The Peru Gazette

Source: Clinton Co. IDA gets $1.4M for rail upgrades | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The Clinton County Industrial Development Authority has been awarded $1.4 million for expansion of commodity handling capacity and construction of an additional rail spur.

Source: Business booming, yet not enough staff: Old Forge’s worker shortage conundrum | NCPR News

UPDATE: As of 2/3 at 4:15a  the Grand Isle, VT – Plattsburgh, NY crossing is OPEN. First departure from CH is 4:40a and first departure from Grand Isle is 5:00a. Estimating right now due to taking a slightly longer route the ferries will run slightly off schedule. Charlotte Crossing running as scheduled.

Source: What are people who quit during the pandemic doing now? This woman started her own tattoo studio | NCPR News

Source: ‘Just between you and me’: FBI records reveal an EB-5 fraudster’s direct line to Gov. Peter Shumlin – VTDigger

Source: Major snowmobile trail at risk due to Avangrid Renewable’s new desire for paved turbine access | Lewis County | nny360.com

You HAVE to watch this wonderful Today Show story about a place so close to us. Source: Feel like an Olympian for the day at Lake Placid

Source: Canadian truckers protest vaccine mandate

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) issued this statement following the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40:                  “The Farm Laborers Wage Board decision to lower the overtime threshold sets our local agriculture industry and family farmers up for failure. Despite widespread opposition from farmers across the state, […]

Source: Wage Board votes to slash farm OT threshold to 40 hours over next decade | Business | nny360.com

Source: Grand Isle ferry restarts service after temporarily closure

Source: Saranac Lake Winter Carnival returns to 10-day festival (Full schedule) – syracuse.com

The county of Clinton is encouraged by the North Country Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Business Confidence Index results which were unveiled today. The Chamber announced that the 2022 Business Confidence Index is at 90 percent. “Obviously the last two years have been difficult for North Country businesses, but we did what we always do; we […]

This month’s Strictly Business magazine features its annual forum where local leaders review challenges in the past year and look forward to the year ahead. It’s a good opportunity to learn about our next-generation leaders. Source: Strictly Business | New York’s Source for Business Information

Source: The 25 biggest concerts coming to Upstate NY in 2022 (tickets, more info) – syracuse.com

Source: Prepping for a better maple season in the North Country | NCPR News

Source: ‘Antiques Roadshow’ is coming to Vermont for the first time

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Source: Supervisors discuss Moriah Shock with top Hochul administration official | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Less than six weeks before the scheduled closing of Moriah Shock Correctional Facility, Essex County supervisors said the lines of communication w

Peru – Peru’s Dollar Store reopened for business on Wednesday, January 12th.  Apparently, the word hasn’t gotten out because the shelves are packed and there are typically very few cars in the parking lot.  The refrigerators and freezers are operating, but for some reason, very few refrigerated and frozen goods have arrived. 

Source: Sap to tap: Brewing bolder beers with maple and birch syrups | NCPR News

Source: 18-year-olds can now drive semi trucks across state lines

The New York State Department of Labor Wage Board was expected to decide whether they would be lowering the overtime threshold for farmworkers from sixty to forty hours per week in 2020 but extended their decision until this year when they scheduled three additional hearings about the matter. Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) testified in […]

Source: Cape Air to continue Essential Air Service at Saranac Lake | Sun Community News WASHINGTON, D.C. | U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik has announced that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has selected Cape Air at Saranac Lake to provide several nonstop, roundtri

Source: The leader of the Adirondack Park Agency, Terry Martino, is retiring | NCPR News