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Plattsburgh city council confirms new police chief amid controversy

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As Dust Begins to Settle on Prison Chaos, Reformers Hold Somber Hearing

NY Focus Reports 

Town of Peru road paving underway, new plow truck purchase approved, town property vandalized

By John T Ryan Summary of Peru Town Board’s May 12, 2025 Meeting  Paving Bruce Drive was scheduled for Wednesday, May 14.  Once that’s complete the highway department plans to pave Telegraph Rood from the road closure point north to the Bear Swamp Road. The board approved financing for a Highway Department 2025 Western Star […]

Trump’s Justice Department opens criminal investigation into Andrew Cuomo (report)

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May 20, 2025 – Early this evening Courtney Tetreault reported more local vandalism

Vandals damage town property 

Peru, NY, May 25, 2025 –  On or about Saturday, May 3, vandals defaced the Sullivan Park entrance sign, damaged a Sullivan Park picnic table and bench, and severely damaged metal signs at Little Ausable River Park. On Monday, May 6, at the Town Board meeting, the Town Supervisor Craig Randall said the repair cost […]

Woman arrested for stabbing 2 NYS Troopers during traffic stop, police say

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May 30 ceremony dedicated to Capt. Christopher Garrow

The Carpenter Flats Bridge on Route 9 will be formally renamed in his honor Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Student thought vape was marijuana, but it was laced with fentanyl. Narcan used to save youth

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Assemblyman Billy Jones: State Budget includes important funding for the North Country, but lacks support for corrections

Assemblyman Jones News Release The State Budget passed last night that included several victories for economic development, older adults, recreation, agriculture, veterans, education, and local governments. This includes $1.7 million increase in library aid, $21.4 million for teacher resource centers, a $1.4 billion increase to foundation aid for local school districts, $2.5 billion in capital […]

Report unveils new details in fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent David ‘Chris’ Maland

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Plattsburgh Mayor Wendell Hughes appoints Lt. Jarrod Trombley as police chief

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NY inspector makes a call that gets a trucker deported. Gov. Hochul says he was wrong

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Several farmworkers detained in Vermont to have bond hearing this week

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Stec-sponsored public safety bills blocked

Repeals of Green Light Bill, HALT prevented from reaching the Senate floor for a vote Click here for the Sun Community News story 

New legislation strengthens consumer protection

Includes cancelling online subscriptions and overdraft fees CLICK HERE FOR THE SUN COMMUNITY NEWS STORY 

Black and Hispanic drivers continue to be stopped disproportionately across Vermont, traffic stops study finds

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Vermont agriculture secretary says dairy farmers are concerned about migrant farmworker arrests

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Prison guard who helped beat cuffed New York inmate to death pleads guilty to manslaughter

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Two dead in Glens Falls motorcycle crash following police pursuit

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Staffing ‘crisis’ spurs calls for higher pay for Vermont’s prison guards

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Benjamin Greenwood: Vermont’s drug crisis doesn’t stop at the city line

Addiction here is not some distant statistic; it’s an unrelenting force that has a corrupting grip on neighbors, classmates and loved ones. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Onondage County refuses to release Micron’s huge impact report. Public record experts say it should

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DEC and Adirondack Mountain Reserve Announce Start of 2025 Parking Reservation System

Parking Reservations Required May 1 to Oct. 31 April 25, 2025 – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) today announced the parking reservation system to promote safe access to trails in the Route 73 corridor will resume May 1. Based on improved safety conditions in the corridor […]

‘These guys work six 12-hour days’: VT dairy farms anxious after migrant workers arrested

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