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Source: USDA extends free meals to children through summer 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic | DRGNews

Source: Governor Cuomo Signs the COVID-19 Emergency Protect Our Small Businesses Act of 2021 Establishing Eviction and Foreclosure Protections For Small Businesses | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

March 9, 2021. The vaccine is the weapon that will win the war against COVID and we are marching forward to expand access to the vaccines. Starting tomorrow, March 10, at 8am, all New Yorkers 60 years of age and older will be eligible to receive the vaccine. Beginning March 17, eligibility will expand again, […]

Source: Arrest made in 2020 prison mailroom scare that sickened officers | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | A former inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility is now facing a felony charge following a lengthy investigation into packaged contraband that sickened nearly

Source: Salt study hailed by state leaders quietly scaled back

Source: Advisory group makes recommendations for High Peaks in final report

Source: City & State Albany Agenda co-sponsored by the Greater New York Hospital Association

Town of Plattsburgh Clinton County Wilderness Rescue: On Mar. 1 at 3 p.m., Forest Ranger assistance was requested by DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) LaCroix and the Cumberland Head Fire Department for two anglers stranded on a floating ice sheet on Lake Champlain. Fire department personnel accessed the men from Plattsburgh with an inflatable […]

Summary of Peru Board Meeting of March 8, 2021, chaired by Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass  By John T. Ryan  Highlights: CLINK HERE FOR FEBRUARY 2021 DEPT REPORTS Replacement of the deteriorating Telegraph Rd. culvert and bridge will be delayed pending NYS grant awards. The Board decided to delay the projects after grant writer Liz Tedford informed […]

Ban Reduces Wildfire Risks, Protects Lives and Property New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning will begin March 16, and run through May 14. With spring approaching, DEC is reminding residents that conditions for wildfires are heightened in springtime when most […]

CVPH Addresses Decade of Financial Instability; Charts New Path Reduced Hours, Layoffs, Retirements, and Consolidation of Facilities PLATTSBURGH, NY (03/09/2021) — Faced with a $6.5 million loss in the first four months of fiscal year (FY) 2021 as a result of fewer patient visits in addition to nearly a decade of financial instability, the University […]

NYers 60+ AND ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL WORKERS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE From the North Country Chamber of Commerce New Yorkers 60+ Can Be Vaccinated Beginning March 10 Government Employees, Nonprofit Workers and Essential Building Service Workers Are Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Beginning March 17 Vaccine Distribution Eligibility Expanded; All Providers Except Pharmacies Can Now Vaccinate Any Eligible New Yorker Starting March 17 Pharmacies […]

Since our 3/5 update, 24 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive cases have been reported. CCHD HAS COVID-19 VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE. The vaccination clinic is scheduled for Thursday, March 11 in the gymnasium at Clinton Community College. Eligible residents include: • Those 65 years or older. • Those 18 years or older with a NYS identified comorbidity. […]

Source: Barclay, GOP lawmakers introduce Cuomo impeachment resolution in Albany – syracuse.com

Four in 10 children in the U.S. live in households struggling to afford basic expenses, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Now, as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the House and Senate have passed a child benefit, the first of its kind in the United States. It would provide […]

Source: Road Salt Is A Problem For Rivers. Adding Water May Be A Solution · New England News Collaborative

Source: Has the Adirondack Mountain Club Lost its Way? – – The Adirondack Almanack

ALBANY — If Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo were to resign or be impeached, the potential first woman governor of New York is waiting in the wings. Kathleen C. Hochul, 62, has served as New York’s lieutenant governor since 2015, the beginning of Cuomo’s second term in office. Source: Woman on the verge: Hochul praised for […]

Source: Skidmore student: ‘Cancel culture organized against us’

Source: Virus in Vermont: UVM grad considers a future away from Burlington – VTDigger