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By McKENZIE DELISLE Press-Republican
Dec 30, 2020
PLATTSBURGH â Conditions of the city s ZBA has sent developer Prime Plattsburgh LLC somewhat back to the drawing board and prevented the city s Planning Board from acting on the Durkee Street redevelopment project until the early weeks of the new year. It actually pains me to say that the (City of Plattsburgh) and Prime are requesting to table their applications in front of you, City Planner Malana Tamer told the board Monday. So you cannot act.
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After months of examination, the city s Zoning Board of Appeals voted on the mixed-use development project at its final meeting of the year, granting it a conditional greenlight on Monday, Dec. 21.
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PHOTO PROVIDEDBrookside Restaurant at Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall in Altona sits ready for dinner guests. The space, formerly the Brookeside Barn, was meant to host weddings and other large events, but recently transitioned into a restaurant to help Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall pay the bills this winter given the continued COVID-19 pandemic. featured
By McKENZIE DELISLE Press-RepublicanÂ
Dec 30, 2020
PHOTO PROVIDEDBrookside Restaurant at Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall in Altona sits ready for dinner guests. The space, formerly the Brookeside Barn, was meant to host weddings and other large events, but recently transitioned into a restaurant to help Rainbow Wedding and Banquet Hall pay the bills this winter given the continued COVID-19 pandemic.
By McKENZIE DELISLE Press-RepublicanÂ
Dec 27, 2020
PLATTSBURGH â While the CVES School Library System had provided area students access to digital book distributer OverDrive for years, Susanne Ford-Croghan said the COVID-19 pandemic had really skyrocketed its use. When OverDrive offered the option of partnering with the public library system, we immediately jumped on the opportunity,  the Champlain Valley Educational Services (CVES) School Library System/Arts in Education coordinator said of a recent collaboration with the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System (CEFLS). We have doubled the number of titles the students have easy access to. NO END DATE
The partnership between the two area library systems impacted all CVES school districts located within the CEFLS service area, allowing those students to borrow age-appropriate, digital titles from both the public library system, as well as those offered to their home distr
By McKENZIE DELISLEÂ Press-RepublicanÂ
Dec 23, 2020
PLATTSBURGH â The new Ward 1 city councilor says, the need for change, led him to take on the role with the Plattsburgh City Common Council. I ve just come to the conclusion that Plattsburgh is going down the wrong way and that there is nothing here long-lasting for legacy,  Jaime Canales told the Press-Republican. Since I live here and my daughters matter to me, I want to do the best that I can to ensure that all children here, all of their lives matter and that they have a good system of support. . .
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The Ward 1 seat was previously held by Ira Barbell, whose three-year term started about a year ago on Jan. 1, 2020.