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Grand opening for Cadyville Disc Golf Course this Saturday By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
The official grand opening for the Cadyville Disc Golf Course will be held this Saturday, May 15. Ready and waiting for the day are, from left, Melanie Defayette, Zack Racine, Aric Strauss and Ryan Ficociello. Photo by Jeremiah S. Papineau
CADYVILLE — Whether you call it disc golf, frisbee golf or frolf — it’s officially arrived in the North Country. The town of Plattsburgh will hold a grand opening this Saturday, May 15, for the Cadyville Disc Golf Course. The nine-hole course, located at the Cadyville Recreation Park on Goddeau Road, is the latest venture for the town’s recreation department. Recreation department director Melanie Defayette said she’s excited for the official opening of the course, which has been in the development process for the past year. Through collaboration with three local disc golf players — Aric Strauss and Zack Racine of Plattsburgh and Ryan Ficociello of Morrisonville — the town has been able to take what was once a sport played on courses as far away as Saratoga and bring it to their own
backyard. “When they came to me about [developing a course], I started checking out costs and what it would take to make it happen,” said Defayette. The process included consulting with others who had experience in creating similar courses, said Defayette. It also involved reaching out to several organizations for funding, she added, such as Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Community Action for Health and the Clinton County Health Department. Ultimately, the town was awarded enough grant funding to cover the cost of developing a course at the park, with the town just left to contribute the labor and cost of minor materials to enhance the project, said Defayette. “We threw in the extras but got the guts of it from the grants,” she said. While the recreation department’s programs for younger children and seniors have typically done well, the sport of disc golf is something De-
fayette believes will open a door to a demographic the department has always strived to reach — 18- to 30-yearolds. “That’s really a population we’ve never really hit before,” said Defayette. “It’s very hard to hit the mark with that group, but we believe this will fill that gap.” That’s mainly because it’s a relatively easy sport to pick up, based on the same principles as what disc golfers call “ball golf.” “It really is an activity for everybody, from active seniors to kids,” said Defayette. “It may be a little more difficult for kids at first, but once they learn how to play, they’ll have fun with it.” Strauss agreed. “The more you play, the faster you see improvement,” he said. “I was terrible when I first started,” added Ficociello, “but I’ve come a long way.”
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Chamber’s Business Expo returns to Plattsburgh State Field House By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com
PLATTSBURGH — Businesses from across the region will come together once again as the Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Business Expo. The event, now in its 22nd year, will return to the Plattsburgh State Field House on Rugar Street next Thursday, May 20. Chamber of commerce executive vice president Jody A. Parks said the expo brings together businesses from “just about every sector of the business community.” Businesses like Northern Insuring, CVPH Medical Center, and Rulf ’s Orchard, are among those that return to the event year after year, joining businesses new to the expo like Wooden Ski and Wheel, WELCare Family and Sports Chiropractic, Off the Field Sports and Greer Cicarelli Photography, among others. “There is no other time of year you’re going to have this many businesspeople under one roof for one day,” said Parks. “[The expo] includes just about everything you
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BEEKMANTOWN — Baseball, football, soccer, track and … archery? Although it may not be the most common high-school sport to play, Brandon Bessette-Agnew could show anybody good reason to become an archer. The Beekmantown High School student has been practicing archery for a few years now, but has recently gained national attention for his skills. Bessette-Agnew is now the New York State indoor champ for the male compound bow in the age 1317 class and also recently took the New Eastern Regional Championship. He stands sixth in the country in indoor target shooting and 10th in the country for outdoor, in his division.
