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Source: ‘Coming Soon’ Trudeau House museum under construction | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | First floor to interpret broad history of Saranac Lakes region

Source: AVCS superintendent set to retire | Sun Community News AUSABLE VALLEY | After more than three decades in education, AuSable Valley Central School Superintendent Paul Savage will officially retire in September.

Crews announced at 10 a.m. one lane of traffic on the bridge had been reopened.

Source: Tractor-trailer crash prompts hours-long closure of Rouses Point bridge to Vermont

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UPDATE: As of 2/2 at 1 pm the Grand Isle, VT – Plattsburgh, NY crossing is still closed due to strong south winds and ice conditions. The NWS service said the big wind change will take place around 8 am on Thursday morning. We will still have crews on standby if anything changes. We will still have crews on standby if anything changes. We will send out another update at 9 pm tonight. The Charlotte, VT – Essex, NY crossing is open and running as scheduled.

Source: Tractor-trailer crash blocks Rouses Point bridge to Vermont

Source: ‘Just between you and me’: FBI records reveal an EB-5 fraudster’s direct line to Gov. Peter Shumlin – VTDigger

Source: Snowmobile enforcement nets numerous infractions | Sun Community News ELLENBURG | A recent heightened enforcement effort on local trails netted numerous infractions but also several opportunities for safety awareness and assistance.

Source: Family fun featured this weekend at Lake George Winter Carnival | Sun Community News LAKE GEORGE | Outhouse races, fireworks, a parade and and chili contest are featured in Lake George Winter Carnival 2022’s opening weekend.

Source: NBC5 In Depth: Filming history on Lake Champlain

Source: More concerts coming to Upstate NY: Jason Isbell, Kenny Chesney, Bright Eyes – syracuse.com

Source: Dave Matthews Band tour dates include 3 Upstate NY concerts – syracuse.com

“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 30 pounds. How sad is that?”

Source: Onondaga County lawmakers condemn racist act of 1795 in uncomfortable vote – syracuse.com

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

Source: Test your vehicle and traffic law I.Q. — 2022 (Answers) | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Weather: Widespread snow expected in Vermont later this week

Source: Towns grapple with cannabis law; Jay, Wilmington to vote in November | Sun Community News AU SABLE FORKS | The Town of Jay announced Thursday, Jan. 27, that it has received enough certified signatures to put the sale of cannabis up to a vote next November.

The premiere Québécois band “Le Vent du Nord” opens the 2022 Hill and Hollow Music performance series on Sunday, February 6 at 3:00 pm in Redford, New York.  A leading force in Québec’s progressive francophone folk movement, Le Vent du Nord performs French-Canadian traditional music with a twist.  The essential instruments are all there: button accordion, guitar, fiddles, foot percussion, and vocals, but the unique, defining sound of this band is the hurdy-gurdy, which adds an earthy flavor and rough-hewn texture to their zesty musical stew.

Le Vent du Nord’s dynamic live performances expand the boundaries of tradition in striking new directions.  While the group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions rooted in the Celtic diaspora, they infuse that energetic and soulful music with a broad range of global influences, including Mediterranean and Scandinavian. This is the modern sound of tradition, a music of here and now.

Since forming in 2002, Le Vent du Nord has enjoyed meteoric success, performing over 2000 concerts on four continents and racking up several prestigious awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros, two Junos (Canada’s Grammys), a Félix at ADISQ, a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala.

Le Vent du Nord performs on the Hill and Hollow Music series on Sunday, February 6 at 3:00 pm at the Assumption of Mary School located at 78 Clinton Street in Redford, New York 12978. Because of continuing COVID-19 concerns, audience members must be vaccinated and masked.  Reservations are requested so that contact-tracing is possible. Admission is a suggested donation of $20, payable at the door. Seating is open; self-distancing is discretionary. For further info please telephone 518-293-7613.  

They sound wonderful – Click here for youtube video 

Source: Major snowmobile trail at risk due to Avangrid Renewable’s new desire for paved turbine access | Lewis County | nny360.com

CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across our region

PLATTSBURGH, NY (02/01/2022) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month and asks all eligible donors to consider donating.

Here are several opportunities to give blood:

• Friday, February 4, Clinton County Government Center, 8:30 am to 12:30 p.m.
• Monday, February 7, Willsboro Fire Department, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 8, Brushton-Moira American Legion Post 939, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Friday, February 11, Village of Malone office, 9 a.m. to Noon
• Thursday, February 17, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Noon to 4 p.m.
• Friday, February 18, CVPH Auditorium A, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Monday, February 21, St. Augustine Parish Center, Peru, 3 to 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 22, North Country Community College, Malone Campus, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 23, Clinton Community College, Stafford lobby, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Monday, February 28, Adirondack Medical Center, Redfield Room, Noon to 4 p.m.

Blood donors are registered electronically and should have their donor card or another form of identification with them to donate. To protect the safety of the donors and the donor team during a community drive, a number of safety measures are in place. Donors undergo a COVID -19 screening and phlebotomists limit close contact while still providing exceptional care. Phlebotomists and donors are masked and cots are placed an appropriate distance apart.

The Donor Center at 85 Plaza Blvd, is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Blood collected by the Adirondack Regional Blood Center stays in the North Country, helping hundreds of people in this region. Its success rests on the generosity of donors and sponsors.

Learn more about the Adirondack Regional Blood Center, giving blood and becoming a sponsor at UVMHealth.org/GiveBlood or call (518) 562-7406.

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 into the museum’s permanent collection and will take place at the museum at 98 Ohio Avenue on the Old Base. Students may apply by emailing director@clintoncountyhistorical.org.  The internship program will run from May through August.    

The second grant will support the design and installation of three bilingual interpretive panels for the following historic buildings, the Witherill Hotel and the Fouquet House in Plattsburgh and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Churubusco. CCHA is committed to working with public historians to ensure that historic locations are recognized. This grant will provide the opportunity to showcase the Witherill Hotel, which was a downtown institution for over 100 years and the glamorous and historic Fouquet House, built in 1865 and sitting within Plattsburgh’s historic district. Photos of both the Witherill Hotel and the Fouquet House are in the CCHA negative collection. Building histories will be compiled with the help of City of Plattsburgh historians and Susan Howell Hamlin author of Welcome to the Witherill. The Immaculate Heart of Mary Church has closed and with it the memory of a community that built this church from local stone, wood and labor.  The interpretive panel will share this history using photos and information from the Town of Clinton’s and the Diocese of Ogdensburg’s files including a photo of the laborers with the internationally known stone mason Isaac Johnson, a former slave, and Father Jeremiah Murphy who worked side by side with his congregation to erect and pay for the church. The panels are scheduled to be installed this year.

These projects are funded by 2022 Internship and Collections Grants from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership through an agreement awarded by the United States National Parks Service to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission in partnership with the CVNHP.

Please contact Helen Nerska, Director, Clinton County Historical Association, for more information.

director@clintoncountyhistorical, (cell) 513-582-7246