Archive for 'General News'
Route 73 lane closures in Keene & North Elba beginning Aug. 11 for re-surfacing project
The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists that State Route 73 in towns of Keene and North Elba, Essex County, will be reduced to one lane of alternating travel controlled by flaggers between Gilmore Hill Road and Lower Cascade Lake (in Keene), and between Bobsled Run Lane and Recycle Circle Lane (in […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Highway Dept. News, State Government News.
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July 28, 2025 Peru Town Board Meeting Highlights
Telegraph Road Culvert: Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell reported that NYSEG is conducting a study on accommodating the massive crane needed to install the road’s new culvert. Farrell did not know how long NYNEG would take, but said that it’s less and less likely that the project will begin this year. The town was planning to advertise […]
Posted: July 31st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Highway Dept. News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Town Board News, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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New home construction underway on Washington Street
By John T Ryan (Please Share) Peru, NY, July 30, 2025 – After an almost eight-year pause, new home construction is underway on Washington Street. Ken Silver III, owner of Silver III Construction, purchased the Orchard View Development in March 2024. He immediately began working on enlarging the drainage basin and reaching an agreement with […]
Posted: July 30th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Code Enforcement, Faces of Peru, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History.
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New York electric school bus mandate unaffordable, illogical, say rural Adirondack districts
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Posted: July 30th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Education News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru School News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Peru, NY July 29, 2024, 6:15 a.m. A beautiful time for a wakeup walk at Heyworth Mason Park
Posted: July 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Faces of Peru, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Things to do in & near Peru.
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Billy Jones, the North Country’s only Democratic state lawmaker, is resigning
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Posted: July 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Tesla EV chargers attracting visitors to Peru
Peru, NY, July 27, 2025 – It has been just over a year since the Peru Zoning Board approved Tesla’s building permit. However, beginning about two weeks ago, eight Tesla EV chargers have been functioning at Peru Stewart’s Shop. At 1:30 p.m. today, a local resident gave his Tesla Model 3 a five-minute charge on […]
Posted: July 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Statewide News.
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St. Augustine’s Community Meal/Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Chicken & Biscuits Salad Fruit Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972 All are invited and welcome!
Posted: July 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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2025 Honor Flight golf tournament a resounding success
More than $45K raised through annual effort and support from the Carpenter family Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: July 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Charity Events, General News, Northern NY News, Sports News, Veterans' News.
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Kathy Hochul’s Nuclear Vision Faces Big Questions and Bottlenecks
Building nuclear will test whether New York state is still capable of constructing megaprojects as it has done in the past. Click here for the New York Focus story
Posted: July 26th, 2025 under Business News, Environmental News, General News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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DiNapoli: Former Essex County Fair Treasurer and Willsboro Town Clerk ordered to pay full restitution for theft of nearly $90K
State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Franklin County District Attorney Elizabeth Crawford, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced that Bridget Brown, the former treasurer of the Essex County Agricultural Society and former Willsboro town clerk/tax collector, was sentenced to serve five years probation and ordered to pay full restitution of nearly $90,000 […]
Posted: July 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Community Events, Corruption in Gov't., General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News, Town Board News.
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Housing projects making progress in Burlington; more units to come on market by end of 2025
“We’ll have some preferences for folks who are homeless, but then people who are basically low and moderate income people, probably a good number of folks working will be able to come here; again, preference for the veterans” Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: July 26th, 2025 under General News, Regional NY-VT News, Social Issues, Veterans' News.
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North Country PBS stations plan big changes to deal with federal funding cuts
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Posted: July 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Arts and Entertainment, Charity Events, Community Events, Congressional News, Education News, General News, National History, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Town crews put finishing touches on Telegraph Road paving job
July 24, 2035 – Peru Town Highway personnel were out early this morning putting smooth sloped, paved shoulders on newly paved Telegraph Road.
Posted: July 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Highway Dept. News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History.
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One-stop-shop for military, veterans and family members interested in SUNY
July 21, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul announced the launch of a one-stop-shop for active duty service members, veterans, and family members currently enrolled or interested in attending any SUNY college or university. The landing page: www.suny.edu/military, includes information on available credit for military service and experience, tuition assistance, specialized scholarships, and dedicated campus services […]
Posted: July 22nd, 2025 under Education News, General News, State Government News, Statewide News, Veterans' News.
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Migrant workers in Vermont navigate fear, uncertainty amid deportation crackdown
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Posted: July 22nd, 2025 under Agricultural News, General News, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News, Social Issues.
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Early season work targets milfoil at Fish Creek Campground
July 21, 2025 Upper Saranac Foundation News Release – A professional dive team has completed early season aquatic invasive species (AIS) management at Fish Creek Campground, removing over 1,300 pounds of Eurasian and variable-leaf watermilfoil. The work was performed by the Upper Saranac Foundation’s (USF) dive team and was part of the Fish Creek AIS […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Town of Schuyler Falls Field Day – Free to attend, music & games & rides free — crafts and vendors and food for sale. All are welcome.
Saturday, July 26, from 11 am to 10 pm. Open to all!!! Activities for the entire family!! WHAT : Town of Schuyler Falls Field Day WHEN: Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 11 AM to 10 PM WHERE: Jefferson Dukette Memorial Park, 618 Salmon River Rd (Plattsburgh mailing address; between Military Turnpike and Mason St in […]
Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Youth News.
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$3.8M in Smart Growth Grants available to Adirondack and Catskill Park communities
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Posted: July 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, State Government News.
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St. Augustine’s Community Meal/Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, July 13, 2025
Shepherd’s Pie Fruit Bread Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972 All are invited and welcome!
Posted: July 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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How the Lake Monsters kept swimming
A few years ago, the future of baseball in Burlington was uncertain. In 2020, Major League Baseball shrunk its minor league circuit, and teams like the Lake Monsters were left on the outside looking in. Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: July 20th, 2025 under Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Sports News.
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Federal Funding Rescinded — Mountain Lake PBS Faces Immediate Cuts
Mountain Lake PBS Report – July 17, Congress voted to rescind previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a move that eliminates nearly $1 billion in support for local public media stations across the country. For Mountain Lake PBS, that means an immediate cut of approximately $950,000. More than a third of […]
Posted: July 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, Business News, Community Events, Congressional News, Education News, General News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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July 19, 2025 – Ausable Point State Park
Posted: July 19th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru News, State Government News.
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NY halts offshore wind projects after President Trump pauses permits
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Posted: July 18th, 2025 under Business News, Congressional News, Environmental News, General News, National History, National News, Political News, State Government News.
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U.S. Army to shut down Clarkson University’s ROTC program
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Posted: July 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Education News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Upstate New York, Veterans' News.
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