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NYS is working on Peru’s sidewalks

The Peru Gazette posted this June 27, 2022, news release on July 4, 2022. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCES NORTH COUNTRY PROJECT TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS WITH DISABILITIES  New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez today announced that work will soon begin on a $1 million project that will provide sidewalk […]

UPDATE: Clinton County sheriff’s office faces more allegations of workplace harassment

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Police respond to a shooting at the Burlington Waterfront Skatepark

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Eight guards injured during attacks by inmates at CNY max security prison, union says

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Peru Town Justice Larry Cabana passes away

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Stefanik calls for FBI, Biden to be investigated after Mar-a-Lago search

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Franklin County VT suspends captain seen kicking suspect on video

Parental guidance for horrendous video. Click here for the VTDIGGER story 

DiNapoli: Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments Behind $700 Million in Improper Payments

Audit Finds Payments Were Made for Recipients Who Were Ineligible for Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care Program Coverage                                         Also, $2.8 Billion in Payments Spent to Cover Managed Long-Term Care Patients Who Received Minimal Care August 5, 2022 […]

10 corrections officers injured in Coxsackie prison melee

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Lawsuit accuses Dairy Farmers of America of creating ‘monopsony’ in the Northeast

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Rangers locate murder suspect in Tupper Lake, search all-night for man and four children found in a Herkimer County drainage by NYS DEC

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State comptroller Thomas DeNapoli’s audit report of a downstate community

Village of Bemus Point – Clerk-Treasurer (Chautauqua County)   The clerk-treasurer did not properly deposit, record, report and disburse village funds and was arrested in February 2021 and charged with grand larceny, falsifying business records, forgery, and official misconduct. In December 2021, she pleaded guilty to petit larceny and paid restitution to the village. The […]

Woman charged with murdering her mother in Tupper Lake

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Undercover police now patrol Tupper Lake park after vandalism, hate graffiti

“Village mayor Paul Maroun is telling parents that if their children are caught making similar graffiti they will be charged with a hate crime.” Click here for a NCPR story 

An Akwesasne Mohawk survivor of residential schools seeks justice, not apologies

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Assemblyman Billy Jones: State needs to provide clarification on recent concealed carry legislation

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones “There has been confusion in the media and among North Country residents about the concealed carry law that was passed earlier this month, especially regarding the Adirondack Park, sporting competitions like biathlons, and on conservation easements. This law will impact over 100,000 New Yorkers with firearm permits who […]

Crime And Safety Rural CNY ghost-gun making operation uncovered during domestic call is ‘tip of the iceberg’

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DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review

Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. In 2021, DEC […]

DEC Proposes Improvements to State’s Forest Tax Law Program

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The do’s and don’ts of drones in the Adirondacks

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2 killed, 1 seriously injured in early morning Burlington shooting

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2 dead and 1 in hospital following Burlington homicide

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Kayaker drowns in Saranac River in Plattsburgh

Police said they found the body of 39-year-old Amanda Hilton of Plattsburgh Click here for a WCAX News story 

First responders search for missing kayaker in Saranac River

New York State Police received word the kayaker was missing on Friday Click here for the NBC 5 News story 

Route 11 crash claims the life of Ellenburg Depot man

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