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Plattsburgh City Council votes to ban e-cig, hookah use on city property

Source: Council votes to ban e-cig, hookah use on city property – Sun Community News & Printing

North Country at Work: Physical therapist Rick Preston helps people move again 

Source: North Country at Work: Physical therapist Rick Preston helps people move again | NCPR News

Stefanik to Serve as Co-Chair of the Northern Border Caucus

From the office of Congesswoman Elise Stfanik Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik will co-chair the Northern Border Caucus for the 116th Congress along with Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26.) The Caucus includes a bipartisan group of House Members who will spearhead the effort to address policies central to the United States-Canada partnership. “Canada continues to be […]

Two Hikers Pass Away While Hiking

DEC Regional Forest Ranger Highlights Forest Ranger Actions for 3/11 – 3/17/19   Town of Elizabethtown Essex County Wilderness Recovery: On March 15 at 12:22 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a request for assistance for a 51-year-old male hiker from Plattsburgh. The subject was in medical distress at the top of Blueberry Hill Trail. […]

New members welcomed to CVPH board of directors 

Source: New members welcomed to CVPH board of directors – Sun Community News & Printing

Chamber greeters stunned by Irishman of Year award 

Source: BREAKING: Chamber greeters stunned by Irishman of Year award | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Seton Catholic Central School names new principal 

Source: Seton Catholic Central School names new principal – Sun Community News & Printing

Plattsburgh shuts out Hamline for seventh national title

Source: Plattsburgh shuts out Hamline for seventh national title | Sports | pressrepublican.com

United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. Celebrates $543,792.00 in Prescription Savings

The Free FamilyWize Prescription Discount Card can be used by anyone: uninsured, insured, and even people with Medicaid or Medicare. The use of the card is unlimited, does not require any personal information from the user and has no eligibility criteria. Plattsburgh – United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. today announced that 5,067 residents […]

Daugherty wraps up longtime CCC coaching career 

Source: Daugherty wraps up longtime coaching career | Sports | pressrepublican.com

Plattsburgh men’s hockey coach Bob Emery announces retirement 

Source: Plattsburgh men’s hockey coach Bob Emery announces retirement | Sports | pressrepublican.com

Man charged with 2nd-degree murder for alleged killing in AuSable Forks 

Source: Man charged with 2nd-degree murder for alleged killing in AuSable Forks | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

AuSable Forks man charged with murder 

Source: AuSable Forks man charged with murder | News | pressrepublican.com

Peru Woman ​Shares Our Story

Helen Allen Nerska By John T. Ryan  Peru – “I really like the stories of people. My kids teased me that if someone was a pioneer I thought they were the greatest thing. My family thinks it’s in my blood.” The person speaking is Peru native and resident Helen Allen Nerska, the Director of Clinton […]

Bring your photos and your stories to the Plattsburgh Public Library on Friday, April 5th

“Come tell and show what you, your family, or your community does for work. Anything is fair game, from fighting forest fires to scooping ice cream in the summers.” The Clinton County Historical Association is partnering with North Country Public Radio’s North Country at Work project to host a series of community events focused on […]

North Country hospital gets new cardiac catheterization lab

Source: North Country hospital gets new cardiac catheterization lab

Watch: Jim Howard gets into a little camping trouble with “Teacher Tom” | NCPR News

Source: Watch: Jim Howard gets into a little camping trouble with “Teacher Tom” | NCPR News

Kirby Named Distinguished Citizen ​

At the United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner on Saturday, March 2nd, 2019, Edward Kirby was the recipient of the 35th Annual Dorothy & Alan Booth Distinguished Citizen Award. Mr. Kirby is truly deserving of this most coveted award and he is one of the unsung heroes of our […]

PAFB legacy — tainted groundwater 

Source: PAFB legacy — tainted groundwater | News | pressrepublican.com

A Message From Cornell Cooperative Extension

Our March 16 workshop, Gardening in a Changing Climate, will cover ways to cope with weather events by planning in advance. Last year we had a period of drought that forced many of us to choose what to water and what to let fend for itself. This is one example of conditions that make gardening […]

State lawmakers can’t confirm Altona prison closure rumors 

Source: State lawmakers can’t confirm Altona prison closure rumors | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Can this small North Country city reinvent itself? | NCPR News

Source: Can this small North Country city reinvent itself? | NCPR News

5 reasons why splitting New York would be a disaster for Upstate | syracuse.com

Source: 5 reasons why splitting New York would be a disaster for Upstate | syracuse.com

New North Country economic development chairs selected | NCPR News

Source: New North Country economic development chairs selected | NCPR News