The Peru Gazette

Source: Malone Telegram | Corrections officer union cites Franklin stabbing in criticizing inmate use of metal eating utensils

Source: Criticism of Cuomo’s opioid surcharge mounts – Times Union

Source: School Resource Officers – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: Prell indicted by grand jury | Local News | pressrepublican.com “Former Clinton Correctional Facility employee Denise Prell has been indicted on charges alleging inappropriate behavior with an inmate.”

Burn Ban Decreased Spring Wildfires 37 Percent Since 2009 Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today reminds residents that with spring approaching and conditions for wildfires heightened, residential brush burning is prohibited March 16 through May 14 across New York State. “While many people associate wildfires with the western United States, the start […]

“Owner Robert Streeter has debarked to Cadyville, some 75 miles north of Ticonderoga, where he says he will launch new radio properties despite the cloud of controversy and unanswered questions left in the wake of his sudden departure.” Source: WIPS sudden exit leaves cloud of uncertainty, questions — and criminal investigation – Sun Community News […]

Political Parties Take Note   Source: Queensbury town supervisor, wife arrested on election law charges – Times Union

Source: State Police: Plattsburgh teen had AR-15 rifles, high-capacity magazines in car | NCPR News

Source: Watertown Daily Times | AG’s office lists top ten forms of fraud in New York for 2017

Past Five Years are Safest on Record DEC Records Tree Stand Incidents for First Time The 2017 hunting seasons in New York saw the second-lowest number of hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) on record, 19, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. Also in 2017, at Commissioner Seggos’ direction, DEC started tracking tree […]

Source: Child sexual abuse survivors turn up the heat on state senators | NCPR News

From the Office of State Senator Betty Little  The State Senate today approved a bill that would allow towns to set speed limits without the need to seek permission from the State Department of Transportation.The measure’s sponsor, Senator Betty Little, said villages, cities and towns with populations greater than 50,000 may set their speed limits […]

Source: State Police still investigating missing Whiteface skier’s story – Times Union

Source: NY sheriffs call on state to fund armed officers at school entrances – Capitol Confidential

Source: Editorial: A starved jail watchdog – Times Union

Source: Missing skier returning to Lake Placid – Sun Community News & Printing

Highlights of the Peru Town Board February 12, 2018 Meeting Counselor Jim Langley expressed frustration that of the 114 arraignments conducted in Peru Town Court last year, 77 or 66% involved people arrested outside of the Town of Peru. Forty-one arraignments involved arrests in the Town of Plattsburgh (36%), 36 (31.5%) involved arrests in other […]

Source: ‘Lost’ skier safe in Sacramento; contacted wife | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Cuomo introduces bill to crack down on ill-behaved prison staff – NY Daily News

Source: Search Underway For Missing Whiteface Skier – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Plattsburgh named as possible destination for paroled murderer | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: With ‘Mixed Emotions,’ Scott Legalizes Marijuana in Vermont | Off Message

The state agency in charge of the oversight and inspection of 561 state and local correctional facilities and jails across New York is not tracking or analyzing incidents and inmate complaints that may indicate problematic trends at those facilities, according to an audit released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Auditors also found the […]

Source: A gun grab? Just more paperwork? The facts about handgun “re-certification” | NCPR News

Forest Ranger Actions for 1/8 – 1/14/18 Recent missions carried out by DEC Forest Rangers include:Town of Keene Essex County Helicopter Rescue: On Jan. 14 at 4 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a man snowboarding with a friend on Mount Marcy. While snowboarding, a 32-year-old Staten Island man sustained a puncture […]