Northern Light

(May 31, 2024)

(May 30, 2024)

Researchers from Cornell have complied data that shows internet connectivity across New York State. The data can help push for easy and affordable internet access for everyone; a BOCES in Clinton and Essex counties recently got a big state grant to invest in its food infrastructure and culinary arts program; and a conversation with the silent film pianist performing in Elizabethtow

A portion of the LaSalle Causeway in Kingston was damaged in late March and has been closed since. Some tour boats are stuck in the harbor behind the bridge; in the last few days of the state legislative session, Governor Hochul is focused on passing measures to limit social media companies from using addictive algorithms on kids; and Kitty O'Neil, with the Cornell Cooperative Exte

(May 27, 2024)

Eight Akwesasne Mohawks were arrested on Barn Hart Island near Massena for protesting the Mohawk land claim settlement talks; scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year - dating back to World War II. But the passage of time has complicated the process of finding families to accept the remains; and four veterans and one Gold Star widow

Grocery costs are high, so folks on tight budgets are learning how to grow their own food at a Potsdam gardening class; a new poll finds Republicans and Democrats agree that New York should ban social media platforms from using addictive algorithms to kids, and lawmakers are listening; and the history of an unlikely feminist icon from northern New York. In the late 1800s, Josephine

Governor Kathy Hochul’s appointee to lead a state agency that helps New York’s legal cannabis retail stores get business loans faced tough questions from senators yesterday. It’s the latest in a string of accusations of mismanagement surrounding the state’s troubled rollout of adult recreational marijuana; we hear from one of the few guideboat builders left

Overall enrollment in North Country K-12 schools has been on the decline for decades now. But there’s one program in high schools that has seen a lot of growth. It’s BOCES’ Career and Technical Education programs; on Sunday, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik spoke to Israeli lawmakers and was involved in a heated interview on Fox News; also, we talk with Adirondack env

Folks in the Massena school district vote tomorrow on how to fund the public library. The state education deparment says switching to being a district library means there's greater accountability to the community, plus a more stable budget for the library; a group of local leaders came together in Potsdam recently to discuss ways to adapt to our changing climate; Governor Kathy Hoc