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: How Hawkeye Trail Camp changed Ann Gearheart's life

North Country at Work: how Kathleen Camelo manages patients and the health center at SUNY Plattsburgh

North Country at Work: Jim Gratton on pulling a prank at WPTZ

North Country at Work: Inside Fowler's Zinc Mine in 1955, with mucker Albert Gardner

North Country at Work: Margaret Hawthorn, Saranac River lock tender

North Country at Work: Colleen Smith on pouring drinks at the Adirondack Hotel

Growing up on the LeClair farm in Churubusco

North Country at Work: rebuilding the Bartlett Carry Club

Don't be a meanie, buy a weenie

North Country at Work: Remembering 37 years at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Rouses Point

North Country at Work: Kim Manion on ski, bike, and board at Maui North

North Country at Work: Jim Lanthier on turning the Whiteface Lodge "rustic"