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Fall foliage to peak this weekend in our region with stunning colors

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Peru handles Ti, 54-12

“History was made at the Apple Bowl on Friday night…Maggie Garrow debuted as the first female kicker in Peru’s program history.” Click here for the Press-Republican story 

CVPH staff donates to Mission of Hope

Medical supplies to help Puerto Rico, Florida, Ukraine and Haiti Click here for the Sun Community News Story 

Anderson Falls Museum Presentation, Wednesday, Oct. 12th

Homicide investigation underway in Malone, NY

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Local teenager crosses barriers playing on the girls soccer and football teams

What led Addie Stanley Jr. to be the first girls football kicker in Ausable Valley High School history Click here for the NBC 5 News story 

“We’re seeing people who have never asked for help before.”

October 6, 2022, Plattsburgh – $180.105.53 – That is what pacesetters have already donated toward this year’s United Way of the Adirondacks campaign. President & CEO John Bernardi announced the success this morning before representatives of its 35 partner agencies and several supporters. The campaign has a $650,000 goal. Why give to the United Way? […]

Peru & Chazy Lions reaching out to communities to save sight

Eighty percent of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured. The first step to prevention is awareness. The second is early detection through vision screening. Around the world, Lions partner with medical professionals and community leaders to screen young children, primary school students, and adults to identify those at risk for vision loss. The […]

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Swanton Sector says illegal entry into U.S. has more than doubled this year

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Treehouse After-Care Program opens second location

Saranac – Bowen Road location officially opens after a year of planning Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Dairy worker housing goes uninspected. The result is horrific conditions on some farms

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NY man tried to smuggle 3 snakes across Champlain border in his pants, feds say

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Age just a number: Local men continue to impress at Ironman events

“Local athletes Robert Heins, 83, of Plattsburgh, and Jim Adams, 75, of Altona, have been smashing the norms for years now, and pushing their bodies to the limit.” Click here for the Press-Republican story 

CVPH Nationally Recognized for Commitment to Providing High-Quality Stroke Care

Hospital presented with award from American Heart Association  PLATTSBURGH, NY – The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, […]

Building homes is just one piece of the North Country’s housing problem puzzle

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Peru teacher Leif Sorgule awarded $50,000 National Teaching Prize

By John T. Ryan (Please Share) Peru Oct. 4, 2022 – Students filled the Peru High School Auditorium this morning for a surprise presentation. Harbor Freight Tools For Schools named Peru High School technology teacher Leif Sorgule a $50,000 National Teaching Prize winner. Sorgule is one of only twenty teachers nationwide receiving the award. As […]

School bus returning from varsity soccer game hits bear in North Country

Just outside Watertown  Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

North Country Honor Flights 42 and 43 depart for DC

Plattsburgh – October 1, 2022 – North Country Honor Flights 42 & 43 Send-Off Ceremony at the U.S. Oval. Thank you to David Brown for supplementing our Peru Gazette photos. Bios Flight #42 – October 1, 2022 Charles Boss, Jr. U.S. Army                           […]

Morrisonville students sing at Oct. 1, 2022 Honor Flight Departure Ceremony

Please excuse the shakey camera for about 30 seconds. I won’t try to take still pictures and a video at the same time again. The students do a wonderful job. They’re at every Honor flight ceremony. Saturday, October 1, 2022.

Honor Flights 42 & 43 escorted to the flight line by 177 motorcycles

Plattsburgh, NY October 1, 2022 – 177 motorcycles, police and fire department escort North Country Honor Flights 42 and 43 to their flight to Washington D.C. The Homeland Security helicopter flew overhead.  

Multi-agency search for man who fell into the AuSable River

Police say a 68-year-old man is still missing after falling 25 feet into the river Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Harkness Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Sunday, October 16

The Harkness United Methodist Church has great news for almost everyone… the widely popular Chicken & Biscuit Dinner will return to the Harkness Church Hall (776 Hallock Hill Road, Peru) on Sunday, October 16th, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm! The reason it will be good news for almost everyone is that the dinner will be served […]

Assemblyman Jones introduces bill to create middle-income home energy assistance fund

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Retired Glens Falls Post-Star editor discusses loss of local newspapers

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Not registered to vote in the general election? In New York, you’ve got time

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