The Peru Gazette

  By John T. Ryan Peru – The staff at K&S Body Works at 780 Telegraph Rd. is #45 in our Peru Gazette photo series featuring people who make Peru a great place to live. It was 60 years ago in 1958, when Karl and Shirley Schweikert transformed the Schweikert family dairy barn into an […]

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Source: Trump wants new deal for US dairy farmers in NAFTA, but it may be short-sighted – VTDigger

Source: Cabot Creamery enduring major losses in U.S.-China trade war – VTDigger

By John T. Ryan Kim Mason, Kimberly Reyell and Amanda Plympton at Brush It Up Hair Salon are #44 in our Peru Gazette photo series featuring people who make Peru a great place to live. Kim and Kimberly had worked together for 21 years before opening Brush It Up almost 9 years ago. Amanda joined […]

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Source: GlobalFoundries eliminated 455 jobs, new filings show – Times Union

A Message from Tops Markets Tops Markets Reports Significant Progress on Financial Restructuring Company Intends to Close 10 Underperforming Stores; Affected Associates to be Treated Fairly with Placements at Other Stores Where Possible WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – August 30, 2018 – Tops Markets, LLC (“Tops” or the “Company”) today provided an update on the progress it […]

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted that U.S. producers were not injured by foreign newsprint imports, nullifying tariffs on Canadian paper imports: “This is tremendous news and I applaud the ITC for this important decision,” said Congresswoman Stefanik. “Our district is […]

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Source: GlobalFoundries laying off hundreds at Fab 8 amid strategy shift – Times Union

By John T. Ryan  A new era in local aviation began at 2:25 PM on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 when Flight 5006 touched down at Plattsburgh International Airport. United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines replaces PennAir that provided service to and from Boston for the past six years. Ironically, the first United Express aircraft arriving […]

Source: Plattsburgh International Airport upgrades near completion – Sun Community News & Printing

Local officials gathered at Plattsburgh International Airport today to celebrate the opening of daily air service between Plattsburgh and Dulles International Airport in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. The first Sky West/United Express flight arrived 15 minutes ahead of schedule, perhaps a good omen for the future. North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas was Master […]

Plattsburgh – A new era in the history of Plattsburgh International Airport occurred at 2:25 PM today when the first SkyWest/United Express flight touched down. The Peru Gazette will post a story ASAP, but here are a few photos of the historic arrival of the Bombardier 50-passenger jet aircraft.

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  By John T. Ryan  Peru –  Washington Street is undergoing a major expansion. For the past several weeks the William Sawyer Construction Company of Milton, Vermont has been installing the infrastructure to service 13 new homes.  Developer Bill Sawyer said, “The first home is sold and we plan to construct two spec homes this […]

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Source: Watertown Daily Times | Spectrum not backing down in wake of state expulsion order

Strong Tourism Numbers are being seen for the 2018 Summer Season Plattsburgh, NY (8/1/2018) – Governor Cuomo’s office recently announced that New York State’s investment in tourism is paying BIG dividends.  I Love NY released their Economic Impact Study showing the effect tourism has on New York State, the region, and Clinton County. New York […]