Archive for July, 2025
New York ranger found dead after 8 days missing: Petition demands safety reform
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Posted: July 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Pasquale’s Restaurant and Bar seeking pizza makers and line cooks
Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Business News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Gov. Hochul: Release emergency management funding for state and local governments
Funding has been available every year since 2002 Copy of Letter Available Here Governor Kathy Hochul issued a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem urging the Department to make funding available to state and local governments through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) as has been […]
Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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North Country leaders are laying the groundwork for nuclear power plant pitch
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Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Business News, Community Events, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon
Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon as a surface trough drags a boundary across the region. Showers will develop off the Greens around noon and slowly drift eastward across Vermont with additional chances in northern New York and the Champlain Valley. The main concern will be heavy rain and localized flash flooding.
Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Ogdensburg man charged in fatal 2023 car vs. Amish buggy crash
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Posted: July 10th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News.
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North Country at Work: protecting the region’s soil and water
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Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, County Government News, Environmental News, Northern NY News.
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New York State Police Release Body-Worn Camera Footage from Albany July 4th Response
Click here for the video. The Albany Times Union reported on the July 4 chaos Four people, including a 64-year-old woman, were shot a block from where thousands gathered Friday for the Empire State Plaza fireworks. The four were bystanders, people whose only mistake was heading out to celebrate the holiday. But they happened […]
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under City News, Law Enforcement News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Here’s what $1 trillion in US Medicaid cuts will mean in the North Country
“The cuts to Medicaid will have an outsized impact on the North Country, where 28% of the population relies on the federal program for health insurance. Local healthcare groups and officials have warned that Medicaid cuts will have devastating impacts here in the region.” Click here for the NCPR story
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Congressional News, General News, Heathcare News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Governor deploys state police canine search teams to assist with Texas recovery
Four State Police Staff and Three Canines to Deploy to Kerr County July 9 for 14 Days to Assist with Ongoing Search Efforts Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that four New York State Police staff and three canines will deploy to Kerr County, Texas to support search efforts following devastating floods. This assistance was primarily […]
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Environmental News, General News, Law Enforcement News, National News, State Government News.
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New Alstom contract with MTA to bring jobs to Plattsburgh plant
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Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Business News, City News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Statewide News.
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State Health Department Slow to Inspect Violations at Adult Care Facilities, Audit Finds
NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli News Release of July 6, 2025 The state Department of Health (DOH) is not adequately overseeing adult care facilities, risking the health and safety of vulnerable residents, according to an audit released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The audit found DOH at times failed to conduct timely […]
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Heathcare News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Revolutionary War Training Camps for teens
Four free camps for boys and girls from 12 to 16 In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Clinton County Historical Association in conjunction with the Kent-Delord House Museum is excited to announce that we are offering four Revolutionary War Training Camps at the Kent-Delord House Museum during the months of […]
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, National History, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Youth News.
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Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau Launches BattleofValcour.com
Your Front Row Seat to 1776 and the region’s commemoration for America250th Plattsburgh, NY – America is turning 250, and there’s no better place to celebrate than the Adirondack Coast a region that helped shape our nation’s story! From the Revolutionary War to the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814, this historic stretch of Lake Champlain […]
Posted: July 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Lake Champlain News, National History, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Norsk Titanium secures new contracts
Customers are U.S. Gov. contractors, one from DOD Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Business News, Northern NY News.
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Multiple crews responding to fire on Leggett Road in Champlain
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Fire Department News, Northern NY News.
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“I’m not a stay-at-home kind of guy; I missed the kids, I love working, and they take good care of me.”
By John T. Ryan (Please share) Peru, NY – July 8, 2025 – Many positive things happen at Peru Central School, all centered around respect, care, and relationships. The bond between 85-year-old school bus monitor Russell Edward Mann, the students he watches over, and his fellow transportation department staff members exemplifies these values. Known to […]
Posted: July 8th, 2025 under General News.
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COMMENTARY: Rescues, Roads, and Wilderness
Times Union article reported that two rangers argue that their job is made more difficult by state policy, chiefly the state’s decision to render old roads impassible to motorized vehicles. Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story
Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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IKEA is coming to Destiny USA in Syracuse
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Business News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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After historic flooding, many Vermont towns still awash in red ink and repairs
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Posted: July 8th, 2025 under Community Events, Environmental News, National News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Homesteading and Woodworking Weekend at the Babbie Museum
Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History.
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A VT dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears
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Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Congressional News, Law Enforcement News, National History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones: Statement on Big Beautiful Bill
”I am deeply concerned with how the Big Beautiful Bill will impact the North Country. Without a doubt, our medical system will suffer under the cuts in this bill. Our rural hospitals, nursing homes, community health centers, disability support services, and all other local healthcare providers will bear the brunt of the cuts. Even those […]
Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Opinion, Peru/Regional History, Political News, Social Issues, State Legislator News.
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Facing declining enrollment and financial headwinds, Burlington’s Champlain College reshapes its academic programs
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Posted: July 7th, 2025 under Education News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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An Upstate NY village gets a surprise visit from ICE: Why would they come for Mr. Zhang?
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Posted: July 6th, 2025 under Business News, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Upstate New York.
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