The Peru Gazette

  Here are today’s Clinton County COVID-19 case count updates. Keep up the good work Clinton County! ✔️ Wear a mask 😷 ✔️ Practice social distancing ✔️ Wash your hands

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Source: New York gyms can reopen as soon as Aug. 24, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Source: Teachers in Upstate NY city districts join Syracuse, ask to delay the start of in-person school – syracuse.com

Source: Closures due to pandemic continue to hit Adirondack businesses

State tax receipts of $26.4 billion through the first four months of the state fiscal year were $3 billion, or 10.2 percent, below the same period last year, according to the July cash report issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.   “The shift of the tax filing deadline from April to July this […]

New York State is investing in innovative methods to detect and control any new Coronavirus outbreaks. Today, we are launching a pilot program to detect the presence of COVID-19 in wastewater. In doing so, we will have an early indicator system to detect virus spread in communities. Wastewater testing has been identified by top scientists […]

Source: Montreal’s New COVID-19 Case Counts Per Borough Has Just Been Released – MTL Blog

Here are today’s Clinton County COVID-19 case updates. To find hospitalization data for the North Country Region, visit: https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region Note: The next Clinton County COVID-19 case updates will be shared on Monday, August 17.

Reported by the North Country Chamber of Commerce Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced Friday that the Canadian and U.S governments will extend the Canada-U.S. land border closure for another 30 days until September 21. The closure to non-essential travel has been in place for months, but with caseloads still high in many U.S. states, the […]

“According to an updated quarterly financial plan for the state’s fiscal year 2021 budget, aid to local governments has been temporarily cut by 20%….  But without a federal stimulus package, those 20% cuts in aid to localities – showing up in areas like mental health services, education and public safety – will become permanent,…” Source: City & […]

Source: COVID-19 sidelines 165th Redford Picnic | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Beekmantown CS offering in person, digital options for return to school | Sun Community News BEEKMANTOWN | Students here will have the option of returning to school full time or in a digital model, according to superintendent Dan Mannix.

New York continues to make progress in beating this virus. For the fifth consecutive day, New York’s infection rate has been below 1% and for the second straight day we tested a record number of New Yorkers, conducting 87,900 tests. These numbers are by no means a coincidence. They’re the result of our hard work […]

Here are today’s Clinton County COVID-19 case updates. Have you explored the NY Forward website? Additional NYS reopening guidance is updated often–you can stay informed by exploring their website at https://forward.ny.gov. #WearAFaceCovering #SocialDistance #WashYourHands

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

Thanks to the generosity of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, the North Country Chamber of Commerce was awarded funding to help reimburse our small businesses for some of their expenses related to equipment and materials needed for re-opening. The grant can reimburse costs you incurred for purchasing: Sanitizer Masks and face shields Special safety related signage Modifications […]

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Source: Cuomo appeals judge’s decision to allow weddings over 50 people

Yesterday, New York State reported a record number of COVID diagnostic tests in a single day: 87,776 people, with a rate of only 0.79% of them testing positive. To date, New York State has tested over 6.7 million people and leads the nation in testing. Testing tens of thousands of New Yorkers every day allows […]

Source: Elementary to fully return at Saranac, middle/high school to rotate | Sun Community News SARANAC | Elementary students will have the chance to return to school this fall here, while older students will be rotated between in person and digital learning to s

Clinton County COVID-19 case updates. We continue to receive many questions about travel restrictions. To view NYS guidance for travel and an up-to-date list of restricted states, visit https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory. Note: One additional lab-confirmed positive has been added and has recovered. Though this individual contracted and recovered from the virus outside of Clinton County, NYSDOH requires […]

Source: Syracuse University reports 3 active coronavirus cases; 0 found during first freshman move-in day – syracuse.com

Our numbers continue to be encouraging. The total number of hospitalizations, at 540 yesterday, remains low and steady, and the number of patients in ICU fell to 120 patients—the lowest number since March 15th. The State conducted 77,059 tests, of which 667, or 0.88%, were positive. Sadly, we lost 6 New Yorkers to the virus. […]

An Emergency Meeting of the Peru Town Board was held on August 3, 2020 at the Peru Town Hall.  Those present were Mr. Brandy McDonald, Supervisor; Excused, Mr. James Douglass, Deputy Supervisor; Mr. Richard Barber, Councilman; Mr. Kregg Bruno, Councilman; Mr. Mel Irwin, Councilman; Mrs. Dianne Miller, Town Clerk.  Also present Ms. Pamela Barber, Secretary […]