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A portion of the LaSalle Causeway in Kingston was damaged in late March and has been closed since. Some tour boats are stuck in the harbor behind the bridge; in the last few days of the state legislative session, Governor Hochul is focused on passing measures to limit social media companies from using addictive algorithms on kids; and Kitty O'Neil, with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, talks about the value of manure to North Country farms.

Eight Akwesasne Mohawks were arrested on Barn Hart Island near Massena for protesting the Mohawk land claim settlement talks; scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year - dating back to World War II. But the passage of time has complicated the process of finding families to accept the remains; and four veterans and one Gold Star widow from Jefferson County are sharing their stories about military life through original country music at a concert in Clayton Friday night.

Grocery costs are high, so folks on tight budgets are learning how to grow their own food at a Potsdam gardening class; a new poll finds Republicans and Democrats agree that New York should ban social media platforms from using addictive algorithms to kids, and lawmakers are listening; and the history of an unlikely feminist icon from northern New York. In the late 1800s, Josephine McCarty was put on trial for trying to kill her children’s father when he abandoned them, then performing abortions to support her kids. Her story is chronicled in the book "The Abortionist of Howard Street" by R.E. Fulton.

Governor Kathy Hochul’s appointee to lead a state agency that helps New York’s legal cannabis retail stores get business loans faced tough questions from senators yesterday. It’s the latest in a string of accusations of mismanagement surrounding the state’s troubled rollout of adult recreational marijuana; we hear from one of the few guideboat builders left in the Adirondacks; and the 51st annual Norwood Village Concert Series opens next week. We'll talk with founder Joe Liotta about one of the oldest and most diverse outdoor concert series in the North Country.