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"Early Morning in Morristown." Photo 📸: Peter FitzRandolph.

We thank Essex County Arts Council for sponsoring NCPR's Photo of the Day. by @ncpr

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Fall has officially arrived here in the North Country. The leaves are putting on a technicolor show.

Trees are bursting with brilliant reds, tiger-like oranges, deep burgundies and golden yellows. This weekend, the strongest colors can be found around Lake Placid, Tupper Lake, Wilmington, Newcomb and Old Forge.

These descriptions come from I LOVE NY's fall foliage report. Each week over the fall, about a 100 volunteer leaf peepers from around the state send in intel on the brilliance of the leaves, their hues, and when to expect those seasonal colors.

Catherine Ericson is one of them. She's been contributing to the reports for 10 years.

"I could just go out in the mornings and look at the fall foliage and see it and appreciate it on my own, but you kind of want to scream it from the rooftops," she said. "This is gorgeous, everyone. Come visit, come see it."

On a gloomy morning, Ericson drove around Lake Placid, assessing how the leaves are progressing.

She looped over to Craig Wood golf course where bouquets of trees cascade down the mountain to a pristine green lawn. Out on Adirondack Loj Road, sharp greens dotted with mustard give way to ruby leaves creeping up the mountain side before disappearing behind low-slung clouds.

Ericson said it’s almost overwhelming to take in the view.

"It's so beautiful that pictures never do it justice. You have to see it. You have to be able to breathe it in. You have to get out of the car. You have to look at it like that because it's something to capture, but it is also something that you want to enjoy in real time," she said.

Hear more from Ericson at ncpr.org

Reporting and video by Catherine Wheeler by @ncpr

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☀️ In the Adirondack High Peaks on Saturday the sun will rise at 6:56 am and set at 6:32 pm.

🍁 The Fall Foliage is now near peak across most of the Adirondacks, with the exception of the Lake George and Lake Champlain valleys, which will likely be near peak next weekend.

⛅ The rainy and unsettled weather we’ve been having in the mountains is forecast to clear in time for a pleasant weekend, before turning colder early next week, with temperatures falling into the mid- or even lower-20s on Monday or Tuesday at the highest elevations.

🥶 Until then, summit temperatures should remain in the mid-40s, though winds 20 to 30 miles per hour on Sunday will bring windchills into the lower 30s.

💧 The levels of rivers and streams are well below normal, even for this normally very low time of year time of year. Most low water paddles will remain impassable this weekend.

🌡️ In North Creek the Hudson River is at about 2 1/3 feet on the gage; at Piercefield the Raquette River is a bit under three feet. Lake Champlain is at about 93 1/3 feet and the water temperature there is now in the very low 60s. At Mirror Lake the water temperature is about 60 degrees.

❌ Three Champlain Area Trails routes are affected by closures for hunting season in the Field and Forest Trail, between the Long Valley Trail to the Ant Farm Trail; the Three Creeks Trail; and the Furgeson Mountain Trail with a half-mile of Powers Road.

🌲 The Grass River Conservation Easement is now closed for the season as well, as is the Five Mile Conservation Easement. In the Sable Highlands Conservation Easement, Liberty and Wolf Pond Mountain Road are both closed.

The trail up Hurricane Mountain in Keene, NY. Photo: Emily Russell by @ncpr

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Join NCPR and @adkctr4writing for the next live HOWL Story Slam at the Waterhole in Saranac Lake!

Bring your true, five minute story on the theme, "What's My Line?" Tell a story about drawing a line in the sand, standing in line at a concert, or even tattoo lines! If it's about a line, it's fair game.

Plus, it's our second to last story slam of the season, so you only have two more chances to secure your spot at the HOWL Grand Slam in January! See you there. by @ncpr

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"Horse drawn boat ride, Upper Canada Village." Photo 📸: Don Wickman in Morrisburg, ON.

We thank Essex County Arts Council for sponsoring NCPR's Photo of the Day. by @ncpr

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From the Mount Adams fire tower. Fall red and orange colors starting to pop! Photo 📸: Dan Plumley.

We thank Essex County Arts Council for sponsoring NCPR's Photo of the Day. by @ncpr

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Tupper Lake celebrated a ribbon-cutting at the new Park Street apartments last week, which will add nine new, market-rate units to the local housing stock. The project is part of the Northern Forest Center's efforts to help revitalize the village.

In addition to the new downtown apartments, developers broke ground in August at the former Oval Wood Dish Factory in Tupper. The plan is to transform the site into 80 affordable apartments and three commercial spaces.

Village mayor Mary Fontana celebrated the recent housing projects at last week’s ribbon-cutting.

“We’ve had the privilege of watching people come into our community, look at a property, look at our town, look at the people here, and say, ‘This is worth investing in,’ and as a resident, not just as the mayor, that is one of the most rewarding things to witness," said Fontana.

The new Park Street Apartments are accepting applicants now, with a move-in date as early as Nov. 1.

Photo provided by the Northern Forest Center. Reporting by Emily Russell by @ncpr

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"Fall between Long Lake and Newcomb." Photo 📸: Norma Taylor.

We thank Essex County Arts Council for sponsoring NCPR's Photo of the Day. by @ncpr

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On the latest edition of the North Words podcast from NCPR, author Wayne Grady joins the show. He’s the author of “The Cartel and Other Cover Stories.” In his new collection, Grady takes eight stories from writers like Franz Kafka, Gunter Grass, and more, and updates them through his own lens - like a cover song. He appears this weekend (October 1st through 4th) as part of the Kingston Writers Fest. Listen to North Words wherever you get your podcasts. by @ncpr

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"From the backroads of Paradox and Crown point!" Photo 📸: Courtney Bradt @farm_girl_photographer_.

We thank Essex County Arts Council for sponsoring NCPR's Photo of the Day. by @ncpr

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When you need a plumber, you really need a plumber. But they can be hard to find! Nationwide, there’s major shortage of workers in skilled trades like HVAC, construction, and plumbing. Many parts of the North Country are feeling that pinch, too. It means that the trade workers who are here are really busy.

John Meade knows that well. He's been working on plumbing and HVAC systems in the Adirondacks for years, both building new systems and repairing old ones.

Meade has deep family roots in Brant Lake, a small hamlet north of Lake George in the southern Adirondacks. It’s where he was born, and where he knew he was going to stay. Meade spent years learning his trade from a family friend, a local plumber. He picked up everything he knows without formal training, and says it was "just learning. Watching and learning."

The southern Adirondacks have always been a hub for seasonal tourism, but Meade says that these days, remote work and vacation rentals mean that people are spending way more time in this region's second homes.

For example, a family that used to visit the lake for a few weeks in the summer might now spend months here, and then rent their home out in the fall. That means more demand for construction and renovation, plus more wear and tear on what’s already there. It keeps all kinds of tradespeople busy with calls.

Meade tries to finish work by 5 o’clock every day so he can spend time with his family, but says that it doesn’t always work out that way.

"It always can be overwhelming when you run into a deadline and you got five people that are looking all for service calls or have leaks or a problem," says Meade. "Sometimes you got to work a little late, and go in a little early."

You can read the full story at the link in bio. Reporting by Ana Williams-Bergen and Kynaat Beg for our North Country at Work project. by @ncpr

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This week's North Country at Work photo shows men completing firefighting training at Alcoa. It was taken on September 30, 1948 in Massena, NY.

You can view this photo in person at the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. Find more historic photos from across our region anytime at ncpr.org/work.

#NorthCountryAtWork by @ncpr

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