Work Stories

These stories come from NCPR’s weekly North Country at Work feature. Each includes a short audio piece, lots of historic (and contemporary!) 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: a family affair running the Woodruff Motel in Keene

North Country at Work: Preserving Lake Placid's Olympic legacy with Alison Haas

North Country at Work: An Adirondack Guideboat builder on sweat, shovels and sanding - lots of sanding

North Country at Work: Artist and educator Jenny Hutchinson on finding place and purpose in Glens Falls

North Country at Work Live!: Catching the Brant Lake mountain man

North Country at Work: finding inner peace with yoga therapist Mary Bartel

North Country at Work: Darren Tracy's rocky road from contractor to engineer

North Country at Work: The joys of being a small district superintendent in the ADKS

North Country at Work: Music, mail, and memories; how Dan Berggren found his path

North Country at Work: the trolley-car-turned-diner of Bolton Landing

North Country at Work: Creating keepsakes with jeweler Mike Beglin

North Country at Work: Dwight Church, the North Country's first aerial photographer