In more recent years — in response to calls from employers to help address workforce skill needs — our efforts have expanded, securing various funding resources for a range of employee training efforts.

With the rising costs of traditional burial—the plot, casket, concrete vaults, and memorials coupled with the new awareness of what we are putting in the ground —the country has seen a rapid rise in cremations over burial and more celebrations of life rather than funerals.

For the July “Exit Strategies” issue of Strictly Business I met with two local funeral directors who proudly care for North Country families during some of their most difficult moments.

David William “Billy” Jones grew up in Chateaugay in a farming family where public service, politics, and hard work were woven into the fabric of everyday life.

Knowledge is power and it is especially powerful when the time comes to make difficult, end-of-life decisions.

The survival of all communities – rural, urban, and everything in between – depends on both natural resources and the people within them

By Sandy Young-Brady ◆ Photos by Jessica McCafferty John Niles, Evan Bracy and Nick Bracy For most people, estate planning sits on a long list of things they know they should do, ranking right up there with organizing their files and cleaning out their basement. It’s one of those things no one really wants to think about. Life is busy, families are growing, bills are due, businesses need attention. Retirement seems far away and death, or tragedy, happens to others — not to y

Long before the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base became home to warehouses, offices and businesses, it was a world unto itself