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April events sponsored by the Clinton County Historical Association (free and open to the public)

April 9 – 2:30 pm, Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh. Portraits from the turn of the 19th century and the stories they might tell. The Clinton County Historical Association has 17,000 portraits in their collection taken between 1890 and 1920, and some of the most unusual and interesting will be shared along with the known or occasionally speculated background […]

Border Patrol reports spike in arrests this year

Regional apprehensions almost double last year’s  Click here for the excellent Press-Republican story 

See state test opt-out rates for NY school districts for 2022-2023 school year

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Clinton County gets $3M from NY to open up part of its business park

Click here for the NCPR story 

Fort Ticonderoga by Dupreysdronezone

How farmers, crops are faring with the erratic spring temperatures

Click here for the NCPR story 

Eclipse Viewing: Do’s and Don’ts

Our ophthalmologist shares how to protect your eyes. Click here for CVPH story 

Clinton County Health Department Receives Health Department Clinical Services Accreditation

Clinton County, NY, March 12, 2023. On January 31, 2024, the Compliance Team (TCT), a nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the award of Exemplary Provider® status to the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD). This recognition follows the successful completion of TCT’s Health Department Clinical […]

Champlain, NY: Samuel de Champlain History Center receives project grant

Click here for the Sun Community News story 

DiNAPOLI: 2023 WALL STREET $34 BILLION BONUS POOL RELATIVELY FLAT OVER 2022

DiNapoli estimates that the securities industry accounted for approximately $28.8 billion in state tax revenue, or 27.4% of the state’s tax collections, for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-23 Information from NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli  The average annual Wall Street bonus dipped to $176,500 last year, a 2% decline from the previous year’s average of $180,000, […]

Burlington officials kick off next phase of airport construction

Click here for the WCAX story 

Hear one mother’s experience visiting her son in prison in the Adirondacks

Click here for the NCPR story 

State unveils plan to clean up Lake Chaplain

Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Phase one of Vilas Home expansion complete

Click here for the Press-Republican story 

This NY journalist became a Corrections Officer. Here’s what he learned on the job

Click here for North Country Public Radio’s enlightening story 

Prison jobs used to be sought after in NY. So why are thousands unfilled?

Click here for the NCPR story 

DEC head in town to present $1 million grant to Town of Peru

By John T Ryan March 18, 2024 – Ausable Point Campground – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos was in town today to officially announce the finalization of the Lake Champlain Watershed Implementation Plan and a $1 million water quality improvement grant to the Town of Peru to help fund […]

Vilas Home ushers in new era with ribbon-cutting

Historically sensitive renovations boast enhanced living quarters Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Former SUNY Plattsburgh basketball coach and assoc. athletic director Tom Curle to be inducted into NYS Basketball Hall of Fame

Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Chazy’s new restaurant: Whistle Stop Fusion Barbecue & Craft Mocktails

Alyssa and Amanda O’Brien inspire with menu, zero proof mocktails Click here for the Sun Community News story 

State launches online historical timeline

“Blazing a Trail” gives the history of NYS parks and historic sites Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Home buying costs could fall in big US real estate group settlement

Click here for the Reuters.com story 

Petition calls for Clinton County sheriff to resign amid jail allegations

Click here for the NCPR story 

Margaret Street downtown construction wrap-up begins next Monday

Good Morning, On Monday, March 18, 2024, Rifenburg Construction and their subcontractors will return to Margaret Street to wrap up items that could not be completed in the fall. They will begin with installing new signal poles and pedestrian crossing facilities at the intersections of Margaret/Cornelia Streets, Margaret/Broad Streets, and Brinkerhoff/Oak Streets. Following this, they […]

Third New York guard member identified in Texas helicopter crash

Jacob Pratt, of Rensselaer, has been identified as the sole survivor of the helicopter crash on Friday Click here for the MYNBC5 story