The Peru Gazette

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

Source: Paul Smith’s students to protest harassment and bigotry on campus | NCPR News

Source: Au Sable Forks to vote on new firehouse Oct. 26 | Sun Community News AU SABLE FORKS | Voters in the Au Sable Forks Fire District will go to the polls on Tuesday, Oct. 26, to decide whether to build a new $5.9 million firehouse to replace old and cramped sp

Source: Tamarack trees face fresh threats – Adirondack Explorer

Source: Exploring Cranberry Lake – – The Adirondack Almanack

“The Glenn and Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation was established in December of 2000 to help improve the quality of life for the year-round residents of the Adirondack Park. Since its inception it has awarded 593 grants totaling over $1,063,000.” Source: Pearsall Foundation Announces Grant Awards – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Ticonderoga adds 100-acre solar installation to growing project list

Source: Fish Creek campground to get facelift

Source: Report: Trails in Adirondacks are too steep to be sustainable – The Capitol Pressroom

Source: Storm water and sewers – – The Adirondack Almanack

“PLATTSBURGH — Tri-county health departments reported 115 new COVID cases from Tuesday to Thursday. According to the state’s most recent figures, up-to-date as of Wednesday, the seven-county North Country region had the highest positivity rate of any region in the state, with a daily rate and seven-day rolling average of 6%.” Source: Local health departments report […]

Our area makes the New York Times. Source: Border With Canada to Open, Businesses ‘Could Not Be Happier’ – The New York Times

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce Plattsburgh – 10/14/2021– Empire State Development and I Love NY recently released their 2020 Economic Impact Study showing the effect tourism had on New York State, the Adirondack region and Clinton County during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the key findings for New York State, […]

Source: Engineering a river in New York with nature to protect against the impacts of climate change | Here & Now

Source: The little engine that could: Frontier Town’s 1923 Vulcan finds new home | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Diversifying the Adirondacks, one whitewater rafting trip (or hike) at a time | NCPR News

Source: Police search for man missing from his home in Jay in the Adirondacks | NCPR News

 3-week hiatus aimed at preserving beds, providing staff relief  PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/08/2021) — In response to an increase in patient volume, critical workforce shortages and significant number of COVID positive admissions, The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) has placed a 3-week pause on elective surgical procedures that require inpatient […]

Source: Past Au Sable fire chief honored for decades of service | Sun Community News AU SABLE FORKS | Former Fire Chief and longtime volunteer Joe Fitzgerald was recently honored for his decades of service to the Au Sable Forks Fire Department and surrounding comm