“It was kind of a fluke thing,” he said about picking up the sport. His father ’s old bow was given to him for a birthday present when his father bought an upgrade. That’s all it took to set a champion on a course to success. “It was a hobby at first,” Brandon said. “I picked up the mechanics and form really well.” Although he may have been a natural, Brandon said the accessibility of archery is what attracts him to the sports. “I think some of the nicest people in the world do archery,” Brandon said. “You can’t be an amateur baseball player and play with Derek Jeter,” he said. “ I shot with the U.S. Olympic team, and an eight-time world champion was standing next to me shooting at nationals.” Brandon said he was able to have a short conversation with the worldclass athlete, in which he learned
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PHS Green Team taking action By Jeremiah S. Papineau jeremiah@denpubs.com PLATTSBURGH — Students at Plattsburgh High School are taking a stand, and it’s one for the good of the environment and the pocketbook. The PHS Green Team formed earlier this year after teacher Amy Sholtis and a group of students attended a global climate summit at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake. “One of the first things we wanted to do was to form a green team, a group dedicated to the purpose of reducing our carbon footprint,” explained Sholtis. Not long after Sholtis issued the call for action, students came out in support of the initiative. Adrienne Munger, a member of the senior class, was among the group that attended the summit, wanting to take action. “We decided we really wanted to take some of the ideas from the summit and implement them into our school,” said Munger. Among the eco-minded measures — and largest potential money-savers for the school district — has been identifying “vampire cir-
cuits,” said Sholtis. “[Vampire circuits] are appliances that are left plugged in that still use electricity,” she explained. “We’ve been using devices called Kill-A-Watts that measure the amount of energy taken from a circuit at any time.” Sholtis and the students have found and recorded appliances that consume large amounts of electricity even when the average person wouldn’t think they’d consume anything at all. “The most common one is a cell phone charger,” said Sholtis. “If you leave that plugged in all day, even though your cell phone is charged, it continues to draw energy.” “Reducing or getting rid of vampire circuits you have is one way to save on an electric bill,” said Munger. “Not only will it help the environment by using less energy, it’ll help save money.” Senior Martha Gray stated she learned about a school district in Rochester which reportedly saved $600,000 by becoming more energy-efficient. “While our school district isn’t as large as the one in Rochester, we definitely thought
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PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh Farmers and Crafters Market has returned. The market will hold its annual grand opening this Saturday, May 15, with dozens of local producers and vendors lined up for the season. Market manager Patricia Parker said she’s been looking forward to the return of market season, which typically runs from mid-May through October. “I can’t wait. It’s like a breath of fresh air to go back to the market,” she said. This year, the market will feature many of the same vendors market-goers have come to know and do business with, said Parker. Businesses like Lamoy’s Produce and Greenhouse, Conroy’s Organics and Underwood Herbs, as well as Parker ’s own family business, Parker Family Maple Farm, will be among those returning. However, this year ’s market will also feature some new businesses, too. “We’re going to have Quarry Gardens from Chazy, which will have organic garlic, eggplant, and specialty things like that,” said Parker. Just Call Me Cupcake, a new business in Plattsburgh, will also be among new faces at the market. “Guess what they make,” Parker said with a laugh. Stonehouse Vineyard from Mooers will also be at the market, returning after participating in the market for their first time last year. “They tried out the market a couple times last year and loved it,” said Parker, adding another winery, Amazing Grace Vineyard
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PLATTSBURGH — Party Wolf wants people to get up and dance. “Going out to a bar is about having fun, getting crazy and letting loose,” said drummer Mikey Lemieux, “so what’s the point of listening to a band at a bar if you can’t dance to it?” Lemieux and his friends — Ashley Kollar, Dan Bushey, Jamie Durivage and Ryan Hayden — have been talking for the past few years about forming their own band with a mission to do just that. And, earlier this year, they decided it was time to make it happen. They formed Party Wolf with two things in mind — to play covers of Top 40 hits people would dance to and to play those songs “as good, if not better than the original artists.” “We sifted through all the top hits of the past few years and dug out some classics, even changed them up a bit to make them more dancey and put our set list together based around that,” said Lemieux.
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Hayden and Lemieux also used to also play in the successful local band Hello Control, known for their many originals. “We aren’t interested in doing originals, we’ve all done that, we just want to have fun and play fun, popular music,” Lemieux said of Party Wolf. The only hard part was deciding on their name. The whole time the band had been practicing, Lemieux said he and his friends knew that was the one thing they needed and that it had to be one each of them liked. “It’s hard because you want it to be catchy, easy to spell, memorable and available on the Internet for easy access,” said Lemieux. After going through “tons of terrible and semi-good names,” Lemieux was at band practice wearing a shirt with a wolf on it wearing sunglasses. “Ashley asked me “What is that shirt? It’s awesome,’” said Lemieux. “And, I said, ‘It’s a party wolf.’” And from that, Party Wolf was born. The band is getting ready for its first official gig this Friday, May 14, at the Naked Turtle on Dock Street. The 10 p.m. show is something the band is getting very excited about, said LeMieux. “If you like to have a blast and dance and just let go, we are the band you wanna come see,” said Lemieux. “It’s going to be amazing and totally insane.” (Editor’s Note: Party Wolf has other gigs lined up with the Naked Turtle, Krazy Horse Saloon and The Green Room. Check out their upcoming performances on Facebook at www.facebook.com/partywolf or follow them on Twitter at www.twitter.com/partywolfusa. Upcoming performance can also be found in our what’s happenin’ section.)
