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Fighting hunger
Hannaford Supermarket announced a $125,000 donation to Hunger Free Vermont to assist the non-profit organization’s efforts to help alleviate childhood hunger and ensure that local children have access to healthy food this summer. Read more
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Coins for koalas
ROUSES POINT | Rouses Point Elementary School K-Kids recently organized a “Coins for Koalas” coin drive to benefit wildlife affected by the Australian bush fires. Read more
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EMTs recognized for saving life
PLATTSBURGH | Thomas O’Keefe hadn’t been feeling well when he left for a business trip to Washington, D.C., last summer. Read more
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Life-saving donations
KEESEVILLE | The Casey family poses with the donations to the Keeseville Volunteer Fire Department that they helped make possible. To honor the memory of Shauneen Casey, who passed away last year. Read more
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Crime victim gets new wheels
PLATTSBURGH | When Tenaya Kadimi’s bicycle was stolen, and later found destroyed on local train tracks, Plattsburgh City Police officers wanted to do something to help. Read more
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Bank donates nearly $15K to United Way
Community Bank N.A. recently presented United Way of the Adirondack Region with a $14,673.25 donation to support its annual fundraising campaign. Funds were raised by individual employee contributions and a $10,000 corporate donation. Read more
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Benefit to help injured child
One-year-old Conor McGrath was badly burned on Christmas Eve and is currently undergoing skin grafts and other treatment at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston. Read more
Whallonsburg winter Play Gym opens Feb. 1
WHALLONSBURG | Indoor winter play for families with children from newborn to age six returns to the Whallonsburg Grange Hall on Saturday mornings starting on Saturday, Feb. 1. Read more
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Big buck contest for Honor Flight
More than 200 local hunters recently participated in a Big Buck Contest, raising $2,117 for the North Country Honor Flight. Read more
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Helping hands on campus
PLATTSBURGH | Winter break is in full swing on campus at SUNY Plattsburgh, and that means many students are home with family and friends. But for those who stay behind for the full six weeks, something as simple as a hot meal remains elusive. Read more
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Casella boosts United Way donations
PLATTSBURGH | Casella Waste System, Inc., recently completed a promotion where they donated $25 to United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc., for every customer who signed up for trash and recycling pickup in September and October. Read more
Essex residents gain approvals to restore Victorian-era porch on town hall
ESSEX | Residents of Essex are looking to restore, and donate to, a Victorian-era front porch on Essex Town Hall in the historic hamlet. Read more
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Lions Club distribute holiday cheer
SCHROON | On Dec. 23 the Schroon Lions Club distributed 46 holiday baskets of cheer in the towns of Schroon and North Hudson. These holiday baskets have been a tradition of the Schroon’s Lions Club for well over 50 years. Read more
St Mary’s Church to host Twelfth Night concert
TICONDEROGA | Ticonderoga has celebrated the end of the Christmas season for over 30 years with the Ticonderoga Festival Guild’s Twelfth Night Concert. Read more
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Schroon Lake church receives help
POTTERSVILLE | Members of two Pottersville congregations — SonRise Lutheran Church and Christ Episcopal Church — recently presented a $9,000 check to Schroon Lake Community Church officials. Read more
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Light Up a Life returns
For its thirtieth year, Hospice of the North Country held a December-long Light Up a Life Memory Tree display at the Champlain Centre mall, along Smithfield Boulevard. Read more
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HOPE and a handshake
MIDDLEBURY | In keeping with this season of giving, and setting aside partisan passions, Addison County Republicans gathered over 100 non-perishable items to donate to non-profit HOPE, Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects. Read more
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Champlain National Bank fulfills local Christmas wishes
PLATTSBURGH | Champlain National Bank has created many ways to help brighten the holidays for families, youth and seniors throughout the North Country. Project We Care provides for nearby neighbors in need. Read more
Johnsburg for the holidays
JOHNSBURG | The Johnsburg Central School is the place for two holiday events taking place Saturday, Dec. 14, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., a craft fair will take place in the gymnasium. Read more
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A prescription for the holidays
CROWN POINT | It’s counterintuitive, but then again it’s not: You go to the doctor and he writes you a prescription for good food. Read more
