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Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program launches Winter Learning Series – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program launches Winter Learning Series – – The Adirondack Almanack

UPDATE Boquet Valley CSD Middle/High remote to Jan. 22 | Sun Community News Possible covid exposure puts 74 students, 4 staff in quarantine

Source: UPDATE BVCSD Middle/High remote to Jan. 22 | Sun Community News Possible covid exposure puts 74 students, 4 staff in quarantine

Pine Cones: Nature’s (useful) seed bearers – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Pine Cones: Nature’s (useful) seed bearers – – The Adirondack Almanack

Three Adirondack prison inmates sue state over COVID conditions | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Three Adirondack prison inmates sue state over COVID conditions | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Without Testing for Covid-19, New York Moved Elderly, Sick Men Into “Prison Nursing Home”, i.e. Adirondack Correctional in Ray Brook

Source: Without Testing for Covid-19, New York Moved Elderly, Sick Men Into “Prison Nursing Home”

DEC Encourages New York Anglers to Try Ice Fishing During Winter Months

Anglers Reminded to Put Safety First Before Ice Fishing and Observe Public Health Guidelines During State’s Ongoing Response to COVID-19 State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today encouraged New York’s new and experienced anglers to get outside and safely enjoy ice fishing during the winter months. “From small local ponds to large […]

DEC Launches Ice Fishing Creel Survey on Lake Champlain

Surveys Conducted through March 2021 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the launch of an ice fishing creel survey that will be conducted on the New York waters of Lake Champlain starting this week through March. “Lake Champlain is one of New York’s top fishing destinations and ice […]

Peru Federal Credit Union Opens New Building in Keeseville

  By John T. Ryan  2015 – New Building in Peru  2018 – New Building in Au Sable Forks  2019 – Office in Keeseville  2020 – New Building in Keeseville  The above dates dates chart the Peru Federal Credit Union (PFCU) as it expands its services in southern Clinton and northern Essex County. Credit Union […]

Essex County Jan. 5th COVID-19 Report: New Cases +12

Total CURRENT Cases Today: 132 New Cases: 12 New Hospitalizations Today: 0 New Deaths Today: 0 Total # of COVID-19 Tests: 43,178 Total # of COVID-19 Positive Cases: 727 Total # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3,802 Total Positive Antibody Tests: 98

Local hospitals to reach vaccination goals | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | 

Source: Local hospitals to reach vaccination goals | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | A day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggested hospitals in New York State would face fines if they did not use their supply of the Coronavirus COVID_19 vaccination by the end of the we

Vaccinations Are Progressing, But Everyone Should Be Very Concerned About the Current COVID Surge

By John T. Ryan  Plattsburgh – Earlier today, Dr. Wouter Reitsema, CVPH Vice-President for Population Health and Information Services, conducted a news conference regarding COVID-19 vaccination progress in Clinton. Essex and Franklin Counties. CVPH is coordinating vaccination distribution to the health care community while the federal government working with pharmacies, not hospitals, coordinates distribution to […]

Essex Town, County ask Ferry to remain open | Sun Community News ESSEX | 

Source: Essex Town, County ask Ferry to remain open | Sun Community News ESSEX | The Town of Essex passed a resolution at its Dec. 29th meeting urging the Lake Champlain Transportation Co. to maintain a ferry connection between the hamlet and Charlotte, Vt., which

NYE shooting ends without injury | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: NYE shooting ends without injury | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Mountain Coaster | Jack LaDuke’s Adirondack Journal – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: Mountain Coaster | Jack LaDuke’s Adirondack Journal – Mountain Lake PBS

Car crashes through lake ice near Crown point | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Car crashes through lake ice near Crown point | Local News | pressrepublican.com

First Day Hikes

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the First Day Hikes program. Spend time in the outdoors safely this holiday season and celebrate at state parks, historic sites, wildlife areas, trails, and public lands across the Empire State on January 1, 2021. Find a hike near you by visiting DEC’s First Day Hikes page or […]

How Black Lives Matter brought the conversation of race and racism to the North Country | NCPR News

Source: How Black Lives Matter brought the conversation of race and racism to the North Country | NCPR News

An essential service? Ferry riders petition to keep Lake Champlain crossing open | NCPR News

Source: An essential service? Ferry riders petition to keep Lake Champlain crossing open | NCPR News

Still saving lives on his day off | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Still saving lives on his day off | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

A lake in crisis | Adirondack Explorer

“Battling ‘putrid’ outbreaks on the Adirondack Park’s eastern flank, New York and Vermont advocates struggle to reduce phosphorus pollution in Lake Champlain.” An excellent story that anyone concerned about Lake Champlain should read. Source: A lake in crisis | Adirondack Explorer

175 Organizations Launch Coalition for Environmental Funding, Jobs and Clean Water – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: 175 Organizations Launch Coalition for Environmental Funding, Jobs and Clean Water – – The Adirondack Almanack

Section VII moments of 2020: 1-5 | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH 

Source: Section VII moments of 2020: 1-5 | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | With moments 6-10 revealed last week, Sun Community News finishes out 2020 with the top five Section VII sporting moments from the 2020 sports season.

Peter Hornbeck, Master Boatbuilder And Wilderness Advocate, 1943-2020 – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Peter Hornbeck, Master Boatbuilder And Wilderness Advocate, 1943-2020 – – The Adirondack Almanack

At the Waterfront: Saranac Waterfront Lodge opens | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: At the Waterfront: Saranac Waterfront Lodge opens | News | pressrepublican.com

Christmas brings high water, closed roads; high winds expected | Sun Community News JAY | 

Source: Christmas brings high water, closed roads; high winds expected | Sun Community News JAY | While the floods were not expected to be as damaging as they were in the fall of 2019, Christmas morning still brought fast water and closed roads and predictions tha