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Public information meeting ambulance

About 30 people attended a meeting Oct. 25 in the Town of Jay Community Center to upgrade the Au Sable Forks Ambulance Service into a 24-hour service.

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Ambulance budget to be discussed at public forum

The Town of Jay, in conjunction with the Au Sable Forks Volunteer Ambulance Service and the Town of Black Brook, will be hosting a Public Information Session to discuss the proposed 2013 Au Sable Forks Ambulance Budget Contract between the Towns of Jay and Black Brook.

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Hannah’s Hope volleyball tourney a success

Saranac and Plattsburgh High Schools hosted the fourth annual Volley For Cure Tournament to support the Hannah's Hope Foundation on Monday, Oct. 8.

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Plattsburgh’s 15th annual Buddy Walk

Photo Gallery of the Buddy Walk

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Third annual ALS golf tournament raises money to find a cure

On Saturday, the ALS Raising Hope Foundation golf tournament drew hundreds to the Harmony Golf Club in Port Kent to raise money to support ALS research.

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Medical exchange program seeking equipment

The Knights of Columbus Council 13127 is seeking donations of durable medical equipment.

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North Country walks to wipe out neurological diseases

Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, chief of the department of neurology at MassGeneral, thinks a cure for ALS is near.

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Autism Awareness Walk

The Autism Alliance of Northeastern New York held its annual Autism Awareness Walk on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the US Oval in Plattsburgh.

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Water and sewer bills due in village

The Village of Rouses Point residents are reminded that April 30, 2012 is the last day to pay any outstanding water and sewer bills.

Walk of Hope registration planned

The Walk of Hope, Walk of 1,000 Umbrellas & Spring Festival, May 26th, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Trinity Park is registering participants at www.alsraisinghope.org.

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ECH, CVPH to partner with Vermont hospitals

The hospital, along with Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh, agreed in principle to a four-hospital affiliation under Fletcher Allen Partners, the parent organization of Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt. and Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) in Berlin, Vt.

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Marvin family grateful for two organ donation decisions

Many speculate over source of donated heart

“The timing was more than ironic, yet no one really knows,” Connor’s father, Walter “Smitty” Marvin said. “Someday, we may know and find out that they were connected, but that’s another story for another day.”

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Connor Marvin continues path toward recovery

Marvin, 16, continued to recover from heart transplant surgery, the same that his brother had gone through 15 months prior at Children’s Hospital of Boston

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Connor Marvin receives heart transplant

ELCS student gets transplant surgery 15 months after older brother

Connor Marvin undergoes heart transplant surgery 15 months after brother Brock receives a new heart at same hospital.

Nutrition and your metabolism

It all starts with food.