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Frederick J. âHankâ Robar Sr. stands for a photo at his house in Potsdam. Sydney Schaefer/Watertown Daily Times
POTSDAM â It all began some 17 years ago, when Frederick J. âHankâ Robar Sr. asked the village for a zoning change at one of his properties on Market Street.
POTSDAM â When Morgan D. Elliott was 8 years old, the villageâs first toilet garden was seed…
When the village said no, Mr. Robar decided to put about a dozen toilets on his lot at the corner of Market and Pleasant streets. The toilets have since multiplied; there are now dozens more fixtures spread across the village.
POTSDAM â After more than three years of working toward an agreement, St. Lawrence Health System and Rochester Regional Health have finalized an affiliation.
The two hospital systems in 2018 signed a non-binding letter of intent to affiliate, and hospital administrators on Tuesday announced they had been granted all regulatory approvals for the alignment to be official.
The multi-hospital, 20,000-employee Rochester system has the capacity to support the 2,000-employee St. Lawrence system, according to a joint news release issued Tuesday. SLHS will maintain control of its three hospitals â Canton-Potsdam, Gouverneur and Massena â and network of rural outpatient facilities, and Rochester Regional will provide access to its electronic record system and population health management programs.