Three-Year Pact: Hospital agrees to savings program toward health deductibles. Rebecca Madden, Watertown Daily Times, August 1, 2010 Carthage - New York State Nurses Association members at the hospital here have reached a tentative agreement for a new three-year contract, just four days before their current one would expire. The 53 nurses at Carthage Area Hospital last week won their fight to keep low-cost health insurance, according to Annie M. Rutsky, labor relations representative for the association. ... Carthage