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The same Mayor who is demanding a local retirement community be put on the tax rolls and not be a tax exempt entity - may have indirectly enjoyed the benefits of tax-exempt status himself. Susie Bouyea who is the wife of City of Plattsburgh Mayor Donald Kasprzak – is part of the Bouyea family who owned Bouyea Baking Company in Plattsburgh. Sources have confirmed — the former Bakery was granted tax exempt status when it was in operation. The exempt status meant the former Plattsburgh company did not have to pay the city any property or school tax. Following its closer the bakery was ... Read Full Story

Kasprzak - Fighting a Losing Battle

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A recent ruling by an arbitrator nets a City of Plattsburgh union – yet another win. Sources close to City Hall say the union that represents City of Plattsburgh firefighters received word late last week – that an arbitrator ruled in their favor over a grievance that was filed because firefighters were being denied leave time that was granted to them under their current union contract. Edmund Sanderson, who is a city Firefighter and the point-man on the grievance writing committee for the City Fire Department, is believed to have written the grievance that netted the union their win against the city. Sanderson, a ... Read Full Story

Editorial - Union President Speaks Out

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This letter is in response to Mayor Kasprzaks statement in the Press Republican on 12/22/07 regarding “Mayor will seek concessions the City Unions.” Mr. Lotemplio says I did not return any phone calls from the Press. Hello-I was having surgery on 12/21. Again, Mr. Lotemplio lacks the professionalism for presenting facts. For the Mayor to go to the Press with these statements when there was no way I could have responded shows exactly what kind a Mayor and Press Reporter we are dealing with. They both stroke each other. In his article, Mayor Kasprzak attempts to place political ... Read Full Story

Editorial - Mayor or Sandbox Bully?

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The following letter appeared in the Sunday January 13th edition of the Plattsburgh Press Republican: TO THE EDITOR: Your editorial writer is seriously embarrassing your paper’s reputation by jumping into bed with Mayor Kasprzak. The editorial you headlined “Stewart spending must be proved” is over the top. It aids and abets the Mayor’s practice of loudly attacking everything he thinks will generate headline(and with your help it usually does) and whacking anybody who appears vulnerable to his mean-spirited assaults. Look at the record so far: Mayor Kasprzak throws mud at his predecessors, publicly denigrates veteran department heads, lashes out at city employees, threatens ... Read Full Story

City’s Legal Costs expected to Skyrocket

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The City of Plattsburgh’s preliminary 2008 budget figures show a huge increase in the dollar amount appropriated for legal expenses. According to recently released preliminary budget numbers - the City of Plattsburgh expects to spend roughly 800% more on legal costs in 2008 than it did in 2007. Theses figures appear to back-up reports that the City has been hit with numerous lawsuits and legal actions after a controversial reduction in force that took place in February 2007. At the heart of the controversy is whether or not the city was facing the serious financial crisis it claimed to be facing - when several employees were selected for lay- off ... Read Full Story

Recent events in Plattsburgh

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In August of 1996, the rock band Phish, which was based across Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont, held the first of its seven weekend-long festivals at the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base. The festival, called The Clifford Ball, attracted 65,000 fans from all over the country and featured seven sets of music by the band. Fans camped out onsite in tents and RV's, creating community of fans that became the ninth largest city in New York over the weekend.

In 1999, the City of Plattsburgh elected Dan Stewart (R), New York State's first openly gay mayor.

On April 20, 2002, there was an earthquake a few miles southwest of Plattsburgh in Clintonville 16:03, 5 November 2006 (UTC). It measured 5.1 on the Richter Scale, and was felt as far south as Pennsylvania and as far north as Maine.

On January 2, 2006, the Latin inscription on the city seal was corrected. The phrase was garbled when another revision was made 60 years earlier. The seal now correctly says Ipsa Sibi Præmium Virtus which in English is “Virtue is its own reward.” The seal and phrase were originally chosen by the City's Common Council, from a contest held in the 1920s. The mistake was corrected by Dr. Ann Tracy, a Latin scholar and distinguished teaching professor of English at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, and Plattsburgh City Clerk Keith Herkalo, after a new city police officer asked what the phrase meant.

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The strange hunt for an Icelandic woman in Plattsburgh, NY

For a couple of days I've been following a series of creepy news stories in the Plattsburgh, NY Press Republican. In the first one, there were helicopters over Plattsburgh looking for a fugitive. On the afternoon of November 3rd, they...

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Covering the Doug Hoffman congressional campaign on a day when the big news is that Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava quit. Former New York Gov. George Pataki appeared today with Hoffman at VFW Post 125 in Plattsburgh, where they were greeted by about 150 supporters and a huge media contingent: Pataki and Hoffman meet the press after their speeches. Plattsburgh Mayor Donald Kasprzak is interviewed...

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Manhunt for Illegal Alien in Plattsburgh

A massive search in Plattsburgh Wednesday night for an illegal alien who gave authorities the slip. 42-year old Linda Bjork Magnus-dottir of Iceland was awaiting arraignment in federal court when she asked police to use the bathroom and then took off ...

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Cops debunk Hoffman's "Dems stealing election" claim in Plattsburgh

Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman is accusing Democrats of dirty tricks in Plattsburgh. This from the WSJ:“We just had a report that one of our pollsters in Clinton County just had their tires slashed,” Hoffman told reporters at his campaign office in Plattsburgh, N.Y. “So I think the Democrats are doing everything they possibly can to steal this election away from the 23rd District.”Turns out, not so much:Capt. Michael Branch of the...

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Plattsburgh Democrat Bill Owens scores historic win in 23rd

For the first time since before the civil war, much of the North Country woke up this morning with a Democratic Congressman. Bill Owens defeated Conservative Doug Hoffman, 49 to 46 percent, in the 23rd district special election, with 88% of precincts reporting. Republican Dede Scozzafava, who abruptly dropped out over the weekend, still captured 6% of the vote. Hoffman conceded last night. The historic race featured millions of dollars in...

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