Champlain News

Sour economy aside, New York's wine industry - centered in the Finger Lakes - continues to sweeten.

CHRIS CAROLA Archaeologists digging at proposed NY-Vt. ferry site, home to 18th-century military ruins ALBANY, N.Y. - ALBANY, N.Y. a ' A New York archaeological team began work Friday on a state-owned campground at an 18th-century military site where a temporary ferry service is being considered to replace the closed Champlain Bridge, officials ...

City Police launched a major search effort to find a woman who apparently escaped from the Clinton County Government Center while awaiting arraignment.

Emotions ran high Wednesday night as people affected by the Champlain Bridge closure let New York DOT officials know just how upset they are, and how badly they want more solutions.

Here's a rundown of how many absences were reported Thursday at area schools that were able to supply numbers: Beekmantown Central School District: Students - High School, 90; Middle School, 50; Beekmantown Elementary, 56; Cumberland Head, 20; Faculty - High School, 3; Middle School, 3; Beekmantown Elementary, 5.5; and Cumberland Head, 3.5.

The acting commissioner of New York's transportation department says he expects to find out in a couple weeks whether the eroded concrete piers on the closed Champlain Bridge can be repaired.

Chazy, NY - On October 28, 2009, New York State Police in Chazy arrested Joshua R. Snide , age 19, and Dustin R. Snide , age 18, both of Ellenburg Depot, New York pursuant to an investigation involving a Burglary and Criminal Mischief to the Northern Adirondack Central School in Ellenburg, New York, which occurred sometime between the evening of ...

New York has shortchanged highway and bridge projects by billions of dollars over nearly two decades, siphoning off funds set aside to pay for repairs and upgrades to cover other state expenses, New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Thursday.

State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Stan Gee stood before hundreds of angry and upset people Wednesday night to say that repairs to the Champlain Bridge won't start for two weeks and the bridge won't reopen before spring or summer.

A bridge is a lifeline. Four thousand cars a day cross the Champlain Bridge that connects Crown Point on the New York side with Addison, Vt.

The Vermont and New York governors have announced transportation alternatives and informational meetings in the wake of the abrupt closure of the Champlain Bridge on Oct.

State officials in New York and Vermont have arranged free ferry service to help residents and businesses cope with the closure of the Lake Champlain bridge linking towns in both states.

Some of the workers at the International Paper Plant in Ticonderoga N.Y., say it's taking them a lot longer to get to work nowadays.

State transportation officials in New York and Vermont will hold two public information meetings about travel alternatives while the Lake Champlain bridge is closed.

The Basin Harbor Club is planning to start a pedestrian ferry that will shuttle passengers between Vermont and New York while the Lake Champlain Bridge is out of service.

Vermont Transportation Secretary David Dill is planning to meet with reporters to discuss the closing of the Crown Point Bridge that crosses Lake Champlain between Vermont and New York.

A new business is moving into the Village of Champlain, with plans to create up to 50 jobs by the end of January.

A new business is moving to Champlain, N.Y., with plans to create up to 50 jobs by the end of January.

ALBANY, N.Y. a " Health officials say an adult in upstate New York has died after contracting swine flu.The Clinton County Health Department says that the person who died had underlying health conditions.

A former butcher-shop owner has been cleared of allegations that he stole expensive equipment from a past landlord.