SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – When Corey Fram looks out of his window at work he sees both the American and Canadian flags flying high.
“It’s on my property in the United States, but we carry two flags here, a lot of places and that means something to us,” said Fram, the director of the Thousand Islands International Tourism Council.
The US-Canadian border remains closed until June 21, when it will be readdressed. Fram said the lack of communication between the two countries throughout the pandemic has really hurt border towns within the Thousand Islands.
“There just seems to be no international discussion between the United States on what easing these border restrictions are going to look like,” he said. “And until that happens, it’s just more frustration.”
May 05, 2021 New York U.S. Senator Charles Schumer made his first visit to St. Lawrence County as Majority Leader yesterday. The Democrat called on the Biden Administration to hammer out a concrete plan with Canada for reopening the border.
At Massena’s airport Wednesday, Schumer flew in on private plane, shook some hands by a blue maintenance hangar, and took the podium. So, the good news, he said, is that New York’s really starting to reopen all across the way. Lots of people are getting vaccines.
Schumer elbow bumps with economic developer Linda Quinn Wednesday at the Massena airport. Photo: David Sommerstein
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The 3 Willows Event Center was ready to pop champagne bottles at its first wedding reception at the new venue in Lyons Falls on July 25 of last year.
But COVID-19 hit last March and the entire wedding reception season at the 500-seat wedding and event banquet center was canceled, leaving couples and 3 Willow Event Center owners hoping the 2021 season would be different.
And it is different.
Last month, the state released restrictive wedding guidelines leaving wedding reception venues scrambling at what the regulations mean and how to apply them. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced he was allowing weddings up to 150 people, provided that everyone attending had proof of a negative virus test. The guidelines also include that county health departments have to approve all weddings.