The Peru Gazette

Source: North Country at Work: an Adirondack Logger keeps working in the woods | NCPR News

Source: Farm Bureau backs path to citizenship for undocumented dairy workers | NCPR News

By John T. Ryan Peru – Nick Weaver, became the new owner of The Little Pizza Shop in January 2020. Educated as a computer programmer and machinist, Weaver was working out of state until a little over a year ago. Not happy with his job, he returned to his hometown to try something new. What […]

Thanks to the North Country Chamber of Commerce for the information.  January sales tax figures released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli again show most of our area counties performing significantly better than sales tax receipts statewide which were down 5.9% compared with January 2020. Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton Counties were down just 2.2%, 2.1%, […]

Source: Seed shortage worries farmers, home gardeners – VTDigger

Source: $14.5M upgrade planned for Burlington International Airport

Source: CityPlace agreement now on track for approval, with labor protections – VTDigger

February 22, 2021. From day one, we have said that our COVID recovery is not a choice between public health and the economy—it has to take into account both and work for all. Thanks to the hard work of all New Yorkers, our infection rate is now the lowest we’ve seen in three months, and […]

Source: Fighting since Day One: Local snowmobiler LaGoy reflects on accident, recovery | News | pressrepublican.com

Chazy, New York. Unprecedented agricultural water quality research funded by the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is producing significant insight into how nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen are transported across and through soil. On February 24, 2021, project leader Laura Klaiber, a nutrient management researcher at the Miner Institute in Chazy, New […]

Source: UPS ends relationship with Vermont franchise owner who refused to enforce mask mandate

PLATTSBURGH — Plattsburgh International Airport will temporarily close its runway, thus suspending incoming or outgoing flights, from April 13 through about June 22 to allow for the repaving of almost 4,400 feet of the runway’s middle portion. Source: Plattsburgh International to temporarily close runway | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Police say Newport UPS store is refusing to comply with the state’s mask mandate

February 17, 2021. All of our decisions are guided by science and data and we adjust as the virus adjusts. With continued decreases in the infection and hospitalization rates, we are able to take steps in our post-COVID recovery and we are now in a place where we can bring back our recreational industries with […]

Source: Burlington businesses decide to open during the pandemic

Source: CityPlace agreement on the rocks over union labor requirements – VTDigger

Source: ‘I don’t have closure’: Plane missing in Lake Champlain torments victims’ families 50 years later

Source: $25 billion restaurant relief package has bipartisan support, Schumer says – syracuse.com

Source: Saratoga YMCA dismisses teacher forced to stay home by pandemic

Source: The year without Canadians in the Adirondacks | Adirondack Explorer

Source: Harison Place Project receives state grant | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Nova Bus gets approval for up to 600 buses for Chicago Transit | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | In a big win for Nova Bus, the local manufacturer recently received approval from Chicago Transit Authoritiy for the purchase of up to 600 new buses.

Source: Governor Cuomo Announces Restaurant and Bar Closing Times to be Extended to 11 P.M. Statewide Beginning Sunday, February 14 | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Source: Adirondack tourism helps drive North Country 2% sales tax growth | NCPR News

By John T. Ryan (Please Share)  The global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted American businesses in many ways, few more so than dine-in restaurants. Peru is fortunate to have four locally-owned dine-in restaurants – Green Acres Restaurant, Livingood’s Restaurant and Brewery, The Mariner Bar and Grill, and Pasquales Restaurant and Bar. They have not escaped the pandemic’s […]