PUBLISHER'S VIEW

IN 1987 JOHN CANDY, a popular comedian, starred in the hit movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles. In this issue of Strictly Business, we...

AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN

When President Jimmy Carter signed trucking deregulation into law in 1980, new opportunities opened for those who were ambitious, skilled...

MORE THAN JUST TIRES

Ed Boyer put everything on the line when he purchased a struggling Goodyear tire store in downtown Plattsburgh in 1987 with the help of...

Michelle LeBeau

HOMETOWN: Plattsburgh, New York FAMILY: Partner Rick Breyette, five adult children, one grandchild EDUCATION: A.S. in Nursing from...

RAIL TRANSPORT EXPANDS IN THE NORTH COUNTRY

To many, transporting by rail seems antiquated and evokes images of 19th century industrialization. That is thanks to the decline of rail...

DRIVING AS A CALLING

In March of 2020, when COVID-19 forced large parts of the North Country to socially distance and go remote, many of us were off the road...

INVESTING IN OUR TRANSPORTATION FUTURE

Did you ever wander around some large edifice to human ingenuity and wonder just how all those moving parts are coordinated? Perhaps your...

AN EVOLUTION IN TRANSPORTATION

The birchbark canoe, a flying car, high technology hybrid-electric buses, connections to a major water super-highway, and an alternate...

THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR 2022

Chamber resumed its practice in November of conducting an “Annual Strategic Planning Retreat” with our Board, incoming Board Members and...

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