Getting their sound down was easy, because the five are no strangers to the local music scene. Kollar, who does vocals and plays keyboard for the band, has played in the Mero Factor and performed with Glass Onion. Kollar also does her own solo shows and co-hosts a karaoke night at Olive Ridley’s. Bushey, who’s on guitar, and Durivage, who’s on bass, used to play in one of the first bigger local bands called Hobnail, then in Perfect Salesman with Lemieux. The three guys joined Hayden — who also plays guitar — playing in a band from Vermont called Drowningman, which even had a video played on MTV.
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CLINTON-ESSEX-FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKMOBILE. Port Kent Post Office, 31 First St., 1:30-2 p.m.; Keeseville Country Gardens, Hill Street, 2:15-2:45 p.m.; Curtains, Curtains, Curtains parking lot, 24 Rectory St., Clintonville, 3-3:30 p.m.; Ada Court, Cliff Haven, 4:15-4:45 p.m. CAREGIVER DISCUSSION GROUP. United Way building, 45 Tom Miller Road, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 5654543. SPRING RUMMAGE SALE. United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman St., 47 p.m. Item donations accepted in advance. 566-7430 or 561-1927. JOURNEY INTO READING. Champlain Centre Mall, 60 Smithfield Blvd., 4:30-6:30 p.m. Reading for children up to age 16 with free book provided. Hosted at center court. www.journeyintoreading.org. KARAOKE WITH BEN AND ASHLEY. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 6 p.m. 324-2200. BEN BRIGHT PERFORMS. Irises Café and Wine Bar, 22 City Hall Place, 7 p.m. LIVE WIRE PERFORMS. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 9 p.m. Cover $13. 324-2200. BLIND SPOTS PERFORMS WITH MIKE SUAVE. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m.
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SPRING RUMMAGE SALE. United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman St., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Item donations accepted in advance. 566-7430 or 561-1927. CHESS CLUB MEETS. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 2 p.m. 5367437. NORTH COUNTRY SQUARES DANCE CLUB MEETS. Clinton County Fairgrounds, 84 Fairgrounds Road, Morrisonville. 7 p.m. Caller Bob LaBounty and cuer Mo Wall. 561-7167 or 492-2057. CCRS DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS “SALEM’S DAUGHTER.” Chazy Cen-
tral Rural School, 609 Miner Farm Road, Chazy, 7:30 p.m. Admission $5 at the door. BEN BRIGHT PERFORMS. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 7:30 p.m. 3242200. LUCID PERFORMS. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222. PARTY WOLF PERFORMS. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., 10 p.m. 566-6200.
Satur day .May .15. CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT. Former Plattsburgh Air Force grounds, Washington Road. Camps open 9 a.m., first battle 11 a.m. Other events before camps close for day at 9 p.m. O P E N I N G D AY F O R P L AT T S BURGH FARMERS AND CRAFTERS MARKET. Durkee Street Pavilion, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 493-6761 or www.plattsburghfarmersandcraftersmarket.com. SPRING RUMMAGE SALE. United Methodist Church, 127 Beekman St. Bag sale from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Item donations accepted in advance. 566-7430 or 561-1927. CADYVILLE DISC GOLF COURSE GRAND OPENING. Cadyville Recreation Park, 114 Goddeau Road, Cadyville, 12-2 p.m. 562-6860. NORTH COUNTRY SQUARES DANCE CLUB MEETS. Clinton County Fairgrounds, 84 Fairgrounds Road, Morrisonville. 7 p.m. Caller Don Batchelder and cuer Walter Wall. 5617167 or 492-2057. CCRS DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS “SALEM’S DAUGHTER.” Chazy Central Rural School, 609 Miner Farm Road, Chazy, 7:30 p.m. Admission $5 at the door. RED HUMMINGBIRD FOUNDATION PRESENTS AWKESASNE WOMEN SINGERS. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St., 7:30 p.m. Adults $10, children admitted free. N ATA L I E W A R D B A N D P E R FORMS. Irises Café and Wine Bar, 22 City Hall Place, 9 p.m. NITE TRAIN PERFORMS. 8 Ball Billiards Café, 7202 State Route 9, 9:30 p.m. 566-6200.
LUCID PERFORMS. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222. T E N Y E A R VA M P P E R F O R M S . Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., 10 p.m. 5666200.
