Archive for September, 2025
Stefanik Selected as Chair of Bipartisan Review of 9/11 Commission Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Republican Leadership Chairwoman Elise Stefanik announced she will chair the bipartisan House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence review of 9/11 Commission Report to evaluate the progress made on the intelligence-related recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States in The 9/11 Commission Report, released in […]
Posted: September 12th, 2025 under General News.
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How New York’s Attorney General Lets Innocence Claims Slip Through the Cracks
Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: September 12th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Social Issues, State Government News, Statewide News.
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New York’s Attorney General Wanted to Review Innocence Claims. Prosecutor Politics Got in the Way.
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Posted: September 11th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Political News, Statewide News.
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Former Assemblyman Billy Jones reflects on time serving the North Country
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Posted: September 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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2025 Peru Athletic Hall of Fame inductees named
Charles Andrews 1956, Len Gadway 1975, Nick Weaver 2001, Brandon Keleher 2003, Mary Mazzella 2013 Charles Andrews Class of 1956 Sport(s): Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Track and Field Charles Andrews is being posthumously inducted to the Peru Central School Athletic Hall of fame for his contribution as an athlete but also as an administrator, teacher, […]
Posted: September 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Education News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru School News, Peru/Regional History.
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Town Board to hold emergency meeting to accept/reject Fuller Rd. culvert bid
The Peru Town Board has scheduled an Emergency Meeting Friday September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM at the Peru Town Hall. Purpose of the meeting is to award/reject bid for Fuller Road culvert.
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Highway Dept. News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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FREE workshop is available to anyone 18 years or older who has one or more chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, anxiety, depression, and more.
If you or someone you love is living with a chronic disease, this class can help! This FREE workshop is available to anyone 18 years or older who has one or more chronic conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, anxiety, depression, and more. Learn more about dates and times and register for this class […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, County Government News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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Moving Toward Wellness Series Focused on Life After Cancer Treatment
FitzPatrick Cancer Center program offers resources, support and education PLATTSBURGH, NY – Helping people who have completed cancer treatment begin a new chapter in their lives is the goal of an eight – week program offered by the FitzPatrick Cancer Center, part of University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). Moving […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Community Events, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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Construction to begin this fall on new Rouses Point port of entry
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Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Border News, Congressional News, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Upstate New York.
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Kids Fair and Festival this weekend at Babbie Museum
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Community Events, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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MICRO BIRD official opening at former Nova Bus facility
Chamber of Commerce Release Plattsburgh, Sept. 9, 2025 The North Country Chamber was very pleased to take part in the official opening of MICRO BIRD’s U.S. production operation in Plattsburgh, featuring Governor Kathy Hochul. Chamber President Garry Douglas saluted the local team members who collaborated with us on the deal, including the Clinton County IDA, […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Alstom wins $1.1 billion order for additional railcars and locomotives
The North Country Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the official award to Alstom of a $1.1 billion order for an additional 200 Multilevel III commuter railcars and 12 ALP 45 dual power locomotives. This order is on top of 174 Multilevel III railcars previously ordered and currently under production at Alstom’s Plattsburgh plant.“This is the […]
Posted: September 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Recent Regional NYS Forest Ranger Actions
Town of Keene Essex County Wildland Fire: On Aug 31 at 6:30 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker on Noonmark Mountain reporting sustained smoke in the sky. At 3:32 a.m., three Forest Rangers located a fire approximately four miles from the Round Pond trailhead, near Gravestone Brook on the side of Bear […]
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Historian Dr. Alexandria Russell to Speak on Black Women’s Legacies in the American Revolution
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 6:30 p.m. at Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, at SUNY Plattsburgh PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The Clinton County Historical Association, in partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, will host historian Dr. Alexandria Russell for a public lecture on Thursday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins […]
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Community Events, Education News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Gov. Hochul highlights continued investment in Northern Border Security
Index Crime Down in Plattsburgh As Gun Seizures Are Up 57 Percent and Extreme Risk Protection Orders Up 26 Percent Across the North Country Sept. 9, 2025 News Release – Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the State’s efforts to enhance New York’s Northern Border security and prevent transnational criminal organizations from trafficking […]
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Senator Kirsten Gellibrand in Plattsburgh with good news for local manufacturers
Plattsburgh, NY: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand came to Alstom’s Plattsburgh railcar manufacturing facility last Friday with good news. As a member of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee and Transportation subcommittee, she should be able to secure an additional $350,000 for Clinton County’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. The appropriation still must be approved by the full Senate […]
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, City News, Congressional News, General News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Agenda – Peru Zoning Board of Appeals, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.
CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of August 2025 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: Z2025-016 Area Variance, Erich Lutz, Matthew Ingram, 280.1-3-12, 3019 Main St. Z2025-107Area Variance, Leonard Jozwiak II, 768 Bear Swamp Rd, Peru, NY 12972 7. CEO REPORT 8. ADJOURNMENT Christine Crawford Codes & Zoning Secretary Town […]
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Northern NY News, Peru News, Zoning Board News.
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Hochul to let NY pharmacists prescribe COVID vaccines amid federal policy shift
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Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Business News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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Period Music at the Battle of Plattsburgh Weekend
** From Seeds They Grew: The Roots Of American Gospel Music, featuring the incomparable Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir led by Dr. Dexter Criss performing a wide variety of acoustic Gospel choral and instrumental renditions characteristic of the time period — Saturday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m. ** Music of the Night: Mozart’s E-flat Major Serenade, with Daniel Gordon leading members of […]
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Arts and Entertainment, Community Events, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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How reporters obtained 10,000 police disciplinary records
The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies. Click here for the Times-Union story
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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‘No arrests’: In NY, some police can drink, drive and avoid charges
Police Officers crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Chad Nichols pleads guilty to charges related to death of Jahfari Joseph
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Posted: September 9th, 2025 under City News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News.
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Adirondack Museum’s boat sale sparks debate over historic significance
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Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Education News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Upstate New York.
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Eight World Cups, National Championship events set for Lake Placid this fall & winter
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Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Community Events, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Application period open for state’s entry-level law enforcement civil service exam
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Posted: September 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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