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Archive for 'Adirondack Region News'

Front-country steward in Keene shares first-hand experiences

Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

Building a Better Apple

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Editorial: Placid emergency room closure points to bigger problem

Click here for the Sun Community News Editorial 

Six seek State Judge seats in our judicial district

Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Zone 9 Police Training Academy moving to Clinton Community College

The Academy was located at the Plattsburgh Police Department  Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Missing Tupper Lake man found dead

Jordan Beaulieu was found in a wooded area on Tuesday following a weekslong search. Click here for the NBC5 story 

Adk. Regional Blood Center Conducts Community Drives

CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across our region  PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/25/2022) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month and asks all eligible donors to consider donating. The following […]

Essex ferry adopts winter schedule early

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NBC 5’s Our Home celebrates 6 months of touring our region

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Police seize 36 illegal guns from Tupper Lake man

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The Adirondacks may lose more beech trees

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A Thank-You from the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum

Happy Monday, All! On behalf of the Board of Directors and Volunteers at the Babbie Museum, we want to express our sincere appreciation and thanks for a wonderful 2022 Season! The Sponsors, Donors, Members, Visitors, School Tours, Class Attendees, and Grant Providers have allowed us to continue our mission to share and educate individuals in […]

Ticonderoga’s solar boom

Proliferation of projects leaves some asking, ‘how much is too much?’ Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Report: North Country housing affordability at 33-year low

Click here for the Adirondack Daily Enterprize story 

Peru shuts out Moriah 21-0 to win CVAC crown

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This mother-daughter can pay to rent. But because of the North Country housing crunch, they’re living in their car

Mark Hamilton, Director of the Plattsburgh Housing Authority, “The way that things are structured now is that when you work and you have income, and that threshold’s not high, you will no longer qualify for some of the support services that you would have qualified for before,” said Hamilton. “And so now you’re sort of […]

Assemblyman Billy Jones announces bills to help volunteer fire departments

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) joined firefighters from the North Country today to announce that he introduced three bills to help volunteer fire departments in their recruitment and retention efforts and make much-needed capital improvements. One bill creates the Volunteer Firefighter Training Fund to help firefighters complete over […]

CVPH Clinical Assistant Training Course Begins November 28

Earn while you learn program offers job opportunity, satisfaction of caring for others PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/13/2022) –  Applications are being accepted for the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Clinical Assistant (CA) Training program scheduled to begin Monday, November 28. Applications for enrollment are due Monday, November 7. Candidates must […]

Somber end to two-week AuSable River search

Multi-agency search and rescue efforts end in tragedy Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Camp Gabriels: From sanitarium to college to prison

A look back at the historic buildings in now-defunct property Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Holiday Train to return after two-year hiatus

Stops planned in Port Henry, Plattsburgh and Rouses Point Monday, Nov. 28 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Domestic Violence is a community concern

“In Clinton County last year, there were 188 criminal allegations reported to police. Of the total reported, 71 were female victims; 17 were male victims; and 50 were other family members.” New NY license plate: End Domestic Violence Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Setting up a sawmill at the Babblie Museum didn’t happen overnight

10/8/22 Peru – Babbie Farm and Rural Learning Museum – David Babble and Ross Goodyear describe all the work that went into bringing a sawmill for the southern Adirondacks, constructing a beautiful building to house it and getting it operational for Saturday’s ribbon-cutting. Congratulations to the Babbie family, the museum’s board of directors, and the […]

Adirondack Council: Prohibit private weapons testing in Adirondacks

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Babbie Musum Saw and Lumber co. Operational

October 8, 2022, Peru – It’s a great weekend to visit the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum. It’s “Harvest Time” today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. This morning the museum conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the Grand Opening of the Babbie Museum Sawmill & Lumber Company. Volunteers trucked the nearly 100-year-old […]