OGDENSBURG — For the first time in 15-months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ogdensburg Command Performances held a performance at Ogdensburg Free Academy’s George Hall Auditorium.
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 8:54 am
To the Editor:
The foundation of any city, town or village is rooted in a sound educational system, the availability of quality healthcare, cultural offerings, the promotion of the arts, recreational opportunities for youth and a public library. The City of Ogdensburg is fortunate to have an exceptional school system that provides a quality education to the youth of the City.
It has an excellent healthcare facility with the Claxton – Hepburn Hospital, which, with its experienced and well trained staff and excellent facilities provides the necessary care for the citizens of Ogdensburg and surrounding communities. The Remington Museum is one of the finest in the Northeast and Ogdensburg Command Performances has brought exceptional productions and entertainment to the entire North County for years. The Ogdensburg Boys and Girls Club, the recreation programs offered by the City and the Kiwanis sports programs provide our yout
Julie R. Garnsey, executive director of the Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund, stands for a photo at the Clayton Opera House on Thursday in Clayton. Kara Dry/Watertown Daily Times Kara Dry
Live entertainment venues that went dark last spring with COVID-related lockdowns and lockouts saw some signs of hope in late December with the passage of the coronavirus relief package signed into federal law.
The $900 billion in relief includes the Save Our Stages provision, providing $15 billion to independent venues such as live music stages, movie theaters and museums shuttered by the pandemic.
In June, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, introduced the Save Our Stages Act to provide Small Business Administration grants for independent venue operators affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The grants could provide six months of financial support to keep venues afloat, pay employees, and, the senators say, âpreserve a crit