BG_A_0099_0112

Page 1

~ Coryer

Staffing

Good people. Great jobs. ~

518-324-5678

• coryerstaffing.com

CAREER

• Downtown

PO Box 338 Elizabethtown NY 12932 Postal Patron

206142

0

MAKE 2019 THE YEAR OF YOUR

ECRWSS PRESORTED STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID DENTON PUBLICATIONS

Plattsburgh

Published By Denton Publications Inc.

DIRECTLY MAILED TO OVER

71,354

MYCAPTURE PHOTO GALLERIES

See photos from all the game action last weekend.

HOMES EVERY WEEK! January 12, 2019

Burgh/North Countryman

suncommunitynews.com

• EDITION •

Plattsburgh joins lawsuit against opioid producers

AS MINIMUM WAGE CONTINUES TO CLIMB, HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AWAITS TIP CREDIT DECISION

Big pharma to blame for drug crisis, says litigation By Pete DeMola EDITOR

PLATTSBURGH | The City of Plattsburgh has joined the cities of Schenectady, Albany and Troy in filing litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers in an attempt to hold them accountable for the entrenched opiate epidemic. The lawsuit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday by the Albany law firm Dreyer Boyajian LaMarche Safranko PLLC. “We have needlessly lost too many lives to this epidemic caused by big pharma’s recklessness,” said attorney Donald W. Boyajian in a statement. “This epidemic continues to cause both human and financial crisis within these cities every day that threatens the health, welfare and safety of residents, municipal employees and their loved ones.” » Opioids Cont. on pg. 4

State probing eliminating tip credit

» Tip credit Cont. on pg. 3 Restaurant employees are awaiting a decision by Gov. Andrew Cuomo determining the future of the tip credit. The state Department of Labor concluded a series of hearings last summer designed to solicit feedback File photo

Plattsburgh post office named for local vet Ross Bouyea honored with building designation By Elizabeth Izzo STA FF W RITER

PLATTSBURGH | With the signature of President Donald Trump last month, the post office at 10 Miller St. in Plattsburgh has been named for a local war hero. The Ross Bouyea Post Office Building was designated just before Christmas, Dec. 21, after a bill introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (RSchuylerville) passed unanimously in the House and Senate Dec. 11 and Dec. 19, respectively. “I am thrilled that my House colleagues from districts across the nation supported my legislation to honor North Country war hero Ross Bouyea,” Stefanik said in a statement. Stefanik said that over the course of his service

The Ross Bouyea Post Office Building

Photo by Elizabeth Izzo

A bill naming the Plattsburgh Post Office after local veteran Ross Bouyea, pictured here, has passed the House and Senate and was signed by President Donald Trump just before Christmas. File photo

6’ Dog Lead & Collar

Sale 12

.99

$

MADEIN THEUSA MADEOFUSANO IMPORTEDPARTS

i:Jlill,

~111, 11

111111

,

4ia

\

_

$12.99 each sold separately MSRP $19.99 #102008-211 & #102005-211

Fleece Lined!

Men’s Fleece Lined Pants Reg. $54.99 #B155-DST

j

I

~- "

•,

11

» Post office Cont. on pg. 3

99

$

.99

Women’s Weathered Duck Wildwood Bib Overall #102743-201

WE ARE THE LARGEST DEALER IN THE AREA!

206501

285 Tom Miller Rd, Plattsburgh 324-7400 • LennyShoe.com

Sale $34.99

11IW - _

l[I,

with the U.S. Army’s 83rd Infantry Division, Bouyea “played a role in some of the most pivotal moments of the Second World War.” Bouyea was 21 years old when he landed on Omaha Beach. He fought for 244 days alongside his fellow soldiers, invading Normandy and fighting in the Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge. He also participated in the liberation of the Langenstein, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, according to Stefanik’s office. The Buchenwald camp was one of the first concentration camps established in Germany, where an estimated 56,545 people died. “By the end of the war, Mr. Bouyea’s unit had received seven distinguished unit citations and he personally had earned three service medals,” Stefanik said. “Mr. Bouyea’s service to his country did not end when he was honorably discharged in 1945, however, as he continued to play a significant role in his community in the later years of his life.”


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
BG_A_0099_0112 by Sun Community News and Printing - Issuu