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Source: The Coronavirus Pandemic Weighs Heavily on Chronically Ill Vermonters | Health Care | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice

Additional DEC Campground Openings to be Announced Soon for Summer 2020 Season Campers Encouraged to Follow Guidelines to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 While Enjoying Beauty of Adirondacks and Catskills The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that 20 of DEC’s campgrounds in the Adirondack and Catskill parks will open […]

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is criticizing the announcement today that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend existing restrictions on border crossings to July 21, limiting cross border travel to specifically defined categories of essential travel. “We fully expected another thirty-day extension,” states Garry Douglas, Chamber President, “but hoped there would be […]

“Today, the federal administration announced that they are extending the travel restrictions between the United States and Canada. It has been 87 excruciating days since the border restrictions have been put in place and as the Honorary Co-Chair of the Quebec-New York Corridor Coalition, I know the impact this has had not only on our […]

Source: Coronavirus: Trudeau says US-Canada border restrictions extended to July 21

Northern New York faces the same challenges. Source: Woolf: Don’t count on influx of urbanites to solve Vermont population woes – VTDigger

Source: Cuomo OKs youth sports beginning July 6 for regions in Phase 3 | NCPR News

Source: Free milk giveaway aids hundreds of households | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Unprepared hikers get lost outside of Marcy Dam – – The Adirondack Almanack

From Congresswoman Elise Stefanik As a proud resident and the Congressional Representative of Schuylerville in Saratoga County, I am deeply opposed to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s recent executive action to take down the historic statue of Revolutionary War hero Philip Schuyler. I have the honor of living in the historic cradle of the Revolutionary War […]

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington, D.C. – Congressmembers Elise Stefanik (NY-21) and Brian Higgins (NY-26), who serve as Co-Chairs of the House of Representatives Northern Border Caucus, are calling on the U.S. and Canadian governments to develop nuanced and particularized guidance for reopening the northern border. In a letter to the U.S. […]

Sales tax revenue for local governments in May fell 32.3 percent compared to the same period last year, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sales tax collections for counties and cities in May totaled $918 million, or $437 million less than 2019. The sharp decline in revenues was widespread around the state, ranging from […]

Source: Where are the fastest-growing cities and towns in New York state? (Map, lookup) – syracuse.com

Source: Up for debate: City mayor candidates discuss issues | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Socially Distant, But Close to Everything

Source: Adirondack Flagpoles: Passion, Pride, Perfection

Source: DOL: Unemployment claims in the North Country up nearly 800% from last year | NCPR News

Source: Four new members nominated to the Adirondack Park Agency board | NCPR News

Source: Americans can visit family in Canada – but they’ll have to quarantine for two weeks | NCPR News

Posted on Facebook’s “Saranac Past” page by Tim Bell This isn’t a post about just Saranac but about the whole region in North Eastern NY. I’m from Saranac but currently, work in Auburn. After the escape from Clinton, more than a few officers from Auburn went up to Clinton to help find the escaped inmates. […]

Source: Dam failure and implications for the Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack