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Canada wildfires cause poor air quality in the midwest and northeast U.S.

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One dead in Peru, New York house fire, officials say

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Summers Are Brutal in New York’s Prisons. This Year Is Worse Than Ever.

Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day. Click here for the New York Focus story 

St. Augustine’s Community Meal/Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Hamburg & Gravy on Mashed Potatoes Vegetable  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!

Run For Jon time is almost here!

The 35th annual Run For Jon will be held Saturday, August 23rd, 5 PM at Forrence Orchards on Mannix Road in Peru. It attracts hundreds of walkers, kids fun runners and runners every year, in addition to their friends and family who attend as spectators. There are numerous door prizes for participants, donated by our […]

Refundable Farm Employer Tax Credit Application Period Now Open

Eligible Farmers May Now Apply for Reimbursement for Overtime Paid Since January 1, 2025 Friday, August 1, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that eligible farm employers may now apply for the Farm Employer Overtime Credit Advance program and receive reimbursement for eligible overtime paid to employees since January 1, 2025. Now in its […]

Keeseville native keeps climbing in bowling career after top four finish in the 2025 Junior Gold Championships

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Free Streamside Property Assessments

Wilmington, NY – Ausable Freshwater Center (AFC) is providing streamside property assessments as part of the Stream Wise initiative in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program. Stream Wise is a nonprofit program that provides resources for landowners adjacent to streams and rivers in Vermont, New York, and Quebec. This marks the fourth year that […]

Trico mayfly hatch brings August fishing challenges to Adirondack waters

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Route 73 lane closures in Keene & North Elba beginning Aug. 11 for re-surfacing project

The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists that State Route 73 in towns of Keene and North Elba, Essex County, will be reduced to one lane of alternating travel controlled by flaggers between Gilmore Hill Road and Lower Cascade Lake (in Keene), and between Bobsled Run Lane and Recycle Circle Lane (in […]

East Coast Watercross Triple Crown Finale Hits Plattsburgh City Beach August 1–3

WHAT: The final round of the East Coast Watercross Triple Crown is making waves on the Adirondack Coast! From August 1–3, 2025, Plattsburgh City Beach will host over 100 top jet ski racers from across the U.S. and Canada as they battle it out on a challenging 30-buoy course for championship glory and a $25,000 […]

July 28, 2025 Peru Town Board Meeting Highlights

Telegraph Road Culvert: Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell reported that NYSEG is conducting a study on accommodating the massive crane needed to install the road’s new culvert.  Farrell did not know how long NYNEG would take, but said that it’s less and less likely that the project will begin this year. The town was planning to advertise […]

Meadowmount Concert in Saranac

New home construction underway on Washington Street

By John T Ryan (Please Share) Peru, NY, July 30, 2025 – After an almost eight-year pause, new home construction is underway on Washington Street. Ken Silver III, owner of Silver III Construction, purchased the Orchard View Development in March 2024. He immediately began working on enlarging the drainage basin and reaching an agreement with […]

New York electric school bus mandate unaffordable, illogical, say rural Adirondack districts

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Construction of commercial solar generating facility in Town of AuSable among projects up for comment

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Adirondack Community Foundation announces actions to support region amid new challenges

“Medicaid provides support to 28% of the population of NY-21—either directly or through the New York State of Health Marketplace, according to the Healthcare Coalition for the North Country” Click here to read the Adirondack Almanac story 

24-hour crisis center opening in Plattsburgh to close mental health care gap

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Peru, NY July 29, 2024, 6:15 a.m. A beautiful time for a wakeup walk at Heyworth Mason Park

Recent Regional NYS Forest Ranger Actions

Town of North Elba, Essex County  Wilderness Rescue: On July 22 at 8:17 p.m., the Marcy Dam Caretaker called Ray Brook Dispatch about a hiker with a knee injury approximately a tenth of a mile from the outpost. At 9:47 p.m., Forest Ranger H. Praczkajlo reached the 71-year-old from Alplaus, provided first aid, and helped them […]

UVM Health Network announces layoffs as part of budget cuts

“The cuts are largely to positions not involved in direct patient care, specifically in the network-wide finance, human resources and information technology teams.” Click here for the VTDigger story

Billy Jones, the North Country’s only Democratic state lawmaker, is resigning

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Move Limits Clinton Community College Hours This Week

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Clinton Community College’s move to new locations at SUNY Plattsburgh will limit its public-facing hours this week. The college will be closed to the public on Thursday and Friday, July 31-Aug. 1 due to the movement of information technology equipment from the Lake Champlain location to the new George Moore Building (formerly […]

“Are Loons on Thin Ice with Climate Change?” presentation set for July 31

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DEC and Partners Announce Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Confirmed on the Western Shore of Lake Champlain and Near the North End of Great Sacandaga Lakes

Lake Champlain Residents are Encouraged to Report Any Signs of HWA, an Invasive Forest Pest The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), New York State Hemlock Initiative at Cornell University (NYSHI), and Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) today announced the confirmed presence of hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on the western shore of Lake Champlain […]