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“We know there was slavery. We know that. We tend to think that it wasn’t as prevalent here in the North as it obviously was,” Ervin said. “It’s just unsettling that people would have been treated that way, that we would tax people based on someone who looked like me being called a wench for […]

Source: The Empire State Winter Games are back in the Adirondacks this weekend | NCPR News

The Clinton County Historical Association is pleased to announce that two grants have been received through the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership for 2022.  The first is an internship grant to support collections management training for a student of history, anthropology, or museum studies.  The training will include all processes necessary to enter an item […]

Source: Burlington City Council rejects acting police chief for permanent job – VTDigger

“Like hospitals across the region, CVPH is dramatically short of workers across a range of specialties. That comes as patient volume hit historically high levels, a combination of COVID-19 related illness and more run of the mill procedures that were put off over two years of global disruption. Workers like CVPH lab technician Sally Osborne […]

You HAVE to watch this wonderful Today Show story about a place so close to us. Source: Feel like an Olympian for the day at Lake Placid

Source: North Country would be divided among three new Congressional districts | NCPR News

Source: Keeseville bridges win competition in a ‘landslide’ | Sun Community News KEESEVILLE | The historic bridges of Keeseville added some bling to their trophy case in January, winning three categories in an international competition among structures deemed to h

Source: Konowitz remembered by basketball community | Sun Community News CLINTONVILLE | Jon Konowitz was remembered over the weekend by players, fellow coaches, and the North Country basketball community at large as a pillar of the sport and of life.

Source: Plattsburgh State Athletics Mourns Loss of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach John Konowitz – Plattsburgh State Athletics

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) issued this statement following the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40:                  “The Farm Laborers Wage Board decision to lower the overtime threshold sets our local agriculture industry and family farmers up for failure. Despite widespread opposition from farmers across the state, […]

Source: 2022 Winter Olympics: Which Upstate NY athletes are competing in Beijing? – syracuse.com

Source: Upgrades made to local arts center | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The Strand Center Theatre was originally built in 1924 as a Vaudeville Theatre. In 2004, Strand Center for the Arts purchased the building and has been working on a capital campaign to r

Adirondack Boy Scout camps’ numbers in decline By Tim Rowland Source: Summer camp sell-off: The end of an era? – Adirondack Explorer

Source: David Ortiz elected to Baseball Hall of Fame; Bonds, Clemens, Schilling fall short – syracuse.com

Source: New York State Supreme Court judge rules Gov. Hochul’s mask mandate unconstitutional – NewsBreak

Source: AFC Divisional Playoff: Bills lose a heartbreaker to Chiefs in overtime – syracuse.com

“Angry outbursts at meetings, marches to elected officials’ homes, and threatening emails are all examples of how Burlington politics have turned toxic in recent months.” Source: Burlington’s toxic politics driving candidates away

Source: N.Y. to allow absentee ballot voting through 2022 | Sun Community News ALBANY | Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to allow voting by absentee ballot due to the COVID-19 pandemic through 2022. 

  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos began the new year on a high note by naming Captain Karen Przyklek as the Director of DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement (DLE). Przyklek’s promotion follows a successful 26-year career with DLE during which she played a vital role investigating environmental crimes, assisting […]

Source: Hochul selects Saranac Laker Barbara Rice to lead APA | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: 18-year-olds can now drive semi trucks across state lines

Source: New look and new artists at the Strand in Plattsburgh | NCPR News

The New York State Department of Labor Wage Board was expected to decide whether they would be lowering the overtime threshold for farmworkers from sixty to forty hours per week in 2020 but extended their decision until this year when they scheduled three additional hearings about the matter. Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) testified in […]

Upcoming stamps honor Pete Seeger, Katharine Graham, Edmonia Lewis and women cryptologists of World War II, commemorate passage of Title IX and the establishment of the National Marine Sanctuary System and much more WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has announced several new stamps to be issued in 2022. “The new 2022 stamps are miniature […]