On 4/20 people across our region celebrated the unofficial marijuana holiday. The North Country’s first pot shop was slated to open its doors, but their general manager says the final licensure hasn’t rolled out as fast as they’d like.
Julie Merritt and Durgan Zappala took over the downtown establishment in October. They ve had to balance preserving its history with their ideas for growth.
There is now a crowded field running to unseat Republican Elise Stefanik as the North Country’s representative in Congress. NCPR will be speaking with all of them in the coming months.