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Sam’s Club – Rugar Street traffic light operational

District No. 3 Fire Department  · The Chief reports that the traffic light on Rugar Street @ Ampersand Drive ( the “back way” into Walmart) is now fully functional. Please pay attention to the traffic control device and be wary of the other traffic in the intersection!

Franklin County ranked with one of the state’s highest poverty rates

Click here for the NBC5 story 

2022 NSL Division I Boys Soccer All-Stars

MVP – Jack Ferris (Plattsburgh High) 1st Team: Marcus Bedard (Northeastern Clinton) Matthew Hebert (Saranac Central) Dominic Falvo (Peru) Tristan Laundree (AuSable Valley) Matt Macner (Beekmantown) Nolan Manchester (Peru) Simon Meyer (Plattsburgh High) Markel Mosley (Beekmantown) Owen Mulligan (Plattsburgh High) Winfred Simpson IV (Northeastern Clinton) James Wells, Jr (Northeastern Clinton) 2nd Team: Owen Beebe (Beekmantown) […]

NWS forecasts possible icy conditions in Northern Adirondacks

National Weather Service Burlington @NWSBurlington Patchy freezing drizzle may create some icy conditions across the Northern Adirondacks and summits of the Green Mountains early Thursday morning. Elevated surfaces and bridges will be the most susceptible to light ice accumulations, so use caution while traveling.

Remodeled Olympic museum opens in Lake Placid

Visitors can also experience what it is like being an Olympian. Click here for the NBC5 News story 

A small, family-operated business going strong after sixty years, how have they done it

By John T. Ryan  December 7, 2022,  Keeseville – The Peru Gazette concentrates on Peru news, but we’re making an exception because Arnold’s Grocery in Keeseville is celebrating its 60th anniversary. How has the small family-owned grocery store survived when regional stores usually dominate small towns?  Co-owner George “Speedy” Arnold commented, “We had to find […]

Help CATS make a new trail in Peru on Sat., Dec. 10

You can help Champlain Area Trails (CATS) develop its first trails in Peru this Saturday, Dec. 10th, from 9 am to 1:00 pm. The CATS “2nd Saturday-of-the-Month Trail Project” will continue making the six-mile network of Allen Hill Trails that features incredible views from Huckleberry Hill, gurgling brooks by Bennett Hill, waterfalls on the Reverend York Trail, and […]

South Burlington rezones land for proposed Tesla dealership

Click here for the VTDigger story 

Assemblyman Jones Toy Drive benefits The Christmas Bureau

Jones hopes to see his office “filled with toys again” Click here for the Sun Community News story 

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, December 6, 2022

Baked Chicken Mashed Potatoes Vegetables Gravy Cranberries Bread Dessert   Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972   All are welcome at our table! 😃

Durand Road crash claims the life of one, injures others

Richie Arroyo mourned as four others recover from Friday’s deadly head-on crash Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Fort Montgomery sold; Canadian brothers look to revitalize land, fort

Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Canadian manufacturing company coming to former Pfizer property

Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Tupper Lake gets $5 million from NY grant for housing

Click here for the NCPR story 

High Peaks hiker rescued from dangerous overnight conditions

Two hikers hoping for a High Peaks adventure narrowly escaped tragedy Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Saranac, Cadyville, Dannemora & Morrisonville departments join forces to create youth firefighter cooperative

Necessity begets new ideas  Click here to view the Sun Community News story 

Welcome to a “Holiday Open House”  Sponsored by the  Clinton County Historical Association

98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh Saturday, December 10 – 10 am to 3 pm Sunday December 11 – 10 am to 3 pm Please join the Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) on Saturday December 10th and Sunday December 11th from 10 am to 3 pm each day for special discounted and free holiday gift offerings.  Discounted […]

Holiday Music Concert by Towne Meeting Band

Where: Plattsburgh Memorial Chapel 100 US Oval Plattsburgh, NY 12903 When: Sunday, 12/11/22 Time: 3 pm Tickets available at the door: $10. Adults $ 5. Children12 and under Cash and checks only.

Frontier Airlines pulls out of Burlington

Click here for the VTDigger story 

Can you bring a gun to the zoo? On a bus? Syracuse judge eagerly rewrites NY firearms law

Editor’s Note: Judge Suddaby spent several years of his youth in Saranac, NY Click here for the Syracuse.com story

Fall Into Winter Craft Fair Saturday Dec. 3

New Peru Kingdom Hall in use

Peru – The new Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) Kingdom Hall is now in use, and the Witnesses invite the public to the meetings held there. People seeking meeting times can look on the organization’s official website, jw.org. In addition, the Jehovah’s Witnesses will host an open house in spring 2023. The Hall is located at 2623 […]

Santa Claus is coming to Champlain Centre

Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Adk. Regional Blood Center Plans Several Community Drives

CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across our region  PLATTSBURGH, NY (11/29/2022) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open to the community this month and asks all eligible donors to consider donating. The following […]

Holiday Train gives back to JCEO in a big way

Plattsburgh stop brought $4.5K donation and more than 1,000 lbs of food Click here for the Sun Community News story