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Tag: Jack LaDuke
Hidden Treasure
It would be decades before the people of Tupper Lake, New York learned what secrets were hidden behind a sealed-up wall in the school’s gymnasium. Now, a former principal and teacher at Tupper Lake High School have written a book about the discovery of aging boxes of letters, and how they connected young soldiers serving…
Salt Pilot Project
Three North Country lawmakers are teaming up to support legislation that would create a pilot program to reduce the amount of road salt used on highways in the Adirondacks. Salt from highways is blamed for polluting lakes, streams and hundreds of private wells. Read more about the problem, and pilot program: www.adkaction.org/project/reducing-road-salt/
Veterans Treatment Center for PTSD Celebrates Milestone
We often hear stories of veterans returning from the battlefield with physical and mental wounds of war, including addiction, and Post-Traumatic Stress. A treatment center in the heart of the Adirondacks is having success helping hundreds of servicemen coping with substance abuse, and PTSD, to rebuild their lives. Jack LaDuke tells us about the milestone…
Climate Change Is Impacting Local Economy
Climate scientists finding the Adirondacks are warming at double the global average. Our Jack LaDuke reports on how climate change is impacting winter sports and activities in the Adirondacks that drive the local economy. This story is part of Peril and Promise, a national initiative exploring the impact of Climate Change here in the Adirondacks…
A Soup Master in the North Country
Our Jack LaDuke takes us to a café in Malone that’s dishing out bowls of homemade soup by the thousands. J.C. Soups, is selling more than 150 varieties of soup at restaurants, cafeterias, and convenience stores across the North Country. Jack tells us about this growing business and its tasty made-from-scratch recipes that soup lovers…
Hand Made Guitars in the Adirondacks
Jack LaDuke introduces us to an Adirondack craftsman, whose hand-made creations are striking a chord with musicians.
Hancock House in Ticonderoga, NY
Our Jack LaDuke takes us on a tour of the historic Hancock House in Ticonderoga, New York. The house is a replica of the home built by Thomas Hancock, who was an uncle to John Hancock, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. It is now home to the Ticonderoga Historical Society. Learn…
Lacrosse Finds Popularity With a New Generation
Lacrosse is the fast-moving, ancient game that is gaining in popularity by leaps and bounds. That is true on the nearby Akwesasne Reservation in Hogansburg, New York where a strong religious significance is woven into the traditional sport. Our Jack LaDuke shows us, and introduces us to a craftsmen who still makes lacrosse sticks out…
Ruby and the Big Guy
Jack LaDuke reports on a mother who showed her children how a stroke debilitated their grandfather. Laura Langdon Cook’s book tells the story through the eyes and senses of the grandfather’s therapy dog named Ruby.
Summer Paradise
Jack LaDuke visits Camp Lincoln and Camp Whippoorwill, two summer camps in the Adirondacks that are celebrating a milestone.