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News Blog:
The In Box
Behind the day's news with NCPR reporters: questions, comments, thoughts, and threads.
Newest Posts:
Is ORDA short-changing North Creek?
Morning Read: Lay-offs, uncertainty at drug plant in Rouses Point
Morning Read: Climate change coming to a road near you


All In
Community Blog
All In: NCPR staff and friends out and around in the community.
Newest Posts:
24/7 news?in the powder room
On the road: Essex and Lake Placid
Bob's Bike Trip (3) Made it!


Dale Hobson
NCPR Blogs:
Brain Clouds: the Listening Post Blurbs
NCPR web manager Dale Hobson has been sharing perfectly good thoughts that would otherwise go to waste in his introductions to the station's e-newsletter The Listening Post. In the spirit of good stewardship, eight years worth are composted here.
Newest Posts:
Bloomsday
Angel invasion
Digital archaeology


To the Beat
Music Blog:
To the Beat
Each Friday at 3 pm, David Sommerstein brings the best funk, latin and other global grooves to NCPR on The Beat Authority. Join the conversation.
Newest Posts:
Beat of the day: Quantic and Alice
It's a trip
Doc on Tito Puente's band in Potsdam


Art Throb
NCPR Blogs:
Art Throb
Susan Olsen of Borealis Color in Saranac Lake follows the arts and artists of Northern New York.
Northern Collaboration
Bitter Cold Blues: A Remedy
Living Waters


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Music Blog:
In the Studio
NCPR's Production Manager, Joel Hurd, discusses geeky audio stuff and cool projects happening in NCPR's recording studio.
Guitar Hero (the person, not the video game)
Using Skype on the radio
Pianist Bruce Barth on The Bridge this weekend

North Country region blogs

Curt Stager
An Independent Blog:
Save the Carbon
Naturalist Curt Stager, co-host of Natural Selections and author of Deep Future, shares long-term perspectives on environmental change, past, present, and future.
Newest Posts:
Meet The Turtle Moms
Big landslide on Little Porter Mountain
Rising waters in the North Country


Toto and Oz
Independent Blog:
Grindstone Financial
The Artful Blogger grew up in Lafargeville, made his bones on Wall Street, and returned to the North Country in 2003, settling in Clayton to raise his family and dabble in the markets.
Newest Posts:
And now for the good news
It's still all Greek all the time (with a side salad of midwest nuke meltdown drama)
It's all Greek to me


ADK Almanack
An Independent Blog:
Adirondack Almanack
Adirondack Almanack is an independent online news magazine about the Adirondacks written by some 25 local contributors from all walks of life including veteran local writers, journalists, and outdoor enthusiasts from around the Adirondack region and beyond.
Newest Posts:
High Peaks Happy Hour: Timeless Tavern Northville
Bushwhacking with Compact Binoculars
Wild Center Fourth of July BuzzzFest


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An Independent Blog:
Gen X at 40 by Alan McLeod
Alan is a Gen X-er who has hit 40. He writes from Kingston, Ontario about his issues and obsessions, which include good radio, good beer, sports, the web, and Canadian public affairs.
Newest Posts:
Your First Friday Bullets For Summer Of '11
Citroënysity
Friday Bullets For The Real Beginning Of Summer


An Independent Blog:
The Zen Birdfeeder
Nancy Castillo, co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Saratoga Springs NY, writes on birds and backyard nature.
Newest Posts:
Helping an Oriole Out of a Tangle
Birds in the Rain
Hummingbird at the Birdbath!


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An Independent Blog:
Adirondack Base Camp
The anonymous blogger TourPro lives on the western shore of Lake Champlain and at the foot of the Adirondacks. He writes on travel, tourism, and the outdoors.
Newest Posts:
DEC Spring Search and Rescue Report
Wilmington Wild Forest Beaver Brook Trail System
Fire on Couch St



beer blog
An Independent Blog:
A Good Beer Blog by Alan McLeod
Ben Franklin says, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Alan McLeod of Kingston says, "Give me an amen!"
Newest Posts:
So, If You Were Looking For A Good Employer...
Polling Canada's Beer Consumers Via Twitter
Scotland: Canada Day 2011, Innis & Gunn, Edinburgh

 

 

Bloggers Wanted

North Country Public Radio is looking for partners in the North Country quadrant of the blogosphere. If you are blogging from or about the North Country, we'd like to introduce you to our readers and listeners. Send recommendations to dale@ncpr.org.

Blog Editorial Policy

The NCPR Blogs and Letters Home page contains a mix of content from various sources. Featured blogs that are under the editorial control of NCPR are marked with the logo. NCPR has no relationship with any other bloggers featured here and makes no claims regarding the veracity, balance, or suitability for young visitors of any independent blog. NCPR selects features on the basis of quality and relevance to our regional audience and presents them here as a public service. Blogs are only featured here with the permission of the hosts and/or authors. NCPR reserves the right to discontinue any feature at any time. For more information contact dale@ncpr.org.

Program Blogs

Speaking of Faith: Krista's Journal
Host Krista Tippett brings a first-person approach to matters of faith and belief on the American Public Media program Being. NCPR airs this program Thursdays at 1 pm