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Tag: Thom Hallock
Mountain Lake PBS wins THREE statewide awards!
Mountain Lake PBS has earned three awards for Excellence in Broadcasting from the New York State Broadcasters Association (NYSBA). Mountain Lake Journal, the station’s flagship weekly magazine series, has been recognized in the category of Outstanding Public Affairs Program or Series. The episode that earned top honors featured a story exploring a growing collaboration among farm and community groups in the Adirondacks to get fresh, local food onto more tables, and addressing issues of equitable pay for famers and affordability of locally grown…
A Lemonade Stand to Support Our Veterans
How can we show our appreciation for the many brave men and women who have fought for the country? As a nation we build monuments and memorials, we hold parades and celebrations, we memorialize those who have given their lives. But here in our region we have found another way to honor those veterans who…
Special Saturday Broadcast of NY NOW on Upcoming Election
Watch NY NOW this week at a special time, Saturday @ 6:30pm on Mountain Lake PBS. Host Matt Ryan and his guest journalists will analyze the NY Gubernatorial Debate held this week between Governor Andrew Cuomo and his Republican Challenger Marc Molinaro. Also watch clips from the Mountain Lake PBS debate among the 3 women…
Remembering the 1998 Ice Storm (2013 Special Broadcast)
January 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the devastating ice storm that struck our region in 1998. The turmoil caused by that natural disaster is still felt in many local communities today. Thom Hallock reflects on that catastrophe with our veteran producers Derek Muirden and Jack LaDuke. (First broadcast in 2013.)
Eagle Population Soaring
The pesticide DDT nearly wiped out New York’s eagle population in the late 1960s. Since DDT was banned in 1972, the eagle population has made a comeback. This year, New York’s DEC reported a record number of 323 nesting pairs of eagles in the state. While the bird’s recovery has been remarkable over the past…
Deadly Mange
DEC Wildlife Biologist Kevin Hynes also talks about a serious type of Mange that is adversely impacting the bear population in the Adirondacks.
Blizzard 2017
Even though spring officially arrived this week, it felt much more like winter this past week. Last week’s mega-storm will go down in the record books as one of the biggest snowfalls in decades in the North Country. Many communities in the Adirondacks received about 3-feet of snow. Whiteface Mountain got 42″ of snow, making…
US/Canada Relations
Dr. Karl Moore, an associate professor at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management teaches graduate courses in globalization and leadership. He joins us to talk about a government bailout for Bombardier Aerospace and the changing political landscape and new era of trade relations between the U.S. and Canada. Watch our extended interview with Karl Moore…
Bonus Interview With Dr. Karl Moore
Watch our extended interview with Karl Moore online, where he discusses Canadians reaction to Donald Trump’s election, the bright future he sees for Bombadier’s rail division which is a major employer in the North Country, and will the flow of immigrants and refugees fleeing the United States for Canada reach a tipping point?
Pioneer In Medicine
Tuberculosis was one of the deadliest diseases in human history that struck America with a vengeance in the late 1800s. Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau, a tuberculosis sufferer himself, opened the nation’s first sanatorium to treat patients in the Adirondacks, while doing exhaustive research looking for the cure that would elude scientists until the discovery of…
