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Bill to ban concealed carry in the Adirondack Park

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UVM Medical Center Budget proposes significant increases

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This summer, visit tourist destinations that are close to home

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Peru Middle School fundraiser on Saturday, July 9

Peru Middle School will be holding a fundraiser on Saturday, July 9th from *9 AM – 3 PM at SUNY Plattsburgh Field House on Rugar Street. The fundraiser will be a children’s consignment sale with many items available: shorts, tees, swimwear, bikes, indoor/outdoor toys, books, games, baby gear, and more. Clothing sizes from Newborn – […]

Stefanik Announces Grants for Plattsburgh International Airport

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced that Plattsburgh International Airport will receive $142,135 in grants from the Department of Transportation. “Over $142,000 in taxpayer dollars will be returned to our district to equip the Plattsburgh International Airport as it provides access to convenient travel for families in our region,” Stefanik said. “I look forward […]

As baby formula shortage continues, North Country families help each other fill the gaps

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BAGS THAT GIVE BACK: AUSABLE RIVER ASSOCIATION SELECTED TO BENEFIT IN HANNAFORD COMMUNITY BAG PROGRAM

Lake Placid, NY — Reduce single-use plastic in the environment and give back to those in need in the local community, all while running routine weekly errands at the local Hannaford. The Ausable River Association has been selected by local Hannaford store leadership as the benefiting non-profit in the Community Bag Program for the month […]

Our libraries offer discount passes to area museums

The libraries of Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System (CEFLS) are proud to offer discount passes to area museums in support of lifelong learning. These passes may be checked out just like a book and are available to library card holders of any member library in our System. Thanks to a Generous Acts grant from the Adirondack Foundation, all […]

Chamber of Commerce message to employers: Prepare to receive a much higher unemployment insurance bill

Coming Soon: Your Next Cost Increase In the next few months, prepare to receive a much higher bill for unemployment insurance (UI). The North Country Chamber and its Upstate United partners spent over a year warning state leaders that this was coming. The state failed to act, and now, the bill is coming due. Why […]

STEC: ATTACK AT GREAT MEADOWS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY MAKES HALT REPEAL AN URGENT PRIORITY

More than a dozen corrections officers injured by large group of violent inmates   Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today reiterated the need to repeal the HALT Act in the aftermath of the attack on corrections officers at Great Meadows Correctional Facility. On Father’s Day, a large group of inmates injured 15 officers at the maximum-security […]

PRICE CHOPPER/MARKET 32 ISSUES VOLUNTARY MANUFACTURER RECALL OF MOUNT ROYAL KIDS CITRUS FOAMING HAND SOAP

(Schenectady, N.Y.) – Price Chopper/Market 32 is issuing a voluntary manufacturer recall on Mount Royal Kids Citrus Foaming Hand Soap with UPC 37432200293. Mount Royal, the manufacturer, is recalling this product due to possible contamination with P. Aeruginosa, a microorganism found in the environment which poses a potential health risk, primarily in immunocompromised individuals. Customers […]

Sister Debbie Blow stepping down as Executive Director of the North Country Mission of Hope

Good evening everyone, I’d like to begin with two short quotes:  “To everything there is a season, and a time for everything under the Heavens” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. And from the book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse comes this quote:  “Tears fall for a reason and they are your […]

Lake Placid Police warn of contaminated drugs

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Vermont, New York fireworks – where to see them this year

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Stefanik, Crawford Introduce Agriculture Security Legislation

From of office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Legislation Protects U.S. Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) are introducing the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act which will protect our national security by preventing foreign adversaries from taking any ownership or control of the United States’ […]

Saranac Lake Police Dept. identifies man shot, names officers involved

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ADK Excursions launches on Lake George

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Covid variant omicron BA.5 reaches NY. Here’s why docs are concerned

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 Clinton County Health Department Releases Guidance for Residents Due to Increase in Monkeypox Cases in Quebec 

Plattsburgh, June 30, 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to have an active travel-related Alert – Level 2 (Practice Enhanced Precautions) following the report of cases of monkeypox in many countries around the world. As of June 29, 2022, sixty-two cases of monkeypox have been reported in New York City, one […]

Hochul: NY state to limit where guns can be carried

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1000 acres of forest to be returned to Onondaga Nation is historic lake cleanup agreement

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Prison bus assault prompts mass response

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Witness recounts stabbing, shooting in Saranac Lake

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Police shot and killed a man in Saranac Lake after a reported stabbing

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Plattsburgh International Airport awarded 142K

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