The Peru Gazette

Peru School is looking for help in welcoming back our students for the 21-22 school year by offering an immersion week from August 23rd – 27th. PERU COMMUNITY (PARENTS, INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TEACHERS AND STAFF) WHO HAVE A PASSION, A HOBBY OR INTEREST THEY WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TO GRADES 6-12 ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY; […]

Town of North Elba, Essex County Wilderness Search: On July 22 at 11 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a pair of hikers reporting that a member of their party was overdue from hiking Mount Marcy in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. Forest Ranger LaPierre responded to the Adirondak Loj parking lot […]

Plattsburgh, NY –  The IJSBA National Championships presented by East Coast Watercross is back on the Adirondack Coast after 2020 interrupted by COVID-19! Watch as jet skiers soar across Lake Champlain from 10 am-6 pm. each day, July 31 – August 1, in an action-packed race around a 30-buoy course, providing entertainment and suspense for […]

Source: NY to require state employees to get vaccines, or get tested

Source: Federal bill looks to improve veteran healthcare accessibility | Sun Community News WASHINGTON, D.C. | U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has cosponsored new bipartisan legislation aimed at extending provisions of a 2016 measure aimed at improving veteran healthcare

Source: Smith part of Kerry Cup golf program | Sun Community News PERU | A change in venue due to the COVID-19 pandemic allowed a local high school golfer to play with some of the best juniors in the country and throughout the world this summer.

Source: North Country making final push for universal broadband | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN| After plenty of fits and starts, North Country officials believe they see a path to universal broadband coverage with help from federal grant money targeted to wiri

Source: Marijuana in the Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Farmer’s attempt to fertilize with septic waste highlights state’s sewage treatment problem – VTDigger

Source: Social Security recipients could get biggest cost-of-living hike since 1980s – syracuse.com

“Greene County, located in the Hudson Valley region, is among those with “substantial” transmission of the coronavirus over the past week. The county currently has a 5% positivity rate; 32 people tested positive out of 641 tested this past week, according to New York state data. Less than 50% of the county’s 49,000 residents are […]

Source: CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some parts of US – syracuse.com

Source: See which NY theaters, museums, arts venues landed $1.2 billion in federal Covid relief grants – syracuse.com

Since our 7/22 update, 1 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive case has been reported. CCHD offers free COVID-19 vaccine clinics every Thursday from 10:00am to 12:00 noon. To register call 518-565-4848. Note: Our next case update will be posted on Thursday, July 29. Here are links to some frequently requested data: – Vaccination data: https://public.tableau.com/…/viz/Covid-Draft/Dashboard. According […]

Source: Warren County confirms Delta variant COVID-19 case | NCPR News

Source: State protects 8,000 acres on Grasse river in St. Lawrence County | NCPR News

Source: ‘Operation Hard Hat’ hits I-87 construction zones | Sun Community News CHESTERFIELD | New York’s ‘Operation Hard Hat’ recently returned to Essex County, netting numerous tickets and infractions along an Interstate 87 construction zone.

Plattsburgh, NY – 7/27/2021 – Numerous members of the regional manufacturing and workforce development communities joined elected representatives who came together in Plattsburgh today for a MOU signing between Clarkson University and Clinton Community College to show their support for the partnership that supports advanced manufacturing, engineering and workforce training used across the North Country […]

Palmer Street Coffeehouse Collaboration Brings The Revenants To Harborside Fans of bluegrass music are in for a special treat on July 31 at 7:30 p.m. with the arrival of the celebrated trio The Revenants — Bluegrass Gospel Project alumni Taylor Armerding, Andy Greene, and Kirk Lord — in Plattsburgh for the latest installment of the […]

The Strand Center for the Arts in August PLATTSBURGH, NY – The Strand Center for the Arts is thrilled to host “North Country Exposures: A Candid Look at the Past Decade,” artwork created by photographer, Gabe Dickens, in the Main Gallery. This upcoming exhibit will open in The Strand Center Main Gallery on Friday, August […]

Source: Delta variant accounts for over 72% of recent Covid cases in New York – syracuse.com

Source: Covid is spiking in New York, but don’t expect new rules from Cuomo – syracuse.com

Source: Former Syracuse runner Katie Zaferes wins Olympic bronze just 4 months after father’s death: ‘He’s so proud’ – syracuse.com

Source: COVID-19 ‘long-haulers’ join the ranks of disabled Americans – City & State New York