by Garry Douglas After 30+ years, I am seeing the thrust of annual challenges and opportunities as almost cyclical. There are the periods...

by Mary Carpenter Although watchmen had been common from early colonial times, the first police departments in the United States were...

by Mary Carpenter In 1815, just months after the Battle of Plattsburgh, the War of 1812 ended, the country and the North Country were...

By Elizabeth Johnson For more than two centuries, ferry boats have transported paying passengers from one side of Lake Champlain to the...

By Kristy Kennedy • Photos Supplied The North Country Chamber of Commerce recently rolled out the red carpet for its highly anticipated...

By Nick Southwick • Photos Supplied When Alexander Graham Bell was issued a patent for his telephone device in 1876 the United States was...

By Michelle St. Onge Photo by Jessica McCafferty Hometown: Plattsburgh Education: B.A. in History from SUNY Plattsburgh; M.A. and Ph.D....

By Rachel Dutil • Photos Supplied One of the oldest cheese-plants in continuous operation in the U.S. is located in the small North...

by Herb Carpenter This issue of Strictly Business is one you will want to read from cover to cover. In it, we tell the stories of...