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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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Scandal in Plattsburgh over Student Newspaper Column

Claudia let me know about a scandal that happening at SUNY Plattsburgh over this column, printed in the Student newspaper Cardinal Points. Some alumni are not happy either: I am embarrassed, ashamed, and appalled by the publishing of this article. I didn’t read Cardinal Points regularly when I was an undergraduate, but when I did I was never shocked or angered by the material. Maybe the staff during my years of attendance was, for lack of a...

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Standard Bearer: Plattsburgh Tops Preseason D-III Poll

MINNEAPOLIS — Controlled chaos. How else to better explain USCHOâs inaugural USCHO.com Division III menâs hockey poll? Eight different teams received first place votes, with six each having a lone supporter. The top two squads—Plattsburgh, last yearâs top ranked team for much of the year and Neumann, the defending national champion—are separated by a mere eight points, with ...

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Rochester Drops Plattsburgh State, 3-0

Defenders Misha Carrel-Thomas and Phil Proud scored on free kicks three minutes apart early in the second half to spark the University of Rochester to a 3-0 victory over Plattsburgh State in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championships at Edwin Fauver Stadium.

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NY23: Media Cover Hoffman; Eye of the Storm in Upstate

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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NY Hunter Accidentally Shot, Wounded In Leg

State police said they were investigating a hunting accident that left a northern New York man with a gunshot wound to one of his legs. Troopers said 35-year-old Scott Lamare of Morrisonville was hunting Sunday afternoon in a wooded area of Beekmantown, just north of Plattsburgh, when he was shot in the lower left leg. He was treated at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh.

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B-P shuts out Plattsburgh, 2-0

Plattsburgh had its best scoring opportunity early in the first half when Jordan Knight stepped in front B-P goalkeeper Jared LaPorte to gather in a pass. His shot missed its mark wide left. "We had a great chance about 15 minutes in when our forward ...

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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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