The Peru Gazette

“Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced the state will move ahead with a proposed major project to run hydropower from Quebec to New York City. The Champlain-Hudson Express transmission line would carry more than 12-hundred megawatts of hydropower from Quebec under Lake Champlain & the Hudson River to power more than a million homes in […]

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“Co-sponsored by Hydro-Quebec and Transmission Developers (TDI), the project would construct a line carrying 1,250 megawatts of clean hydropower from Quebec to New York City using a route that will be mostly underwater including the length of Lake Champlain. It is hoped that transmission can begin in 2025, providing enough power for more than 1 […]

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Agreement between City of Plattsburgh and Elevate518, LLC continues the use of the Crete Civic Center for the next three seasons   Elevate518 LLC News Release   Plattsburgh, NY – Elevate518, LLC and the City of Plattsburgh have signed an agreement to continue the momentum of the 2020-2021 indoor field sports program at the Crete […]

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Peru – September 14, 2021 –  It’s apple harvest time in Peru.  The hard-working Jamaican men picked early varieties such as Paula Reds first, and now they are concentrating on the beautiful Honeycrisp apples.  The Jamaican men were hard at work adjacent to the River Road early this afternoon. Asked if they liked the beautiful […]

Developments at Federal Level Provide Opportunity to Improve Availability, Access and Affordability The state has made progress in making high-speed connections available to New Yorkers, ranking second in the U.S. in the percentage of the population with broadband available in their neighborhood, but more than one million, or 13.8%, of households do not have access […]

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Comptroller DiNapoli and District Attorney Hoovler Release Report Examining Corruption and Negligence at the IDA “Making matters worse, their scheme was enabled by a complacent board, which neglected its fiduciary duty…” New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that three former officials of the Orange County […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced major enhancements to the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, a federal disaster relief loan designed to better serve and support our small business communities still reeling from the pandemic, especially hard-hit sectors such as restaurants, gyms, and […]

From the office of NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli The historic surge in unemployment claims at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly depleted the New York State Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund, resulting in the state borrowing from the federal government to pay claims. State UI tax rates have already risen to the highest level […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce New York will not pay to extend COVID-19 unemployment benefits for the 1.6 million state residents receiving them when the related federal programs expire at the end of Sunday, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. Speaking at an unrelated press conference in Manhattan, Hochul claimed to have her hands tied by […]