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North Country congresswoman Elise Stefanik drew national attention over the weekend, profiled by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace during his "power player of the week" segment Sunday morning. He described Stefanik as a moderate who sometimes crosses party lines.

The North Country is rich with artists and amazing galleries, from the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls to the Frederick Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg. But sometimes art happens in surprising places, in old grange halls, in farm fields, and over this weekend in a boat shop in Canton.

Raise your hand if you didn't get your garlic/daffodils/tulips in the ground before the cold set in. Fear not. With some tolerance for working outdoors in chilly soil, you still have a chance. Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy and NCPR's Martha Foley are in the same boat, and share tips, and consolation.Also, make that pumpkin pie a butternut squash pie this year. They explain why, and have some great ways to make processing the raw squash a snap.

Now that the U.S. House of Representatives has voted for a tax overhaul plan that some state leaders say will harm New York, the action moves to the Senate, where a vote is expected after Thanksgiving.

A little, rustic bedroom at a summer opera camp in Schroon Lake will be preserved at Adirondack Experience in Blue Mountain Lake.Why all the fuss over a dilapidated piece of architecture?Adirondack historians and the Seagle Music Colony want it preserved as a tribute to the first African American student at the music camp.Fulton Fryar grew up in North Carolina in the 1940s and '50s. He spent two summers at Seagle living in a small room attached to the school's laundry building. After he left, the room wasn't used and remained a bit of a mystery until earlier this year when the building was slated to be demolished. As Todd Moe reports, school staff, friends and local historians quickly organized an effort to save the room as a tribute to African American history in the Adirondacks.

More than 50 people came out Thursday night to kick off Canton's new comprehensive planning process. It includes the town and the village, and the village of Rensselaer Falls.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is slamming the tax overhaul plan passed Thursday by the House of Representatives, saying it will be "poison" to New York.Businesses, school leaders and progressive activists in New York also spoke out against the House vote and the provision to end the state and local tax deduction, saying they will be harmful to state residents.

Expect ice and up to several inches of snow on trails, along with mud at lower elevations. Traction devices are recommended for higher terrain, and should be carried for hikes at lower elevations as well.

The Development Authority of the North Country just released a land use study covering Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties. The report makes ninety-four recommendations about every land use issue you could think that might affect Fort Drum and the surrounding community.

Over the years, billions of dollars have been allocated to restoring the Great Lakes - whether its money spent cleaning up pollution, preventing invasive species, or educating the public. A new regional initiative will analyze how effective some of these efforts - and dollars - have been so far.