The Peru Gazette

Source: Amazon will give $1.75 million to new Syracuse STEAM high school – syracuse.com

Source: Plan to sink ferry worries some Vermonters | Sun Community News BERLIN | Due to reduced trans-lake commuter traffic, Lake Champlain Transport (LCT) plans to sink the 67-year-old ferry Adirondack outside Burlington Harbor – a move bitterly criticized by lon

Source: Pfizer seeks approval to give Covid vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds; CNY was a trial site – syracuse.com

They’re a pair of half-plane, half-helicopter aircraft developed by South Burlington-based Beta Technologies. They’re entirely electric, can travel up to 170 mph with a 250-mile range, and can take off and land vertically.  Now, UPS has agreed to buy 10 of those aircraft, with the option to buy 150 more. It’s a deal that augurs […]

 April 8, 2021 – Just last week, 2,850 Partners received their 2020 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) statements. Their accounts received approximately 20% growth and a $19 million contribution, which is about 19% of their 2020 pay. Stewart’s Shops employees now own over 40% of the company through profit sharing. There are now 105 Partners […]

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday a $28.6 billion grant program Congress created to boost struggling restaurants will start serving clients in about three weeks. Throughout the country, food service and hospitality businesses — like restaurants, bars and hotels — have been among the hardest hit […]

Source: New York business groups criticize corporate tax surcharge in new state budget – syracuse.com

Source: State budget includes $2.4 billion for rent relief: Here’s who is eligible – syracuse.com

Source: New York won’t exempt unemployment payments from state taxes – syracuse.com

Source: Wilmington Planning Board gives Peru credit union its blessing | Sun Community News WILMINGTON | Following an uneventful public hearing, Wilmington Planning Board members gave their blessing to a Peru Federal Credit Union plan to build a branch next to the

Source: UVM network developing new Medicare Advantage Insurance plan | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The University of Vermont Health Network is now partnering with MVP Health Care to develop a Medicare Advantage insurance plan to better meet the needs of older

Plattsburgh, NY – 04/07/2021 – We are excited to announce the return of Business After Hours…safely, of course! We are eager to get back to in-person networking in a safe and social environment – we hope you are too! We hope that you join us on Thursday, April 22nd at Best Western Plus Plattsburgh. The […]

Source: After 77 years in one family, Syracuse’s oldest fish fry is closing – syracuse.com

Source: Chamber applauds aspects of N.Y. budget and business relief bills | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | As the North Country Chamber of Commerce continues to analyze final state budget bills under approval, local business advocates are applauding the signific

Source: Scott rolls out timeline for full reopening – VTDigger

  Senator Dan Stec today said budget negotiations underway in Albany include a proposal that would set aside $2.1 billion in unemployment insurance benefits to be paid to illegal aliens, ex-convicts and others working ‘off the books’.   The so-called “Excluded Worker” proposal was advanced by Senate Democrats last month as part of their one-house […]

Source: ‘Extremely Busy’: Amid The Pandemic, Barre’s Granite Industry Booms | Vermont Public Radio

Source: Main Street construction begins today | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: One Year of Border Closure – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: Forest Farmers lead Maple boom in Lyon Mountain – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: An Old Church’s New Mission | Jack LaDuke’s Adirondack Journal – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: By The Numbers: Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan | Vermont Public Radio

Kari Rios once had everything she needed: an apartment, a well-paying job, a reliable car. As a single mother, she had some long days. But those pillars of stability made her feel that nothing could stop her.  “I was on top of the world,” she recalled. Then, in early 2017, her son’s father stopped paying […]

Source: Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Shows ‘100% Efficacy’ In Adolescents | NCPR News

Source: Lawmakers probe N.Y. cell service task force progress | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Upstate New York lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo March 30 looking for updates on the status of a state-funded task force created to probe cellular connect