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Suicide Preventioin Lifeline changes to 988

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A Northern New York hot dog named after Michigan gets its own national historic marker

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Peru Lions honor Marge and Jim McCarty for their dedicated service

By John T. Ryan Peru – On Sunday, July 3rd,  the Peru Lions Club dedicated the “McCarty Memorial Bench” at Heyworth-Mason Park.  The bench honors the late Marge and Jim McCarty for their long, dedicated service to the Peru Lions Club and the Peru community.  Members of the McCarty family were present to witness the […]

Clinton County Historical Association presents: People of Color in Lake Champlain’s North Country

By Jacqueline Madison President, North County Underground Railroad Historical Association July 5th – 6:00 pm House of Prayer, 63 Broad Street, Plattsburgh To quote our speaker: “We tend to focus on African Americans coming through this area heading to Canada for freedom.  But some blacks came to the area who were free or stayed in […]

Scientists: COVID-19 vaccines saved 20 million lives during their 1st year

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Diversity group: Shooting was not racially motivated

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Watertown restaurants move to drive-thru window craze adding second windows

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Canadians return to their boats in Plattsburgh after years of waiting

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Clinton County 9-1-1 to Start Accepting TEXT-to-911 Calls

On July 1st, The Clinton County Office of Emergency Service announces the availability of Textto-911 during an emergency. Text-to-911 service will be available for those individuals who cannot safely make a voice call to 911 in an emergency. This will be an especially valuable service to the deaf and hard of hearing community. Testing for […]

Bill to ban concealed carry in the Adirondack Park

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UVM Medical Center Budget proposes significant increases

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Chamber of Commerce message to employers: Prepare to receive a much higher unemployment insurance bill

Coming Soon: Your Next Cost Increase In the next few months, prepare to receive a much higher bill for unemployment insurance (UI). The North Country Chamber and its Upstate United partners spent over a year warning state leaders that this was coming. The state failed to act, and now, the bill is coming due. Why […]

Sister Debbie Blow stepping down as Executive Director of the North Country Mission of Hope

Good evening everyone, I’d like to begin with two short quotes:  “To everything there is a season, and a time for everything under the Heavens” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. And from the book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse comes this quote:  “Tears fall for a reason and they are your […]

Saranac Lake Police Dept. identifies man shot, names officers involved

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Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court

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Amtrak to leave Burlington for NYC July 29

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New York’s first legal marijuana crop sprouts under the sun

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Witness recounts stabbing, shooting in Saranac Lake

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Clinton County’s unofficial primary election results

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Plattsburgh International Airport awarded 142K

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Clinton County honors Diocese of Ogdensburg’s 150th Anniversary

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Faith and collaboration at work in Treadwells Mills

By John T. Ryan Plattsburgh – Undoubtedly, many Peru residents see the Soup Kitchen sign in Treadwells Mills; but it’s fair to conjecture they aren’t aware of the beautiful things happening at what was St. Joseph’s Church. When the parish church closed several years ago,  the Diocese of Ogdensburg could have sold it for other […]

Utica’s F.X. Matt (Saranac) Browning is expanding to reach beyond its beer reach to produce a line of fruit-infused cocktails

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Supreme Court’s NY gun ruling Q&A: What you need to know

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Long term crime data from Burlington Police show overall decline

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