Work Stories

These stories come from NCPR’s weekly North Country at Work feature. Each includes an audio piece, photos, and stories of workers and industries from all over the region.

To find stories near you, all North Country at Work stories can also be browsed on the Story Map.

North Country at Work: Bringing the Schroon Lake Farmers Market to life

North Country at Work: Starting Lake Placid's only tattoo studio

North Country at Work: Renovating and renting housing in the Adirondacks

North Country at Work: Growing legal weed in Essex

North Country at Work: Couple breathes new life into Tupper Lake at the Woodshed restaurant

North Country at Work: Growing up inside a family diner in Croghan

North Country at Work: Picking threads at the Glens Falls Shirt Factory

North Country at Work: Painting pets and monsters in Glens Falls

North Country at Work: The demanding, rewarding work of fixing HVAC systems

North Country at Work: Inside a Potsdam coffee roastery

North Country at Work: A first 'real' job in the Adirondacks

North Country at Work: early game warden and forest ranger John Wesley Otis