The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan  One of Peru’s oldest businesses is under new ownership and has a new name. Swain’s Liquor Store is now Livations (not Libations; Livations). On May 1, 2021, Scott Hite and Mary Ann Cayea became the new owners. Bonnie Trost owned and operated the store since May 19, 2015. Marge and Don […]

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Source: Which stores won’t require masks for fully vaccinated customers? See full list – syracuse.com

By John T. Ryan Peru, NY takes great pride in its agricultural heritage. Our hamlet is surrounded by dairy farms and orchards. Over the past several years Peru residents have witnessed huge changes in the dairy industry as small farms shut down and large farms add acreage. The apple industry is also undergoing significant changes. […]

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Source: Spectrum is raising prices for cable TV and phone services – syracuse.com

“HIPAA only governs certain kinds of entities — your clinician, hospital, or others in the health care sphere,” Spector-Bagdady said on the university’s website in April. “It does not apply to the average person or to a business outside health care. It doesn’t give someone personal protection against ever having to disclose their health information.” […]

Important to smaller companies providing high-speed internet service State Senator Dan Stec said he is pleased the Public Service Commission (PSC) updated its guidance for small Internet Service Provider (ISPs) companies seeking an exemption from providing low-income broadband, which was enacted as part of this year’s state budget. The 2021-22 state budget mandates companies offer […]

From the office of State Senator Dan Stec   Legislation supporting New York’s growing farm cidery industry passed the Senate today. Senator Dan Stec is a co-sponsor of Senate bill S556 that would allow both interstate and intrastate shipment of hard cider.   “This growing industry is poised to do even better if farms are […]

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Source: NY ends mask mandate for the vaccinated. Will businesses do the same? – syracuse.com

A spokesperson for the company said that customers will not be required to show proof of vaccination. Source: Stewart’s to allow vaccinated customers into stores without masks

Source: Walmart, others drop mask requirements for vaccinated customers, but NY still requires it – syracuse.com

“The indicators are good that we will have, barring another wave or anything, that we will have a good year,” Davis stated. The community isn’t completely helpless when it comes to the state of the local economy, there are ways to help. “Shop local. The sales tax dollars not only need to stay here but […]

Source: Celebratory or premature? Businesses level with new masking policy – VTDigger

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Source: Attorney breaks down what marijuana in the workplace means | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | On May 13, the North Country Chamber of Commerce held a webinar with Jacqueline Kelleher, an attorney with the firm Stafford Owens, to discuss the recent legaliza

 “I’m excited to hear that 2CRSi, a manufacturer of high-performance, energy-efficient computer servers, has selected Rouses Point in Clinton County as the location for their U.S. campus and a green datacenter. The tech campus will provide customers with green housing and hosting services, and the company is currently working on a way to reuse the […]

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Archives | RSS TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 ENVIRONMENT Company Scraps Plan to Scuttle an Obsolete Ferry in Lake Champlain POSTED BY KEVIN MCCALLUM ON TUE, MAY 11, 2021 AT 3:26 PM FACEBOOK TWITTER REDDIT EMAIL click to enlarge ROB FOUNTAIN ©️ SEVEN DAYS The retired ferry Adirondack in Port Kent, N.Y. Lake Champlain Transportation is […]

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Yet while the vast majority of the likely hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who contracted COVID-19 on the job are eligible for workers’ compensation, most have not applied and only a fraction of those have received it. Source: A Year Later, Few Essential Workers Have Received Restitution for Getting Covid on the Job