Ritchie

I hope this Thanksgiving you will be able to gather with your family and friends, enjoy a delicious turkey dinner and of course, give thanks for all that you have and love in your life.

Winter is just around the corner and as the temperature drops, our home heating costs go up. Unfortunately, the decision to turn the heat on is not so simple for many people in our region.

Because Fort Drum is part of the North Country, every day we see the sacrifices made by our troops and the positive impact they have on our community. One of the greatest sacrifices made by military families is spending long periods apart from those they love the most.

Across the world, more than 1.2 million people have proudly joined their local chapter of Rotary International. These people are your neighbors, family, friends and perhaps yourself.

For the second time in three years, we have seen people and businesses face extreme stresses from a major flooding event along the shorelines of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. The hardships placed on people whose homes and businesses were damaged have been devastating.

In 2019, more than 170,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 22,000 women will be told they have ovarian cancer In the case of prostate cancer, if detected early enough, there is a 99 percent survival rate.

With some motor vehicle license plates peeling and others unreadable by law enforcement, Governor Cuomo recently announced a plan to replace them. However, the plan didn’t require just those plates to be replaced, it called for all plates older than 10 years – even those perfectly legible – to be changed out.

Our correctional officers work in the some of the most dangerous conditions there are to ensure not only that there is order inside of the prisons where they work, but also that there is a feeling of safety throughout the communities where they exist.

It was a nearly ten years ago when Albany decided it wanted to nickel and dime hardworking New Yorkers by crafting a plan to force taxpayers into purchasing new license plates for their motor vehicles.