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Skilled Nursing Facility Named Age-Friendly Health Systems Participant CVPH News Release – PLATTSBURGH, NY (1/16/2025) – Older adults are living and working longer, redefining later life and enriching our communities. Delivering care that values them and addresses their unique needs leads to better outcomes, more satisfied patients and families and lowers overall costs. This is […]

Family’s association with the Y dates back to the early 1900s Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Abigail Middlemiss Receives BEE Award (CVPH News Release and photos)  PLATTSBURGH, NY (1/10/2025) – Oftentimes, it’s the simplest of gestures that make the difference in health care. In the case of Abigail Middlemiss, CA, her difference comes in the form of a smile that brightens even the darkest of days for patients and colleagues alike. She […]

Education and awareness can support a safer environment and a positive patient experience  PLATTSBURGH, NY (01/09/2025) – While the incidence of workplace violence in health care remains a serious concern for healthcare professionals across the country, the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) is taking steps to ensure patients continue […]

AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions of 11 Individuals January 8, 2025 Attorney General News Release  NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced new measures to stop a major source of Medicaid fraud by transportation companies that use fake billing schemes to steal […]

The charter school did not have carbon monoxide detectors  Click here for Syracuse.com story 

Baby girl Tatum Hendrie was born January 2, at 9:44 am to parents Paula Blazonis and Will Hendrie of Plattsburgh. The first baby born in 2025 at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital weighed a perfect 8 lb. 5 oz and was 20 ¼ inches long. Tatum received a huge […]

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DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar has announced more than $16 million in Climate Smart Communities Grant awards to municipalities across the state. The grant awards represent the largest ever awarded since the program was created thanks to funding from the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022. The funded projects […]

Twenty-one kind people attempted to donate blood at CVPH’s December 23 blood donor drive at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. Seventeen were successful. Remarkably, so many people donated during such a busy time of year. The CVPH Adirondack Regional Health Center, in a thank-you letter to the sponsoring organization, St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus, stated, “Donors […]

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Legislation aimed at helping to get assistance and information to EPIC participants CLICK HERE FOR THE SUN COMMUNITY NEWS STORY 

Different regulatory environments in the two states have led to contrasting situations on either side of Lake Champlain. Click here for the VTDigger story 

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Health Department wants to assess and update your healthcare needs  Clinton County – Through the end of February, the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) and the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) are asking residents what they see as the most pressing health concerns in our community. Residents can take […]

St. Augustine’s Parish Center, Monday, December 23, 3-6:30 p.m. PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/20/2024) –   The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), offers multiple opportunities in January to donate blood and support the health and wellbeing of the North Country. In addition to […]

PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/20/2024) – Christine Porter worried about what each passing hour could bring as her mother battled a life-threatening illness in the ICU at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). While she’ll never forget the fear she felt during her mother’s stay in the hospital, Porter also says […]

Twenty-nine nursing students graduated from North Country Community College’s inaugural Jan. to Dec. RN program Click here for the Sun Community News story 

CCC News Release –  Plattsburgh, NY — Clinton Community College Administrator in Charge Ken Knelly has named Enzo, a seven-year-old English Creme Golden Retriever, the “Official Dog of Clinton Community College.” The appointment was effective following the college’s Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17 where the authorization for the appointment was approved. This […]

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, December 23, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. Each presenting donor during December will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Applebee’s gift card.  The drive is being coordinated by St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council […]

All school districts develop plans to mitigate extreme heat in classrooms and support services spaces and to establish a maximum allowable temperature Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Robert Thibodeau pleaded guilty to 11 charges after threatening to shoot hospital management Click here for the Sun Community News story 

They can now file for workers’ comp for specific kinds of mental injury Click here for the Sun Comunity News story 

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, December 23, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. Each presenting donor during December will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Applebee’s gift card. The drive is being coordinated by St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council […]

More than 800,000 children enrolled in Medicaid and Child Health Plus will benefit Click here for the Sun Community News story