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Archive for January, 2026

Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Burlington metro area

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Plattsburgh celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with speeches, songs

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Winter storm brings welcome boost to Tug Hill snowmobile business

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NYS Comptroller audits reveal multiple local government and fire department fiscal management issues

These audits did NOT include Peru, NY Mattituck Fire District – Claims Audit (Suffolk County) The board did not ensure that all nonpayroll disbursements were appropriate, adequately supported, audited and approved before claims were paid. Auditors determined that the board did not always perform a thorough and deliberate audit of claims before approving payments, and […]

City of Plattsburgh 2026 Event Schedule

Food waste program to kick-off, new town court hours, culvert bid advertising approved, and much more

By John T Ryan  The January 12, 2026, town board roll call included Town Clerk/Tax Collector Christine Crawford and Councilman Nick Crawford.  Supervisor Crag Randall and fellow board members welcomed them, with Councilman Kregg Bruno pointing out that there are two state wrestling champions on the board, referring to Nick Weaver and himself.   Cody […]

Grand Opening of Peru’s Food Waste Reduction Program on Feb 3

Free home collection containers available at the event  Jan. 20, 2026 – The Town of Peru is excited to announce the Tuesday, February 3, 11 a.m. grand opening of Clinton County’s third municipal-level food waste collection program. This program, established in collaboration with the Clinton County Health Department’s Eat Smart, Waste Less program and Casella […]

Tractor-trailer crash closes Interstate 87 in Elizabethtown

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Snowmobile goes through ice on river in Adirondacks: 2 men die, 6-year-old boy survives

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High-altitude research: Monitoring pollution from Whiteface’s summit A look at some of the ongoing work at the Whiteface Mountain Field

Station, tracking a range of compounds in the clouds  Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Hochul advances plan to unlock shuttered Adirondack prison land

More details expected in executive budget proposal Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Canadian platform brings community care to Vermont

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Plattsburgh

The MLK Jr. Singers created a joyous atmosphere for today’s Martin Luther Kings Day celebration at the Newman Center in Plattsburgh. The ceremony’s theme was Building Community, Uniting a Nation the Non-Violent Way. Click here for the Peru Gazette’s YouTube video. 

Inside the state’s $860K price tag for World Cup cycling in the Adirondacks

A look at the financial results following the fall’s downhill mountain bike races in Lake Placid Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Stewart’s president works shop shifts to celebrate successful Holiday Match

Stewart’s Shops president Chad Kiesow is working shifts at our Pine Bush and Haines Falls shops this month to thank our partners for their hard work and our customers for their generosity during a successful Holiday Match season. “There is no better way to get an appreciation for how hard our partners work than to […]

St. Augustine’s Community Meal/Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Shepherd’s Pie  Fruit  Bread   Dessert  Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972.  All are invited and welcome!

Paint and Sip at the Babbie Museum on Sunday, Jan. 25

DEC proposes banning bait fish across most of Adirondack Park

New regulations aim to protect rare brook trout populations Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

An outsider helped revive a notorious Syracuse nursing home. It’s a blueprint for other NY homes

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NY’s nuclear plants want billions more in subsidies. Are state officials in a position to say no?

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After New York Focus Investigation, Governor and Lawmakers Call for Consequences in Horse Doping Case

State regulators ignored FBI evidence of horse drug purchases for years. That was a “huge failing,” a key assemblymember said. Click here for the New York Focus story 

Enjoy Great Super Bowl Subs – Our family has enjoyed them for several years!

DiNapoli: State tax receipts and spending outpace budget projections through Dec.

State tax receipts totaled $85.8 billion through three quarters of the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26, $2.3 billion higher than estimates released in the Division of Budget’s (DOB) Mid-Year Update to the Enacted Budget Financial Plan. On a year-over-year basis, collections were $5.9 billion higher than those through December 2024, according to the monthly State […]

Saranac faces highway equipment, staffing challenges

Equipment installation delayed on two new trucks Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Local officials oppose decommissioning of former Ogdensburg prison

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