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Highlights of the Peru Town Board Meeting of October 28, 2019

By John T. Ryan The Town Board: Authorized inter-fund budget transfers to pay for the Patent Road culvert repairs and the Highway Department’s two new dump trucks. Delayed approval of up to $5,500 of interior restoration work at the Lyon Rd School House. The Board wants a more complete description of the work to be […]

Burlington merchants concerned about loss of downtown mall

Source: Burlington merchants concerned about loss of downtown mall

Highlight Burlington tickets go on sale Friday

Source: Highlight Burlington tickets go on sale Friday

F-35 noise complaints fewer than expected, Guard says – VTDigger

Source: F-35 noise complaints fewer than expected, Guard says – VTDigger

Airport pitches F-35 noise mitigation plan, funding remains unclear – VTDigger

Source: Airport pitches F-35 noise mitigation plan, funding remains unclear – VTDigger

Brake system neglect to blame in Schoharie limo crash, expert for police says – Times Union

Source: Brake system neglect to blame in Schoharie limo crash, expert for police says – Times Union

The WFP’s fate hinges on the future of fusion voting | CSNY

Source: The WFP’s fate hinges on the future of fusion voting | CSNY

Blakeslee-Collin and Timmons Want to Represent Area 7

Two candidates are seeking to represent Area 7 on the Clinton County Legislature. Republican Incumbent Rob Timmons is seeking following a four-year term. Democrat Carol Blakeslee-Collin is challenging Timmons as she did in 2015.  The Peru Gazette posed four questions to Blakeslee-Collin and Timmons. 1. Summarize your educational background, primary employment, a little about your family […]

Social Security Announces 1.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2020


Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6 percent in 2020, the Social Security Administration announced today.   The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 63 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2020.  Increased payments to more than 8 million […]

North Country Honor Flight #31 – October 12, 2019

By John T. Ryan Fifteen WWII, Korea and Vietnam Veterans were members of North Country Honor Flight #31 on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. They included: John Adams, James Blair, Kenneth Bowlby, Peter Daring, Lester Faville, Glenn Flora, James Frenette, Herbert Kentile, Ralph McClintock, Roland McGee, Ethan Purcell, Beverly Rock, Jean Stone, Robert Turoff and Gordon […]

A Beloved Eagle Scout and WWII Veteran Comes Home to Rest

By John T. Ryan Schuyler Falls – October 8, 2019 would have been Francis Brown Turner’s 97th birthday. Instead, the North Country native, WWII veteran and school teacher was laid to rest in the Schuyler Falls Cemetery next to his wife Barbara Randall Turner and their three sons.  At the time of his death on April […]

Peru’s New Stewart’s Shop Construction Continues

Peru’s new Stewart’s Shop as of 9:30 this morning. The contractor is not letting rain stop him today.

Jim Langley Is Not Seeking Reelection

By John T. Ryan Peru – Peru Town Councilman Jim Langley is not seeking reelection to his seat on the Peru Town Board. Langley said, “I”m a grandfather and I’m going to be a grandfather again. (Langley’s daughter Tiffany is expecting her second child). It’s been long enough. I’ve appreciated my time in politics and […]

Open House at Adirondack Farms 

Open House at Adirondack Farms, 193 Brown Rd. in Peru. October 6, 2019 from 11 AM to 2 PM. All are welcome! Bring the whole family out for fun activities and farm tours – plus sample the World’s Best Cheddar. And the best part – meet the Cabot Farm Families who produce quality milk to […]

Happy Travelers

By John T. Ryan Peru – Two of the friendliest people at this year’s Applefest were visitors. If you or your kids played the baseball speed game or water squirt game you met Anthony or Colleen Doty. While the Dotys call Saranac Lake home, they’re on the road for over 6 months each year. Anthony […]

Honeycrisp Harvest Underway

By John T. Ryan Peru – If you enjoy honeycrisp apples this should be a joyful time of year. The honeycrisp harvest has begun. Seth Forrence of Forrence Orchards said, “We began picking yesterday and we should be harvesting for the next eight weeks.” The 2019 harvest is beginning about two weeks later than usual. […]

Knights and Parish Assist Food Shelf

(L-R) St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 Grand Knight Keith Kemp and JCEO Peru Community Outreach Worker Samantha Barton Peru – During Lent St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 asked St. Augustine’s parishioners to contribute food each week to assist the Peru JCEO Food Shelf. Parishioners generously responded by donating 1,104 pounds of […]

Dentists Return to the Area They Love

By John T. Ryan Peru – Dr. Colleen Lacombe-Senecal grew up in Peru. Dr. Chris Goodell grew up in Plattsburgh. They both left the area for college, dental school and post graduate study. Now they’ve returned as board certified pediatric dentists and have established Lakeshore Pediatric Dentistry at 2993 Main St., Suite #2 in Peru. […]

Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Closing Loophole to Further Prevent Dangerously Mentally Ill People from Obtaining Firearms 

From the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo Source: Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Closing Loophole to Further Prevent Dangerously Mentally Ill People from Obtaining Firearms | Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LOOKING FOR MORE THAN 500 WORKERS TO HELP BATTLE THE ELEMENTS AND KEEP NEW YORK’S ROADS SAFE THIS WINTER

Snow and Ice Staff an Integral Part of Helping New York Maintain a Safe Highway System  Are you looking for a new challenge this winter? Are you looking for a job with a career ladder and good health and retirement benefits? Do you have what it takes to be part of the largest, most technically […]

Owner of 3 Syracuse-area restaurants pays $184K for labor law violations – syracuse.com

Instructive for both NYS Employers and Employees. Source: Owner of 3 Syracuse-area restaurants pays $184K for labor law violations – syracuse.com

Marijuana in the North Country

Source: Marijuana in the North Country – Sun Community News & Printing

New or Expanded High Speed Broadband May Be Coming To You

By John T. Ryan Peru – Verizon has begun installing the infrastructure to bring high speed broadband to 2,263 unserved or underserved Peru addresses. Across Clinton County, a total 11,761 addresses will receive the expanded service. There’s even more good news. David Weissmann, Verizon’s East Area Public Relations Manager, told the Peru Gazette, “In addition […]

Ausable Valley Girl Scouts Present a Gift to Peru

By John T. Ryan Peru – The Heyworth-Mason Dog Park is an even more fun place for dogs thanks to Girl Scout Troop 4107 of Ausable Valley Central School. This afternoon cadet scouts Abigail Perky, Kylee Bresett and Savannah Pray accompanied by Troop Leaders Aubrey Bresett and Denise Perky presented a dog agility piece to […]

Frisbee Golf Course Open Behind SUNY Plattsburgh Field House 

Source: Frisbee Golf Course Open Behind SUNY Plattsburgh Field House | SUNY Plattsburgh