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Franklin County drug arrests, politics

Usually, drug arrest sweep stories are pretty straight forward in the North Country, so Miranda Orso’s report this morning for the Plattsburgh Press-Republican makes for some interesting reading. Franklin County officials rounded up 20...

Morning Read I: Former ComLinks director charged with grand larceny

Nancy Reich was a fixture in the North Country for years, heading the ComLinks social service agency based in Malone. Yesterday, according to the Plattsburgh Press Republican, she was led into a Franklin County courtroom in handcuffs. Former...

Morning Read: A 20% tax hike for Franklin County

There is a growing disconnect between the debate over taxes in Albany and Washington and the reality on the ground in county seats across the North Country. The bottom line is that costs for government are spiraling upward, in part because the...

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People: Jill Vaughan, home literacy educator

by David Sommerstein

Jan 17, 2002 — David Sommerstein talks with Jill Vaughan, the home educator with Even Start in Franklin County, about how poverty and class issues figure into literacy and school success. Go to full article

Meet the Masters: Bea Reynolds, Grand Champion Cook

by Meet the Masters

Burke, NY, May 29, 2000 — Bea Reynolds of Burke has always been well known to her family, church, and community as a special home maker. Helping feed a big family, she learned early from her mother. Bea began in 1985 to enter breads, doughnuts, rolls, cookies, cakes, canned vegetables, fruit, pickles, and pies at the Franklin County Fair in Malone. She came away the Grand Champion Cook. Go to full article

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