Sunday .May .16. CIVIL WAR REENACTMENT. Former Plattsburgh Air Force grounds, Washington Road. Camps open 9 a.m., first battle 11 a.m. Other events before camps close for day at 9 p.m. N ATA L I E W A R D B A N D P E R FORMS. Dry Dock, 5143 U.S. Ave., 9 p.m.
Monday .May .17. SCRABBLE GAME. Seniors Citizens Council of Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 563-6186, ext. 102.
Tuesday .May .18. DIABETES HEALTH FAIR. Westside Ballroom, 253 New York Road, 5 p.m. Lecture “So, I Have Diabetes ... What Every Patient Should Know,” 6 p.m. 562-7320.
W ednesday.May.19. WII BOWLING FOR SENIORS. Seniors Citizens Council of Clinton County Senior Center, 5139 N. Catherine St., 1 p.m. 563-6180. GREAT BOOKS READING AND DISCUSSION GROUP MEETS. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 6-7:45 p.m. 563-0921 or sahnell@charter.net. MAMBO COMBO PERFORMS. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 7:30 p.m. 324-2200. OPEN MIC NIGHT WITH MIKE PEDERSEN. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222.
Thursday .May .20. CLINTON-ESSEX-FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKMOBILE. Senior Citizens Council of Clinton County, 5139 N. Catherine St., Plattsburgh, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Vilas Home, 61 Beekman St., Plattsburgh, 1-1:45 p.m.; Flynn Ave., Plattsburgh, between senior apartments, 2-2:30 p.m.; Pine Rest
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Friday .May .21. CHESS CLUB MEETS. Plattsburgh Public Library, 19 Oak St., 2 p.m. 5367437. BEN BRIGHT PERFORMS. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., 7:30 p.m. 3242200. N ATA L I E W A R D B A N D P E R FORMS. Irises Café and Wine Bar, 22 City Hall Place, 9 p.m. NITE TRAIN PERFORMS. Cocktails, 42 River St., Morrisonville, 9:30 p.m. 566-6200. SHAMELESS STRANGERS PERFORMS. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., 10 p.m. 563-2222. PARTY WOLF PERFORMS. Krazy Horse Saloon, 14 Margaret St., 10 p.m. 566-6200. T H E G R O OV E J U N K I E S P E R FORMS. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., 10 p.m. 566-6200.
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Disc golf From page 4 Even Defayette said she’s gotten in on the act. “I’m hooked on it,” she admitted. “When I go on vacation now, I start Googling where the local courses are. It’s very addictive.” And, though the course hasn’t officially opened, Racine said many people have already been making use of it. “I’ve been meeting so many people out here, which is great,” said Racine. “People are hearing about it.” “The best thing about this is it’s free,” said Defayette. “You show up with your discs — which are as cheap as $5 each— and you just play.” “It’s a very cheap sport, which is one of the big pluses of it,” added Strauss. Defayette said through another grant from the Clinton County Health Department, the town is in the process of developing an additional nine holes for the course, to be installed by this fall. “So, we’ll be an official 18-hole course, which will really put it on the map,” said Defayette. The May 15 grand opening will be held from 12-2 p.m. “I’ve got to give credit to the town board, because they’ve been extremely supportive,” said Defayette. “And, the staff that put it in has really taken this project on. It’s their baby.” For more information, contact the recreation department at 562-6860 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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Glass Negatives project a window into the past By Michael O’Keefe Special to Denton Publications
PLATTSBURGH — Descendants of residents past can get a glimpse into their local roots and heritage, thanks to the Glass Negative project, an online collection of more than 1,000 profiles of local townspeople, circa 1897-1920. “We have a collection of over 17,000 glass negatives,” said Carol Blakeslee-Collin, director/curator of the Clinton County Historical Museum, which heads up the on-line project. “From those, [Roger Black] has been able to identify about 1,000.” Black, Webmaster for the Press-Republican, had the task of sifting through the thousands of glass negatives, and posting them on-line, said Blakeslee-Collin. He used local maps from the time to identify people. “We have some maps from 1859 where every resident is listed,” Blakeslee-Collin. Portraits were taken at the Brush Studio, a local portrait studio that donated the negatives to the museum when it closed almost a century ago. “They were printed on glass, so they’re very del-
icate,” Blakeslee-Collin said. “But, you can go online and see the portraits.” “You can see the resemblance coming through the ages,” said museum docent Julie Dowd. Dowd said she thought there would be quite a few familiar faces in the portraits, especially for the homegrown locals in the area. “It’s all people within the area; people from outside Clinton County probably won’t [find anybody],” Dowd said. Blakeslee-Collin said the history behind Plattsburgh makes it a “grounded place,” as many local families have settled here for decades, even centuries. “I think it’s wonderful,” Dowd said. “These pictures are absolutely gorgeous.” The Glass Negatives project may be accessed online at www.clintoncountyhistorical.org. The site features names for people in both scanned and unscanned portraits. Those lucky enough to find a familiar face are able to order copies of the portraits. For more information, contact Blakeslee-Collin at the museum Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. by calling 561-0340. Michael O’Keefe is an intern with the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
Examples of prints made from glass negatives the Clinton County Historical Museum has in an on-line exhibit. The exhibit may be accessed at www.clintoncountyhistorical.org.
