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Peru students grow knowledge and experience at the Babbie Museum

October 4, 2023, Peru – Class visits are among the best happenings at the Babbie Farm and Rural Learning Museum. Peru Elementary School 4th grade teacher Mary Jo Trombley brought her class to the museum this morning. She remarked, “The kids are thrilled when they see what’s going on here, seeing what happened one hundred […]

DEC Forest Rangers busy with Adirondack rescues over the past week

Town of Indian Lake Hamilton County Wilderness Rescue: On Sept. 30 at 2:14 p.m., Forest Rangers Scott and Temple responded to a hiker with a leg injury near the summit of Blue Mountain. Personnel from Indian Lake, Blue Mountain, and Speculator fire departments helped Rangers set up a rope system to raise the subject to […]

Feds give more details on fatal plane crash in Lake Placid

Click here for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise story 

Tourism has a huge financial impact in our state and region

Plattsburgh, NY Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced that New York State welcomed a record 291.5 million visitors in 2022, the largest number of visitors in New York State’s history, generating $123 billion in total economic impact. These figures represent staggering increases over 2021 and surpass the previous records set in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 […]

North Country Mission of Hope celebrates 25 years

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Harkness: Bouyea family wins with Atlantic Giant pumpkin

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No criminal charges for police officer who fatally shot Saranac Lake man on June 29

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Tanker truck crash in the Adirondacks leaks 3,500 gallons of hazardous liquid

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CVPH reinstitutes mask policy

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A spark that became a flame

By John T. Ryan Heyworth Mason Park, Peru, NY- It was about two years year ago when town councilman Melvin Irwin asked Peru Middle School art teacher Greg Badger if he’d be interested in utilizing his art talents at Heyworth/Mason Park—the town needed to replace the rotting plywood covering the window of the park’s 1836-era […]

Lake Champlain Research Institute implementing $2M in environmental grants

Funding will pay for a new research vessel and graduate and undergraduate assistants Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Ross to be new anchor tenant for Plattsburgh’s Champlain Centre

It will occupy former Best Buy location Click here for the MYChamplainvalley.com story 

Experience the 50th Anniversary of the Adirondack Balloon Festival September 21 – 24, 2023

Click here for the Glensfall.com story 

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblyman Billy Jones announce $3 million for Franklin County Recreational Center

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) and Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) joined the community today to announce $3 million for the Franklin County Recreational Center, a new indoor sports facility in Malone. This new center will be a public-private partnership between state, county and local resources including Adirondack For Kids and other interested organizations and will […]

U.S. child poverty rate doubles to 12.4%; it’s even higher in six North Country counties

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Free Welding Training at Clinton Comunity College

Queen City to Keeseville, Wednesday, Sept. 20

Another low cost airline is coming to Plattsburgh

Clinton County Legislature Statement: The Clinton County Legislature is proud to announce that Breeze Airways, the U.S.’ only “Nice Low Cost Carrier,” or NLCC, will be offering air service to Orlando, Florida from the Plattsburgh International Airport starting November 28, 2023. “Today is a tremendous day for our region,” said County Legislator/Airport Committee Chairperson Robert […]

Visitation suspended at Ray Brook prison

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Ray Brook facility will be closed to visitation until further notice Click here for MYNBC5 story 

An expert talks solar battery farms, how they work and the risks

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Aubuchon Co. to Transition to Ace Hardware

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Tri-Lakes school enrollments remain low, but stable

The article also includes Ausable Valley and Keene Central enrollments Click here for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise story

Albany man killed in Plattsburgh hit-and-run

Another Albany man charged with murder after fleeing the Exit 36 truck stop incident Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Top 10 Towns To Retire To For Cheap In Beautiful Upstate New York

Plattsburgh is #2 Click here for The Traveler  story 

GoFundMe looks to help survivors of I-87 wrong-way crash

Police release more details into the crash that claimed the life of a Port Henry woman Click here for the Sun Community News story