Educator Katie Calkins discusses the PLAY Project, an early intervention program that helps children with autism learn through the art of playing.
Mountain Lake Journal
The award-winning magazine series exploring the people, events, issues, and diverse cultures found throughout our region. Produced and hosted by Thom Hallock.
From simple ingredients to refined flavor, Chef Curtiss Hemm prepares a quick and comforting meal that will make a splash any night of the week. It's a straightforward approach with restaurant worthy results. Let’s head into the kitchen at the Carriage House, where a fresh catch of flavor is about to surface.
This week, from playtime to progress, how an early intervention program is helping children on the autism spectrum build social skills, one game at a time. We'll learn about the Play Project as we commemorate Autism Acceptance Month. And fresh herbs, white wine, and a silky finish. Chef Curtiss Hemm crafts a dish that really makes a splash.
Some of the biggest threats to Lake Champlain are too small to even see. Microplastics are making their way into the rivers that feed the lake, raising concerns about the health of the ecosystem and the water that so many communities depend upon.
An Adirondack cultural hub faces some significant changes over the next few years to orchestrate a greater presence in the community, and its administrators are harmonizing around a new vision for the future. Seagle Festival, once known as Seagle Music Colony, has much to sing about as it enters its one hundred and eleventh season.
The United Way of the Adirondack Region's President and CEO John Bernardi joins us to tell us how the United Way is helping to find families living in rural communities in Northern New York access to affordable childcare, as well as safe and reliable transportation. He also discusses new financial literacy programs and services that the United Way and its partners are offering to help families living with financial insecurity.
Watch or stream Friday at 8This week, Seagle Festival in Schroon Lake, New York, sets the stage for some expansions to its theater and opera offerings. And the United Way's John Bernardi tells us about new financial literacy programs the United Way and its partners are providing to help families living with financial insecurity.
In April we commemorate the passing of one of the most important and influential people in the history of the North Country. William Henry Miner died on April 3, 1930. His will established the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy, New York, an educational center with a working dairy farm and Morgan horse herd.
New York State lawmakers missed the April 1st budget deadline, and negotiations remain stalled over several key policy issues. This week, Assemblyman Michael Cashman of the 115th District joins us to break down where things stand.
In this extended interview, Assemblyman Michael Cashman (115th Assembly District) discusses the closing of Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone, his support for a potential NYC/Lake Placid bid to host a future Winter Olympics, and why he is holding town hall meetings across his district.