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: Farming, shopkeeping, and more in Morley

North Country at Work: Running rolls at the Newton Falls Paper Mill

North Country at Work: tapping maples at a commercial sugarbush in Keene

North Country at Work: designing smokestacks at J&L in Star Lake

North Country at Work: keeping stained glass magic alive in Gloversville

North Country at Work: Chris Beldock and the never boring, never-ending work of fixing appliances

North Country at Work: Connecting animals and students with North Country School's Erica Burns

North Country at Work: an Adirondack Logger keeps working in the woods

North Country at Work: digging out trains during the great snowstorm of 1912

North Country at Work: The Strand in Schroon Lake trying to weather the coronavirus storm

North Country at Work: Remembering Saranac Lake native Natalie Leduc

Child care centers in NY and North Country face closures with no stimulus aid in sight