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It is likely that Don Duley sold the first house in town after the Plattsburgh Air Force Base (PAFB) closure announcement in 1993. It was a time of dread, when realtors and business people from every sector wondered if they’d ever close a deal again but that particular deal was set in motion well before read more

When Plattsburgh Air Force Base was unexpectedly chosen for closure in 1994, chaos, a sense of mourning and deep anger suffused the community. Outside forces were about to bring a cataclysmic change to the area. It was a dark time. But then a Canadian company got a contract to build railroad cars and they needed read more

The FitzPatrick Cancer Center opened its doors in April of 1990 to meet the community’s need for a comprehensive and coordinated approach to caring for North Country residents with cancer and in doing so, established a new standard of cancer care here. Thirty years later, the FCC team continues to keep the bar high when read more

The opening of the FitzPatrick Cancer Center in 1990 was part of a multifaceted plan by CVPH Medical Center to place a firm foothold in the future. In addition to the comprehensive cancer center, CVPH requested and received New York State approval for seven projects each focused on meeting the community’s needs with an emphasis read more

THE BOTTLENECK “The Champlain border crossing was designed to accommodate visitors to Expo 67, the World’s Fair in Montreal,” said Garry Douglas, president of the North Country Chamber of Commerce. “At that time, there was no real commercial crossing. Trucks intermixed with tourist traffic, and by 2000, after a several fold increase in truck volumes, read more

Two of the greatest assets we have here in the North Country are people and location and both have proved beneficial to our manufacturing industry. The North Country’s proximity to Canada and location on the corridor connecting New York City/ Albany to Montreal has attracted companies and jobs to our region. Retired Empire State Development read more

ADVERTISING SUPPORT ALLOWED STRICTLY BUSINESS TO TAKE A GIANT LEAP OF FAITH AND PRODUCE ITS FIRST ISSUE IN MARCH OF 1990. ONE OF THOSE ADVERTISERS WAS CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SB RECENTLY SPOKE TO CCC’S CURRENT PRESIDENT AND THE COLLEGE’S LONG TIME DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO ASK THEIR PERCEPTION OF HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED OVER read more

When SB asked Bob Smith to summarize the highlights of the past thirty years for Nine Platt Hospitality it produced a fascinating look back at a business that got its start in 1956 as a Howard Johnson’s restaurant at Cumberland Head corners in Plattsburgh. At one point the corporation held nine separate entities. Today it read more

Mountain Lake PBS (MLPBS), originally known as WCFE-TV, first signed on in 1977 from a studio on the campus at SUNY Plattsburgh. In 1993 the station rebranded as Mountain Lake PBS to more accurately reflect its growing viewership. According to Bill McColgan, president and CEO of MLPBS, “While our mission has remained the same over read more

Sharon Macner was a senior majoring in Communication Disorders and Speech Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder and planning to go to graduate school in the field when she took a course in audiology. That experience opened a new career path for her. Audiology become a source of inspiration and changed everything. She read more