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North Country airports brace for proposed $300M cut of EAS

Schumer calls on Stefanik to join Congressional pushback Click here for the Sun Community News story 

30 Things To Do in the Adirondack Hub This Summer

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North Country Chamber Endorses Call for Interim Tariff Relief for Small Business

The North Country Chamber of Commerce has joined a call by the U.S. Chamber for three immediate forms of tariff relief:   Immediate exemption of small business. If SBA sectoral definitions are used, this would include manufacturers with 500 or fewer employees. Goods that are not produced in the U.S. Restoration of a process to […]

Excellus reaps 2024 profit even as operations lose $163M; see executive pay

Peru Gazette Warning: The Executive Pay is X-Rated Click here for Syracuse.com story 

See the Syracuse jobs with the fastest growth in pay in 2024

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Fort Drum contributes almost $2 billion to the North Country economy

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North Country at Work: Growing legal weed in Essex

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Shovels should be in the ground soon 

By John T Ryan  Several important issues came to the floor at the Monday, April 28, Peru Town Board Meeting, the most important being the board authorizing Supervisor Craig Randall to sign and execute contracts with the wastewater treatment plant’s general, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical contractors. Randall’s said contractors should begin in May, long before […]

Can a golfer beaned by a bad shot sue the course? NY’s top court rules in local case

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Joann Fabrics stores shutting down in our region

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Onondage County refuses to release Micron’s huge impact report. Public record experts say it should

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Market 32 and Price Chopper Offer Year-Round Drug Takeback Program

More than 8,800 pounds of medication returned to NY, MA, and VT pharmacies since program started B-roll and Photos Available at this Link SCHENECTADY, NY, April 25, 2025– This National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 26, 2025, Market 32 and Price Chopper are reminding guests that they don’t have to wait for a designated date […]

‘These guys work six 12-hour days’: VT dairy farms anxious after migrant workers arrested

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Plattsburgh’s spring artisan market, and many events set for Adirondacks from April 25-May 1

Click here for  the Adirondack Almanac story 

A new brew pub comes to town

By John T Ryan April 24, 2025, Peru, NY – Many have been curious about what happened since the Livingoods Restaurant sign was taken down. A new establishment, Ledge Hill North, is now operating at 697 Bear Swamp Road. Matthew Brankman, the owner of Ledge Hill Brewing Co. in Ticonderoga, oversees this new venture. Brankman […]

Early morning fire burns down historic funeral home in Elizabethtown, NY

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Chobani to build ‘thriving center of food production’ in Rome, creating more than 1,000 jobs

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60 MINUTES – NEWSMAKERS Bird flu, feared as a possible pandemic, poses growing risk to people as pathogen spreads, scientists warn

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Essex County homeowners can get money to build or rehab housing on their property

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Stefanik reintroduces by-partisan legislation to designate Plattsburgh Airport as a Port of Entry

April 17, 2025 – Elise Stefanik News Release  While Plattsburgh International Airport qualifies as a port of entry under CBP’s criteria, it has not received this designation, which has resulted in increased costs for the airport and travelers flying in and out. Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik reintroduced the bipartisan Border Airport Fairness Act […]

March Champlain car crossings down by 31% compared to last year, truck crossings up 12%

North country Chamber Of Coommerce Press Release  “We now have the border crossing numbers for Champlain for March and, as anticipated, car crossings were down 31% compared with March 2024,” reports Garry Douglas, President of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. “Visitation was down 16% in February but we knew March was the month that […]

NYS Leaders describe the advantges of the soon-to-be-installed Smart Meters

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Should I stay or go? Immigrants across U.S. consider self-deportation

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An Open Secret’: Sackets Harbor ICE Raid Shows the ‘Reality’ of New York Dairy Country

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Native lake trout, the dweller of the deep, has returned to thrive in Lake Champlain

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