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Author: Rasheed Trombley
This Week on Mountain Lake Journal – May 16, 2023
This week on Mountain Lake Journal: Aging Together in New York. We’ll talk with the director of the state’s office for the aging about New York’s new master plan that aims to help older adults stay in their homes and live healthier more fulfilling lives. Also, a new program that’s providing seniors comfort and companionship.
Climate Change & Maple Sugaring in the Adirondacks
Will climate change have an impact on maple sugaring in the Adirondacks? Explore the syrup production process with experts, scientists, and students in this episode of Adirondack 2030. Learn how sap from maple trees becomes the bottled syrup on your table from Wade Whitney at Whitney’s Maple Spring Farm, Adam Wild with Cornell University Uihlein…
Extended Interview with Senator Stec
Senator Stec talks about school aid, funding for the EPF, and how the new budget deal closes loopholes in the Concealed Carry Law passed last year. Senator Stec also weighs in on the tragic death of Kalin Gillis in Washington County, and the need to continue to close gaps in cell coverage in the Adirondacks…
This Week on Mountain Lake Journal – May 12, 2023
This week, the lifting of covid vaccine requirements at the northern border. And we dig more into the state budget just passed by lawmakers with North Country assemblyman Billy Jones. Also, the early start to this year’s tapping season and the impact climate change is having a New York’s Maple industry.
McGill University Student on West Africa Tour
We sat down with Bo Wen Chen, one of the McGill University students who went with Karl Moore on this year’s Hot Cities tour of West Africa.
An Interview with Karl Moore of McGill University
McGill University Associate Professor Karl Moore from the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill’s internationally acclaimed business school, joins us to talk about the recent trip he took with 30 of his business and finance students to Ghana and Ivory Coast in West Africa to meet with McGill Alumni and learn about those countries thriving economies. …
Budget Deal in New York State
More than a month overdue, Lawmakers in Albany finally passed a new state budget this week, a record 229-billion-dollar deal that will increase the minimum wage, and further tweak New York’s Bail Laws. Governor Kathy Hochul says the final budget deal was worth the wait. Hochul held out to get more changes to the state’s…
The End of an Era at the Crete Civic Center
The Crete Memorial Civic Center in Plattsburgh has for the past 50 years been a venue for everything from concerts to trade shows, and in more recent years indoor youth sports. But now, work is underway to demolish the civic center, after the mayor and the city have decided that renovating the dilapidated building was simply…
This Week on Mountain Lake Journal – May 5, 2023
This week on Mountain Lake Journal: New York lawmakers are finally moving ahead on a new budget deal, Plattsburgh moves ahead with the demolition of a long time landmark, and we also discuss U.S.-Canada relations with McGill University’s Carl Moore.
Extended Interview With RSANYS Executive Director David Little
Our extended in-studio interview with David Little, the Executive Director of the Rural Schools Association of New York State. Where he talks about the challenges facing rural school districts across the state.