Lucas Willard
Southern Adirondack Bureau Chief/Weekend HostLucas Willard graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Communications. He also attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in 2010, where he studied audio and multimedia storytelling.
Prior to joining WAMC in 2011, Lucas worked with the Sound and Story Project of the Hudson Valley, the Big Shed Audio Documentary Podcast, the Albany Broadcasting Company, WDVL & WCVF-FM Fredonia, and WSUC-FM Cortland.
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Hairy bodies. Compound eyes. Feather-like antenna. The perhaps misunderstood moth is in the limelight in the experimental documentary film, “The Night Visitors.”
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Playlist as aired on Saturday, April 13th, 2024
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The first Montgomery County Executive, Matt Ossenfort celebrated 10 years of the county’s form of government and delivered his annual State of the County address Thursday night.
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Minority Republicans in the New York State legislature are asserting their opposition to proposed tenant protections as lawmakers continue to negotiate a state budget in overtime.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set new maximum contaminant levels for toxic chemicals that have tainted water supplies for millions of Americans, including several Northeast communities. Advocates are cheering the new protections against so-called PFAS compounds.
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The April 8th solar eclipse will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for millions. We’ll meet students who are using balloons to study the celestial event.
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New York state lawmakers are scheduled to work through the weekend to try to reach a budget deal with Governor Kathy Hochul.
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The world’s first IBM quantum computer on a university campus is now operational. The occasion was officially celebrated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy Friday.
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Dennis Dickinson, the longtime town supervisor of Lake George, has died.
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As negotiations continue in Albany over the late state budget, some lawmakers are seeking to include legislation that would regulate short-term rentals across New York.