City of Plattsburgh News

South Carolina-based Direct Air is now flying nonstop between Plattsburgh, N.Y., and Punta Gorda, Fla. The carrier flies one daily round-trip every Saturday. The seasonal service is set to operate through April 17. Touting itself as "Montreal’s U.S. airport," Plattsburgh...  

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...  

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...  

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.  

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.  

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...  

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...  

This fall, the former Bouyea Bakery building in Plattsburgh, N.Y., which has been vacant since 2002, will be reopened as Lucenda Self-Storage. The building renovation began in March; co-owner Pierre Tremblay hopes to open for business by Nov. 1.   The building’s main level contains 125 storage units, and an ...(144 words)  

This evening, two of the three candidates for the 23rd congressional district house seat will take part in a debate in the E. Glenn Giltz auditorium. That’s in Hawkins Hall at SUNY Plattsburgh. The forum begins at 5 pm and North Country Public Radio will broadcast the program beginning at 7 o’clock, following All Things Considered. Martha Foley talks with NCPR Adirondack bureau chief, Brian Mann, who is one of the debate co-moderators.  

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...  

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 ...  

Updated: SUNY Plattsburgh Presents Sampling of Public Events Through Early ...ReadMedia (press release)Bernardo Bertolucci's massive epic film is a history of Italy from 1900 to 1945 as reflected through the friendship of two men across class lines. ...and more »  

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 ...  

PLATTSBURGH — Jolanta Rutowicz admits she wants too much out of life — but she plans to get it. Called by some the "Paris Hilton of Eastern Europe" and by others Princess Jollie, she is the winner of the reality television show "Big Brother 4" in ...  

PLATTSBURGH — A van involved in an accident in downtown Plattsburgh Monday morning wound up in the window of the Lily Pond. City Police said that just before 8:30 a.m., Jamie Viveiros, 31, of Plattsburgh was stopped at the intersection of Bridge ...