All Points North - Navigating the North Country

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Plattsburgh, NY 12901

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Northern Lights

Everyone’s dancing, bouncing around on the cold concrete floor, arms flying in the air, fists pounding to the beat. Everyone is cramped into such a small space next to the stage even though there’s plenty of room at the back. High school kids, college kids, and even adults are there, yelling, screaming, wailing...mathematical terms? Read More

Drew Sabella is the owner of Anthony's, a well-refined restaurant on Route 3 in Plattsburgh, NY. In this low key eatery, Sabella plans out the menu, designs the look of the restaurant and even cooks for special occasions. But this soft spoken entrepreneur leaves time to let loose as he rocks out on stage with The Basement Blues band. Read More

Denis Brott has been fighting prejudice for the past 14 years. He has never marched in a single protest, never attended a single rally, never carried a single banner. He has never gone to jail for his cause, and when his campaign actually reaches the ears of Montreal’s law enforcement personnel, they tend to applaud him, not condemn him, for his efforts. However, Brott is anything but complacent about agitating for that in which he believes. For more than a decade now, he has openly defied conventional authority and received media attention for doing so. He has spoken publically about breaking down barriers and succeeded in doing so, and his labors, as he openly acknowledges, are performed with the goal of making the world a more accepting place. Read More

YMCA Serving Plattsburgh for Over 100 Years

The Young Men’s Christian Association, or YMCA, has been a fixture in the Plattsburgh community that has provided a family friendly atmosphere for over a century. Read More

In a crowed class of about 25 elementary school children, Jackie Saboorin makes her rounds admiring and applauding the ceramic babies and tiles students created.Read More

In a small upstate New York town, people can sit out on their back porch, look out onto the St. Lawrence River as the sun sets, and watch the both the traffic on water and land pass them by. However, while the cars they see from their veranda lookout point are in Canada, the vessels traveling through their line of sight are coming from all over the world. Read More

Families with special needs have found a haven where recreation and rehabilitation are joined together for a lasting experience where support is unconditional. The Wray ranch in upstate New York is where people in need of help can learn and grow through the use of therapeutic techniques with animals. Read More

Garage bands, pop groups, you name it. For years, people have been getting together to form bands and express themselves through music. Although there have been many who have not successfully gotten their name out there, one group of guys is making that dream a reality. Read More