The Peru Gazette

Town of Lewis – Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On Oct. 27 at 11:15 a.m., Essex County 911 contacted DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting a 66-year-old hiker from Elizabethtown had suffered a non-weight bearing knee injury on the Mount Fay summit. Due to the hiker’s location, NYSP Aviation was requested and Forest Ranger Lt. Burns and Forest […]

Source: Police: Suspect in Crown Point home invasion dead, resident injured

“Nov 01, 2021 — A Florida-based developer has applied for a permit from the Adirondack Park Agency to build a large-scale housing development in the town of Jay.” Source: A big housing development has been proposed for a small Adirondack town | NCPR News

Source: Part 1 of 2: Adirondacks front and center for a new Lyme vaccine | Sun Community News TICONDEROGA | A number of other tick-borne diseases are on the rise, and while a quite prevalent one, anaplasmosis, treated with the same antibiotic as Lyme, others, such

Source: Salt solutions? – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Diversifying the Adirondacks, one whitewater rafting trip (or hike) at a time | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

If you’re traveling to an outdoor destination this weekend be on the lookout for moose on the move. This time of year, moose are wandering looking for mates, leading them to areas where they are not typically seen. While this improves the opportunities for people to enjoy sightings of a moose, it also increases the […]

Source: ADK reaches deal to purchase Cascade Ski Center – Adirondack Explorer

Essex County, but the problem applies in Clinton County Source: Many races go begging in November election | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Voters will go to the polls Nov. 2 in an off-year election notable for the number of races that are unopposed.

Source: DEC on Hiking Parking Permits – Mountain Lake PBS

Each year Americans dispose of 2 billion pumpkins after they have served their purposes adorning our stoops and porches, according to a recent article in Atlantic magazine. Rotting organic material, such as pumpkins and their innards, when buried in a landfill produce methane – a potent greenhouse gas. AdkAction’s Compost for Good team is announcing […]

Source: The Wild Center to send delegation to U.N. climate talks in Scotland – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Adirondack Park Agency’s permit changes called into question

Source: Lake Placid board plans cannabis law opt out | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Peru rallies past Saranac Lake to stay unbeaten | Local Sports | pressrepublican.com

Source: Authorities: Cover-ups abounded at wildlife refuge

PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/25/2021) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month. CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across the region. Here are several opportunities to give blood: · Monday, November […]

Source: Childcare, cell service identified as key to economic growth in Champlain Valley | NCPR News

Source: Police: 2 people dead following Tupper Lake camper fire

Source: Watching the salmon run – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: COVID outbreak discovered at Elizabethtown nursing home | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: PSC students organize walk out to protest college handling of sexual assault, bigotry reports on campus | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

By John T. Ryan Peru – The U.S. Census Bureau recently released the 2020 census data.  The North Country data reflects the nationwide rural population declines. Peru’s 2020 population increased by 6.2% since 2000; however, between 2010 and 2020, its population declined by 3.3%, from 7,000 to 6,772. Between 2000 and 2010, Peru enjoyed one […]

“Ernst is president of a private investment firm based in New York City.  He owns Elk Lake Lodge in North Hudson with his wife, Margot Ernst.  According to the Adirondack Explorer, Gov. Kathy Hochul approached Ernst recently at a dinner party and asked if he would be willing to take on the position.” Source: Hochul […]

Source: Rangers respond to lost, injured hikers and hunters – – The Adirondack Almanack