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Source: Teen author receives assembly honor | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | On Feb. 10 Benjamin Giroux was awarded a New York State Assembly Citation from Assemblyman Billy Jones for being a published author at 16 and sharing his experience with autism with oth

CORTLAND, NY (02/11/2022)– Sayrah Durgan of Peru (12972) was named to the dean’s list at SUNY Cortland for the fall 2021 semester. Durgan is studying Early Childhood/Childhood Education.

New Jersey and Houston, Texas Source: Alstom, Nova Bus land major new contracts | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: The worker shortage’s big impact on people with developmental disabilities | NCPR News

Source: Keene to move ahead on new mountain bike trails – Adirondack Explorer

Source: Clinton Co. announces social connections mini-grants | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Clinton County Office for the Aging has announced a mini-grant opportunity to help enhance social connections among area senior citizens.

Source: Nova Bus announces its largest order of electric buses in the U.S. | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Nova Bus, a member of the Volvo Group and a leading North American transit bus manufacturer, has announced its largest electric bus contract to date.

Source: 2022 Winter Olympics: See the results for Nathan Chen, Chloe Kim and other Olympians

Source: Mask mandate to end Thursday for New York businesses, but not for schools – syracuse.com

Assemblyman Billy Jones, “With Governor Kathy Hochul’s announcement today lifting the mask mandates for businesses, I want to thank local business owners and patrons for their patience over the past couple of months.  I agree with both New York State United Teachers and New York State Council of School Superintendents who have called on the […]

PLATTSBURGH, NY – The Strand Center for the Arts is happy to announce their rescheduled exhibition opening for the month of February 2022. The exhibition, The Community Gallery Show, featuring works from a wide range of artists in the community, was originally slated to officially open earlier in the month but that opening was canceled […]

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Elise Stefanik joined her colleagues in introducing the Immigration Transparency and Transit Notification Act, which requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify the relevant federal, state, and local officials about the transportation, by […]

 Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced he introduced a bill that would create a Strategic Site Readiness Fund. The fund would provide grants to counties and municipalities for costs related to creating “shovel-ready” sites for new development projects (A.9114). The legislation would increase the number of geographic sites available to attract and expand businesses in […]

Source: Weddings in Upstate NY: Here are 10 romantic places to elope – syracuse.com

Begins either Tuesday or Wednesday (Schenectady, NY) Price Chopper/Market 32 stores will be participating in the federal government’s free N-95 mask distribution program. The program, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 vaccination program will provide free N-95 masks to U.S. citizens to help continue to combat the spread of […]

Source: Plans for Wilmington Dollar General on hold for now | Sun Community News WILMINGTON | Controversial plans for a Dollar General store in Wilmington are on hold for now, but it’s likely the issue could resurface in the future, Supervisor Roy Holzer said.

Source: Tragic accident claims life of well-loved, local teen | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Beckham A. Egglefield, 16, died in a snowmobile crash in Westport.

Source: Luger Emily Sweeney returns to Olympics after a devastating crash four years ago : NPR

Source: Local schools rank at Harvard Model UN | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Students from Ausable Valley, Beekmantown, Boquet Valley, Chazy, Northeastern Clinton, Peru, and Saranac represented countries and debated the world’s most pressing issues at the int