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Source: Ward Lumber earns statewide accolades in new Historic Preservation registry | Sun Community News JAY | Ward Lumber is one of the first 100 businesses added to New York State’s Historic Business Preservation Registry. 

Source: NYSP release local St. Patrick’s Day enforcement results | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | New York State Police said the recent St. Patrick’s Day heightened enforcement effort netted 381 DWI arrests as authorities investigated 1,663 accidents and two fat

Source: St. Joseph’s opens much-needed new Detox Center | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers has added additional addiction treatment support to the North Country with the opening of the Robert R. Reiss Community

Source: Here’s what you need to know now that visiting Canada just got easier | NCPR News

Plattsburgh – April 1, 2022 – Dependable and giving are words that the Adirondack regional Blood Donor Center staff would describe Bill Stickney and Russell Gadway. As they have done for over 20 years, the two men arrived at the donor center on the 1st Friday at 8 a.m. to make an apheresis donation. However, […]

Source: NY businesses look forward to easing of Canadian border testing Friday

Source: Lawmakers seek $2 million for Adirondack climate and careers center | NCPR News

Source: NY mostly lost population during COVID-19 pandemic. But the North Country had one bright spot | NCPR News

“The blues are returning to Plattsburgh and the historic Strand Theatre. Award-winning Blues artist Kevin Burt is coming next week to perform a series of concerts in several schools districts in the North Country, and then taking the stage with singer Dawn Tyler Watson for a gala performance at the Strand on April 2nd. Tickets […]

Transportation and aerospace manufacturers from here in the North Country & Quebec gather to talk about the push to go green and the new generation of electric buses and electric aircraft that are already being built here in the region’s transportation hub. New York’s DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos talks about the move to electric is […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce The New York State Labor Department has released county unemployment rates for February 2022: Clinton County was at 3.9% Franklin County was 4.3% Essex County was 4.8% Hamilton County was 5.4% Warren County was 4.5% The statewide rate was 5.1%.

Easter Egg Hunt is free to children age 10 and younger  PLATTSBURGH, NY (3/31/2022) – A family favorite Easter tradition returns to the front lawn at The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). The Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for Saturday, April 16 at 10 a.m., sharp. This will be the first […]

Source: Keene Stewarts gets new electric vehicle chargers | News | pressrepublican.com

Detailed story. Hospital administrators disagree with Congresswoman Stefanik’s assertions. Source: Alice Hyde closes maternity center | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: A chance to succeed: Classroom program aims to reduce inmate recidivism rates | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Infrastructure grants now open for Northern Border communities | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The New York State Department of State has announced the availability of more than $5 million in federal grant funding for economic and community development

Source: A lot of child care providers closed because of COVID. Here’s how NY is trying to get new ones open | NCPR News

Source: Paul Smith’s College creates new master’s degree | WAMC

Source: COVID travel rules: What to know as Canada lifts pre-entry test | CTV News

Source: Time To Pass A Constitutional Amendment For Van Hoevenberg – The Adirondack Almanack

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today released the following statement following the announcement that Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone will permanently halt planned deliveries of babies in their Family Maternity Center. “Today’s announcement is devastating to North Country families, who will now be forced to drive an extra hour to have their babies. […]

Source: Malone’s birthing center will close | NCPR News

Source: Charges filed in Northern Tier yacht theft | Sun Community News ROUSES POINT | An Alburgh, Vt. man has formally been charged in New York for the late June theft of a $1.2 million yacht from a Rouses Point marina.

Source: Advocates call for lower unemployment insurance tax rates        | Sun Community News ALBANY | Advocates took to Albany March 28 to call for lowered unemployment insurance tax rates to help small businesses recover.