Emily Russell
Reporter at North Country Public Radio (NCPR)
Adirondack reporter @NCPR previously in Alaska | Co-host of the podcast ‘If All Else Fails,' about far-right extremism in Upstate NY | email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
northcountrypublicradio.org | Emily Russell
Emily RussellGillibrand visits Adirondack Health, warns Medicaid cuts would limit healthcare accessAbout a third of the North Country’s population is enrolled in Medicaid, a federally subsidized health care program. President Trump wants to slash Medicaid funding and limit who’s eligible for the program. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake on Monday to push back against the proposed cuts, which are part of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
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2 weeks ago |
northcountrypublicradio.org | Emily Russell
On June 6, 2015, two inmates escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, triggering a massive, three-week manhunt which ended when one inmate was killed and another was captured. New York's Inspector General, Lucy Lang, has described the incident as a "catastrophic chapter" in the state's history.
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2 weeks ago |
northcountrypublicradio.org | Emily Russell
Emily RussellA tiny town in northern NY will inherit proceeds from $125 million ADK estateClay Arsenault was on a Zoom call in late February when he got the news about the Whitney Estate. The town of Long Lake had been named the sole beneficiary of the net proceeds from the 36,000-acre property that had been owned Marylou Whitney and her husband, John Hendrickson. It was on the market for $125 million. Arsenault, the town supervisor of Long Lake, said the news was shocking.
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3 weeks ago |
northcountrypublicradio.org | Emily Russell
A developer from Texas is set to purchase the 36,000-acre Whitney estate in the heart of the Adirondacks. The property was formerly owned by Saratoga socialite Marylou Whitney, who died in 2019 and left it to her husband, John Hendrickson. He died unexpectedly last summer when he was 59 years old. The property near Long Lake was on the market for $125 million.
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3 weeks ago |
northcountrypublicradio.org | Emily Russell
A developer from Texas is set to purchase the 36,000-acre Whitney estate in the heart of the Adirondacks. The property was formerly owned by Saratoga socialite Marylou Whitney, who died in 2019 and left it to her husband, John Hendrickson. He died unexpectedly last summer when he was 59 years old. The property near Long Lake was on the market for $125 million.
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