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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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Plattsburgh State student survives Haiti earthquake

Tent donations: Lifeway Community Church in North Bangor is collecting new and used tents to be donated to American Baptist Missionaries at work in Haiti. Gently used family-sized and new tents are being accepted, as well as cash donations to ...

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Vermont airport faces competition from Plattsburgh

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A plan to add more flights between New York's Plattsburgh International Airport and Boston could mean a loss of customers for Vermont's Burlington International Airport. Plattsburgh is poised to receive $2.1 million in federal...

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NCAA Men's Hockey — Oswego Edges Plattsburgh

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Oswego is one of the hottest teams in the country, so hot, they literally set off the fire alarm during the first intermission, causing an evacuation of the sold-out Campus Center Ice Arena. Eric Selleck's gloves ignited when he was drying them in the locker room. Oswego stayed blazing hot, beating their archrival Plattsburgh, 3-2. It was the first time Oswego defeated Plattsburgh ...

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B'town sweeps in bowling

PLATTSBURGH — It was a big day for Beekmantown at the Section VII Bowling Championships held Saturday at North Bowl Lanes. Beekmantown I won the boys' competition by 462 pins over second-place Plattsburgh High School (6477-6015). And, it was even ...

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#1 Oswego State beats #4 Plattsburgh

The No. 1-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team defeated fourth-ranked Plattsburgh 3-2 on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd for the program’s first victory over the Cardinals at the Campus Center Arena.

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N.Y. FFs Fundraising Upsets Some

Authors and source External author: Andrea VanValkenburg The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. -- Jan. 17--PLATTSBURGH -- In many close-knit upstate communities, supporting volunteer fire departments has been a tradition for generations. That's why many Clinton County residents haven't hesitated to make...

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Plattsburgh Man To Appear On American Idol

A Plattsburgh man will be one of the contestants on American Idol when the ... According to the fan page on Facebook, Ben is a singer/songwriter graduate from The Crane School of Music at Potsdam State. He currently teaches general music and chorus ...

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