North Country At Work

Two workers behind the counter at First Meat Market. Circa 1910. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Stores on Park Street; on the left is Merchant Tailor, and the sign on the right advertises J.B. Goff, Jeweler. 1899. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Outside Gebrial’s Food Market, located on 26 Main Street. Circa 1960. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Firefighters hosing out a fire at Clifford’s Gift Shop on Park Street. Circa October 1969. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Workers behind the counter at Aseel’s Jewelry Store. Front to back: owner Alfred Abraham Aseel, George Fayad, Juliet Laforest, and Mr. Haja. Circa 1930. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Businesses in downtown Tupper Lake on Maid’s Corner. L. C. Maid’s Pharmacy is on the far right. In the middle of the block with arched pillars is the theater. Circa 1915. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Employees on the steps of Leonard & LaRocque’s department store in Tupper Lake. Circa 1910. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.

Kimberly LeClaire, assistant manager of the North Country Food Co-Op, with a tray of samples inside the Co-Op’s store on Bridge Street. December 2018. Plattsburgh, NY. Courtesy of Ryan Demers.

Kim and Dennis Manion have owned Maui North, a ski, bike, and board shop in downtown Plattsburgh, since October of 2013. They’re avid outdoorspeople, and Kim says they both have small business in their blood. There are challenges and rewards to working in small-town sports retail, especially when it’s your first retail rodeo. Listen to […]

Carol Tetreault runs Adirondack Tack in Plattsburgh.  She carries horse supplies for local owners and 4-H kids, Western clothing popular with square dancers, and more. She opened the business in 2000.