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When President Jimmy Carter signed trucking deregulation into law in 1980, new opportunities opened for those who were ambitious, skilled and daring, allowing them to enter the previously closed and tightly controlled trucking business. Three years later, President Ronald Reagan was in office, the final episode of MAS*H aired (and with no VHS, DVD or read more

French names are nothing new to the City of Plattsburgh. Few othercities in the nation have a French quarter, with names like Lafayette,Montcalm and Champlain. The heavy Quebec influence in our regiongoes back more than four hundred years, and people have eyed traderoutes connecting a great state and a great province ever since. It came read more

How did a hydrogeologist from Plattsburgh and an environmental well driller from Cazenovia end up owning a landscape company and a flower farm in Keeseville New York? It’s an interesting story! Keep reading. Jackie and Jim Wheelin met on the job in Central New York in the early 2000s. As the work progressed the two read more

After its humble beginnings as a buying club on Carol Czaja’s back porch, the North Country Food Co-op is now 2,800 member-owners strong. Located on Bridge Street in downtown Plattsburgh, The Co-op, as it is called by its loyal members, is a community-owned grocery store that focuses on providing a place for the community to read more

The healthcare industry is currently facing unknown territory as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. Richelle Gregory, Director of Community Services for Clinton County Mental Health and Addiction Services and Michelle LeBeau, President of the University of Vermont Health Network- Alice Hyde Medical Center and Champlain ValleyPhysicians Hospital (CVPH), recently discussed their vision for read more

NORTH COUNTRY SCHOOLS have just completed 18 months of remote learning for nearly 21,000 K-12 students in Clinton, Essex, and Franklin counties. Add nearly 10,000 college students to that number and you have over 30,000 young people needing an education when their schools were abruptly shut down in mid-March 2020. North Country students needed a read more

When looking at the challenges facing area businesses, you can’t escape the intersection of a labor shortage and supply chain disruptions. It is hard to know where to turn, but North Country business owners are focused on moving forward. The reality is they are tired, concerned and uncertain, but steadfast in their appreciation for their read more

THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS is a North Country treasure that, like other arts organizations, felt a dramatic impact from the pandemic. Tom McNichols, current president of the Strand’s Board of Directors, commented on its present situation stating, “The Strand is okay because of a lot of hard work behind the scenes. Going forward read more

There was a time, not so long ago, if you were in business, you worried about things like theft, fires and increased regulations. In the world of 2021, the list of things to worry about is much longer. Cyber-attacks/ malware, electronic data breaches, espionage, ransomware, identity theft. And then there are active shooters, workplace violence, read more

WHEN ELIZABETH PEARL was in ninth grade, she was injured on the basketball court. The treatment recommendation at the time was to rest on the sidelines. Her time on the bench, spent watching her teammates, lasted for only two practices but for Pearl, “Two minutes of not being on the court was too many minutes.” read more