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Colin Powers reflects on PBS programming for the Adirondacks, Lake Champlain, & Quebec, public broadcasting, and the future of media distribution.

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Entries Tagged as 'Local stories'

Naturalist Mark Fraser with some summertime snake fun!

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media

Check out the latest video below from Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA’s frequent contributor – Adirondack naturalist Mark Fraser. He’s also got a new blog. Be sure to go visit his site and bookmark or better yet, subscribe to his blog feed (see my post from earlier tonight.) You can also subscribe to his video channel [...]

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How to subscribe to blog feeds using Google – easy step by step

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Local stories, Multi-media, Resources

If you’re like me, you probably feel like you’re at the back of a long technology train when it comes to things like “RSS feeds” or why so many blogs have that funny orange icon with the three marks in it. I put this together after finally figuring out (and really benefiting from) setting up [...]

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Plattsburgh soil gets a scrubbing

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · History, Local stories, Public Affairs

This is one of the local stories that doesn’t get much attention. Years of toxic dumping next to downtown left a plume of waste trickling into the sand and gravel along our beautiful Saranac River. DEC and the town have slowly been cleaning the site and it will soon be a full-fledged park.  Sad to [...]

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Parker Posey, Russell Banks, Courtney Hunt and Joana Vicente of IFP at Lake Placid Film Forum

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Local stories

Mountain Lake PBS is delighted to be media sponsor of what Movie Maker Magazine calls “one of the top 25 coolest festivals in the world”. Check it out! (posting is abbreviated here) With more than 40 feature films, a list of directors and films a mile long, stunning backgrounds and an unstoppable partnership, Joana Vicente [...]

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