University reflects on Kent State massacre By Michael O’Keefe Special to Denton Publications
PLATTSBURGH — Forty years ago, the United States was a country in turmoil. The Vietnam War, sexual revolution and racial tension all contributed to the atmosphere surrounding universities at the time. One of the most telling moments in the era, the Kent State massacre, recently commemorated its anniversary, with a small remembrance event at the base of Kehoe Administration building on the State University of New York at Plattsburgh campus. A small group of those wishing to remember the impact of that day gathered under a thunderous sky, singing and speaking on what that day meant for everyone in the U.S., then and now. Susan Kelley, one of the people at the event alive at the time of the Kent State massacre, said she still remembers that “awful” day, when “fear and anger,
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and all those emotions mixed up,” arose in college campuses all around the nation. “I want to believe it was an accident, but those troops were ordered to the campus,” Kelley said. “Those students were doing their civic duty in protesting the war.” Kelley said she comes to the remembrance event every year her work schedule allows her. This year, she watched as students and faculty stood and spoke on the lessons that could be learned from the massacre, even 40 years later. “It is very important to realize we are in a country where we have freedom of speech,” said Amanda Thompson, the Student Association’s director of communications. “But, it is also important to remember to defend this freedom.” Julius Archibald, another attendee who survived one of the toughest times in American history, said, “we need to make sure this never happens again.”
“The nation was led into a war we really shouldn’t have been in,” said Archibald. Archibald compared today to yesterday, citing excuses for the Iraq and Afghanistan war, healthcare debates and tea parties as similarities to the polarization over the critical social issues during the ‘60s and ‘70s. Referring to today and the past, Archibald claimed, “the nation was doing things out of convenience, not conviction.” The event closed with a song from Plattsburgh State’s gospel choir, and with remarks from students and faculty. “College shapes us into intellectual warriors,” Student Association president Charlie Peppers said. “Cracking a book is more lethal than throwing a grenade.” Michael O’Keefe is an intern with the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
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Ph. (518) 563-7666 1-800-750-4452
2 Cogan Avenue, Suite 102, Plattsburgh, NY
518-324-4653
52288
Tamarack Stables Lessons Boarding
Office/Clerical • Light Industrial Professional/Technical • Managerial 307 West Bay Plaza, Plattsburgh, NY 12901 Tel: 518.566.6061 • Fax: 518.566.0050 gwagoner@westaff.com 33088
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Eye Care for the Adirondacks
You’re Under Our Care™
F ree Rx Delivery
Digital P rocessing
394 Soper St, Morrisonville, NY
518-643-0658
288 Cornelia Street, Plattsburgh
561-3510
33308
32709 Engine Tune-Up Special $125 Transmission Tune-Up $39.99 (Includes Filter) Electronic Diagnostic $87.95 Value (No Charge) Major Repair (Free Towing) Import, Domestic • Repair, Resealed, Rebuilt www.adirondacktransmissions.com
Peter Wilson • 518-536-2083 • 4164 Rt 22 Plattsburgh
33087
PROVIDING ESSENTIAL PEOPLE
CCPT
Automotive Service
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Keeseville • Plattsburgh 518-566-7519 • Fax 518-834-9001 www.loremans.com thom@loremans.com
Plattsburgh Memorials
800-272-1003
Trust your only pair of eyes to Experience Plattsburgh 566-2020
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SINCE 1979
4875 So. Catherine St. Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30-5p Sat 7:30-2p
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Embroidery, Engraving & Screenprinting
Over 400 Monuments In Stock! Low Prices, Unbeatable Warranty
33143
Gift Certificates Available
33161
32555
33081
Safe and Reliable Service
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Local tunes. Local news. Local stuff.
Serves Clinton County and City of Plattsburgh
For questions about the schedule and routes please contact
CCPT Dispatch at: (518) 561-1452
May 13-19, 2010
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