Tag: Ticonderoga NY

  • Hancock House in Ticonderoga, NY

    Hancock House in Ticonderoga, NY

    Our Jack LaDuke takes us on a tour of the historic Hancock House in Ticonderoga, New York. The house is a replica of the home built by Thomas Hancock, who was an uncle to John Hancock, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. It is now home to the Ticonderoga Historical Society. Learn…

  • Medical Village

    Medical Village

    A multi-million dollar renovation taking place at Moses Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga is changing the look of health care in the Adirondacks. A 9-million dollar state grant is building a new state-of-the-art Emergency Room, and will also bring other medical services including primary care doctors, an x-ray department, lab services, pharmacy, physical therapy and chemotherapy…

  • Interview with Moses Ludington President

    Interview with Moses Ludington President

    Watch our interview with Moses Ludington President John Remillard about the changes going on in the regions medical services. Moses Ludington Hospital in Ticonderoga is changing the look of health care in the Adirondacks. A 9-million dollar state grant is building a new state-of-the-art Emergency Room, and will also bring other medical services including primary…

  • Chasing the Dream: Backpacks

    Chasing the Dream: Backpacks

    In this day and age children in our communities are still going to bed hungry.  But members of our community are stepping up to make sure all children have access to food.  Learn More About School Backpack Programs: www.jceo.org https://regionalfoodbank.net/backpack-program/ Ticonderoga Area Backpack: email John Bartlett jbartlett1@nycap.rr.com This story is part of our public media…

  • American Military Museum

    American Military Museum

    Fort Ticonderoga launches a multi-million dollar fundraising campaign to build a new national war museum. For centuries, since Samuel de Champlain’s exploration in 1609, the lake has been a critical waterway for nations fighting for control of North America. Strategic forts were built on the shores of Lake Champlain at Crown Point & Ticonderoga. Now…

  • Beam Me Up

    Beam Me Up

    A new tourist attraction has opened this summer in Ticonderoga and this past week one of the most powerful men in New York State politics boldly went where no Assembly Speaker has gone before – to the transporter room of the USS Enterprise. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie stopped by the Ticonderoga studio & museum where…

  • A Life on the Lake

    A Life on the Lake

    Derek Muirden introduces us to Jon Porter, a boat captain who for a half century has guided a one-of-a-kind ferry across Lake Champlain.   People Near Here is made possible with local support from Stafford, Owens, Piller, Murnane, Kelleher & Trombley, PLLC, and Lake Forest.