The Peru Gazette

Source: Albany officer suspended for racist remarks caught on camera

New York residents and non-residents can fish for free without a license on Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11. New York’s Free Fishing Days encourage more people to get outdoors and enjoy the state’s world-class fishing opportunities. Legislation signed by the Governor in 2015 allowed an increase in the number of authorized statewide Free Fishing Days. Every year since, […]

Source: Survivors of child sex abuse in the Boy Scouts have until Nov. 16 to file a claim | NCPR News

Source: Cuomo Predicts NY Marijuana Legalization in 2021 Due to Budget Shortfall | NCPR News

November 2, 2020. Tomorrow is Election Day and your final chance to make your voice heard. If you haven’t cast your vote yet during New York’s Early Voting or through returning an absentee ballot, be sure to vote in-person tomorrow. And if you voted absentee and haven’t mailed in your ballot yet you can drop […]

Source: DMPs Available Nov. 1 at License Sales Outlets – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Backseat Seat Belt Law Takes Effect Sunday

Source: ‘It was extensive’ ; Cyberattack strikes UVM Medical Center

Source: Cyberattack being investigated as possible cause of UVM Health Network outage

Source: U.S. Hospitals Targeted In Rising Wave Of Ransomware Attacks, Federal Agencies Say | Vermont Public Radio

Source: Montreal’s Chinatown Is Facing More Vandalism & Mayor Plante Says It Is ‘Unacceptable’ – MTL Blog

Source: Despite busy season, boat inspections keep invasives out of Adirondacks

Source: Record number of search and rescues this year | Adirondack Explorer

Source: NYSCOPBA members give Honor Flight a big boost | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | While the pandemic halted all flights and most fundraising efforts by the North Country Honor Flight, the organization just got a big boost towards next year’s activities tha

NEW YORK STATE POLICE Major Ruben A. Oliver Troop B Commander On October 24, 2020, at approximately 12:47 a.m., State Police responded to State Route 22B in the town of Schuyler Falls for a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian.   An investigation at the scene revealed that a 2007 Hyundai Elantra […]

Recent 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. South Dakota, California, and […]

DMPs Available Nov. 1 at License Sales Outlets New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that remaining Deer Management Permits (DMPs) in several of the State’s Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) will be available to hunters beginning Nov. 1. “New York’s hunters are setting records this year, but there are […]

Source: Police investigating theft at local banquet hall | Sun Community News ALTONA | Authorities are now looking for the culprits who recently targeted a local banquet hall and dismantled their fleet of vehicles.

Source: Thanking DEC Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff | Sun Community News Capt. retires after 26-year career at DEC

Source: State restricts inmate visits | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Plattsburgh PD Chief named in alleged excessive force lawsuit

Village of Saranac Lake – Harrietstown Franklin County Wilderness Rescue: On Oct. 15 at 1:12 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a report of an overturned canoe in the Second Pond boat area on Lower Saranac Lake. One person was onshore and uncertain if her companion was still in the water or onshore looking for […]

Source: Government agencies in pandemic: Lack of connection, transparency – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: COVID cluster now confirmed at Clinton Correctional Facility | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | Widespread testing is now underway at Clinton Correctional Facility after a number of inmates and staff tested positive for COVID-19.

“The recent increase in COVID-19 cases in northern correctional facilities is alarming given that there remains no guidance from the state,” said Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) “In our nursing homes and long term care facilities, the Department of Health (DOH) issued guidance indicating that one positive case by a staff member or resident, dictates […]