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Dannemora trio charged after late-night kidnapping

Victim viciously assaulted and taken from a West Chazy home June 25 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Plattsburgh changes course on Durkee Street development project

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Counselor Kregg Bruno withdraws resignation paperwork

Bruce Drive residents upset by bridge closure  Peru is certified as a Pro-Housing Community 376 children have already signed up for fall soccer   Peru, June 26, 2024 – About a week before the Peru Town Board’s Monday, June 24 meeting, Councilman Kregg Bruno indicated that he planned to resign from his board position. At […]

Breeze Airways announces new direct flights to Fort Myers from Burlington

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NY primary election: See results for the top races in Plattsburgh

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How local voters are rejecting electric school buses in the North Country and beyond

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Westport’s Camp Dudley is America’s oldest

Building better boys and leaders while having fun Click here for the Sun Community News story 

State audit finds several shortfalls in Town of Keene’s record-keeping

Albany, June 24, 2024 – NYS Comptroller audit concludes the Town of Keene supervisor did not maintain complete, accurate and timely accounting records. The board lacked reliable records and reports to manage the town’s financial operations, account balances were inaccurate and certain revenues and expenditures were not reported in the annual financial report. Click here […]

Veteran photos and military biographies – Honor Flight #55

Every North Country Honor Fight carries veterans with different military backgrounds. Flight #55 included a medic, infantrymen, supply, maintenance, communication, and electronics specialists, forward artillery observers, a helicopter mechanic, a cook, a fighter pilot with 22 kills, and the Distinguished Flying Cross, a jet engine mechanic. Some suffered wounds and sicknesses, the effects which remain […]

Veteran photos and military biographies – Honor Flight #54

Every North Country Honor Fight carries veterans with different military backgrounds. Flight #55 carried a dentist, bomb loaders, a ship-fitter/welder, a heavy equipment operator, a truck driver, a crane operator, a radio relay communications specialist, a military policeman, and aircraft hydraulics and ground equipment specialists. Some served for two or four years, while others served […]

New self-storage facility under construction in Peru

Peru, NY – June 24, 2024—Two weeks ago, residents noticed heavy equipment operating behind the Route 22 Dollar General store. Adirondack Coast Self Storage plans to open a self-storage facility at that location with 50 storage units measuring five feet by ten feet and ten feet by twenty feet. The facility address is 13 Town […]

June 22, 2024 – ‘Thunder in the Burg’ escorts Honor Flight Vets to the flightline

Editor’s Error- It is Flights #54 and #55. The video’s numbers will be corrected when time permits.

The North Country appreciates its veterans

June 22, 2024 – U.S. Oval, Plattsburgh, NY. – The show went on; it was probably one of the best ever. Heavy rain at 7 a.m. today didn’t deter “Thunder in the Burg” motorcycles, law enforcement and a huge crowd of well-wishers from attending the North Country Honor Flight Send-Off Ceremony. Flights #54 and #55 […]

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, June 26, 2024 

Macaroni & Cheese  Mixed Vegetables  Bread Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972  All are invited and welcome!

North Hudson: New York State Police trooper injured after crashing cruiser during heavy rain, police say

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Rain causes flooding, sinkholes across city and town of Plattsburgh

The cleanup will continue into Friday Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, JUNE 24, 2024, 6:00 PM

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION:   MOTION:  Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of June 10, 2024.  Community Input.  DISCUSSION:  Homes & Community Renewal Pro-Housing Certification Letter. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Acceptance of NYSEG Reservation Letter for Updating Town Hall Lighting. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:   Acceptance of Councilman’s Resignation. DISCUSSION:  Other Business. DISCUSSION:  Public […]

Three airlines submit bids for flights out of Plattsburgh International Airport

You can review the documents by entering the docket number “DOT-OST-2003-14783” into the search bar at regulations.gov. Official comments should be sent to Michael Martin with the U.S. Department of Transportation at Michael.F.Martin@dot.gov. Click here for the NCPR story 

Clinton Announces Dean’s and President’s Lists for Spring 2024

Plattsburgh, New York – Clinton Community College’s Administrator in Charge, Ken Knelly, is proud to recognize the following students on their high academic performance during the Spring 2024 semester. President’s List students achieved a grade point average of 3.75 or above. Dean’s List students earned a grade point average between 3.25 and 3.749. Spring 2024 […]

Adirondack Forest Rangers find two people dead, rescue lost hikers and kayakers

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St. Augustine’s, St. Alexander’s, St. James’ new pastor get a loving send-off in Ticonderoga

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First-year results of local hazelnut growing trials are in

Willsboro, New York. The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has published the first-year results of the hazelnut trials added to its “superfruits” research series in 2023.  The multi-stemmed wood perennial produces its “fruit” as nuts high in protein and oil, with 81 percent as healthy mono-unsaturated oleic acid. The trial’s first-year results […]

History and Present Day of the Keeseville Fire Department

Dorothy Grant Obituary

Hamilton Funeral Home Obituary for Dorothy Grant 

This Keeseville resource is a must-see

By John T Ryan June 18, 2024, Keeseville—Keeseville was originally called Anderson Falls, and it was named after the falls near the beautiful Main Street arch bridge that passes over the Ausable River. That river and the falls played an important role in Keeseville’s history. Fortunately, the Anderson Falls Heritage House Museum at 98 Clinton […]