologist and expert on birds of the West Indians. The real Bond met the creator of the fictional Bond on the island of Jamaica, and the rest is ornithological and cinematic history.
Everybody knows the bird, but most us have never seen it in the flesh: the great white owl of northern North America and Eurasia known as the snowy. Snowy owls used to be cigar salesman. Today, they gain appreciation as the most striking and massive of American owls.
Education Reforms, Father And Son Charged in Bank Heist, Driver Sentenced, Neighbor Credited With Saving Lives, Frigid February, Mr. Ice Guy, Festival Hits High Note
RELIVING THE MIRACLE, DRIVER SHORTAGE, MEDICAL MARIJUANA, MILLION CAN DRIVE, NEW LEASE ON LIFE, SPECIAL DINNER GUEST, STODDARD EXHIBIT.
You don't have to be crazy to believe in the existence of Little People. They exist. We call them penguins. Join me in reminiscing about wild penguins I have known.
Lessons learned, oil train derailments, unfair competition, growing interest, lucky dog, and the Miracle on Ice.
If you have the privilege of getting close to a mink, it'll stink. But don't let the smell scare you off. These fierce, wide-ranging members of the weasel tribe offer fine entertainment to those who watch them.
SILVER RESIGNS, DEMOCRATS CHOOSE NEW LEADER, SUNY SETS GRADUATION GOAL, IP/OSHA INVESTIGATE DEATH, THE FORGOTTEN PLAGUE, WINTER CARNIVAL, R&R, BARN QUILT TRAIL, GRAMMY HONORS LOCAL MUSICIAN
ASSEMBLY ELECTS NEW SPEAKER, ETHICS REFORM, QUEBEC INDEPENDENCE, GROWING INTEREST, FARMERS GET MILK MONEY, QUILT PROJECT, TORCH LIGHTING, TAX HELP, A YANK IN LIBYA, LESSONS LEARNED ON THE FARM
IP PULLS PLUG ON GAS PIPELINE, CUOMO PUSHES ECONOMIC AGENDA, DUPREY CHOSEN FOR SEARCH COMMITTEE, ICE TRAINING, GOING GLOBAL, COMMUNITY RINK, WHITE HOUSE HONORS, SHARING SCIENCE, GIFT FROM THE HEART
If the history of medical science can teach us one thing, it's this. Don't underestimate dirt. From ordinary backyard soil and composted compost have some of the world's most useful wonder-drugs. Tuberculosis, a world-wide plague that killed and tormented untold millions, proved no match for the chemical weapons produced by a widespread microbe in plain old ordinary dirt.
We may be all cut from the same cloth, yet every one of us is one of a kind. The same holds for wild animals. In a given family of wild owls, robins, or raccoons, no two individuals share the same personality. Vive le difference!
Men are often drawn to women by their eyes. So it was with me as I was getting to know my wife, Debbie. In this case, there was more to it than just the color and depth I found in her luminous blue orbs. It also was what they saw.
On a cold winter day, I go out, then come in. Between the start and finish lie ninety brisk minutes of exercise and illumination. Join me!
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SILVER ACCUSED OF TAKING MILLIONS IN BRIBES, CUOMO DELIVERS STATE OF THE STATE/BUDGET ADDRESS, FREE COLLEGE?, TOUR BUS CRASH INVESTIGATION, LANDMARK LOST, CHARTER COMMISSION, CALNON LOOKS AHEAD TO NEW YEAR
Meet Corinne Parnapy, a real live phycologist. She studies that slimy stuff, green or brown or red, that we call algae. Is it interesting? Listen and judge for yourself.
Bacteria do it. Viruses do it. Even pesky little fungi do it. Make plants and people sick, that is. Listen to how it goes for plants.
REMEMBERING MARIO CUOMO, NORTH COUNTRY REFLECTS ON CUOMO’S LEGACY, MAKING HISTORY, DRIVER PLEADS GUILTY IN DEADLY CRASH, GIFT KEEPS ON GIVING, WEDDING DAY DREAM, DESIGNED IN CANADA, MADE IN CLINTON COUNTY
Bill Owens Looks Back: North Country Representative Bill Owens reflects back on his time in Congress.
Made in Clinton County: This week we focus on business with profiles of several manufacturers and businesses in Clinton County.
Do you hear what I hear? It's late on a cold winter night. Snow lies softly over the ground, and the red stuff in the thermometer is plunging.
If there are bruins in the neighborhood, trouble may be brewin'. Listen and learn how to avoid it.