Champlain News

" Can Northern New York farmers grow cold-hardy grapes and make commercial quality wine? Results of Northern New York cold-hardy wine grape variety trial research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and Cornell Cooperative Extension Northeastern NY Commercial Fruit Program say yes.

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I can't believe CVPH sends people to the emergency room to get a pass. Even when we told this man in a lab coat that we were there for the birth of our grandaughter and had been there since 8:30 p.m., now 12:30 at night getting coffee.

Construction is underway on a ferry terminal near the Champlain Bridge. The vehicular ferry will run year round.

Firefighters battled a blaze inside a school in Champlain, N.Y. The fire broke out in the boiler room at St.

Authorities believe a Chazy man showed up to a court-mandated STOP-DWI program under the influence of alcohol.

An official says construction could begin this week on a new ferry crossing between Vermont and New York that would take the place of the now-closed Lake Champlain bridge between Addison and Crown Point.

Firefighters tackle fire at St. Mary's School By CASEY RYAN VOCK Contributing Writer CHAMPLAIN - Northern Tier firefighters quickly doused a boiler fire in the basement of St.

Local residents upset with the closure of the Lake Champlain Bridge have formally united.

NYSP based in Plattsburgh are investigating a hunting accident that occurred in a wooded area in the Town of Beekmantown near Florence Jean Lane.

State police say they're investigating a hunting accident that left a northern New York man with a gunshot wound to one of his legs.

Alcohol and high speed are believed to have been factors when a man rolled his Jeep Cherokee three times Sunday afternoon.

Officials are scrambling to ease bidding rules and other barriers to the repair and reopening of the Lake Champlain Bridge in Crowne Point that crosses over to Vermont.

A total of 71 students at Chazy Central Rural School will be impacted by the pending Pfizer closures.

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.