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Nine renewable energy projects signed off on in NNY

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St. Augustine’s Community Meal/Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, May 28, 2025

BBQ Chicken  Vegetables  Bread  Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972  All are invited and welcome!

DAR Revolutionary War Patriots Service

Video by Calvin Castine of Hometown Cable 

APA approves herbicide use on two more Adirondack lakes infested with milfoil

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New York food banks say cuts to SNAP will worsen state’s food insecurity

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Micro Bird named Project of the Year by the New York State Economic Development Council.

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is honored and proud to announce that the success story of Micro Bird has been named Project of the Year by the New York State Economic Development Council. When faced with the loss of hundreds of North Country jobs, the Chamber teamed up with Empire State Development, the Clinton […]

Assemblyman Jones recognies nine Women of Distinction including Peru’s Helen Nerska

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) recognized nine women from across the North Country as Women of Distinction at his annual award ceremony Thursday evening. This year, the event was held at MHAB Life Skills Campus in Plattsburgh. Each year, Jones invites community members to nominate impactful women from across numerous categories to be recognized for […]

Boat Stewards to Conduct Watercraft Inspections Statewide Beginning Memorial Day Weekend

Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

COMMENTARY/Opinion: Road salt use is making New Yorkers’ drinking water undrinkable

Click here for teh Adirondack Almanac Story 

Retired NYSP Troop B Sgt. mourned following 9/11-related death

Michael E. Snell- devoted father, husband and trooper- passed away May 20 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

City of Plattsburgh Beach opens May 23

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Upstate NY concerts: The 40 best shows to see this summer (tickets, list)

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

NO CHARGE TIRE ROUNDUP – Clinton County Residents Welcome 

Tire Round-Up – NO CHARGE  Clinton County Residents Welcome  Thursday, May 29, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.  Maximum of 10 tires per vehicle  Town of Peru Highway Garage, 9 Cross Street   TIRES MUST BE Whole tires, No Rims, No Excessive Dirt, Mud or Water. ONLY Passenger Car or Passenger Truck (No semi, heavy truck, […]

Very special sign unveiled at Babble Rural and Farm Learning Museum

By John T Ryan May 22, 2025 – Peru, NY  Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum opened for its 2025 season last weekend. Saturday’s first highlight was the unveiling of a new roadside museum sign. After fifteen years in the elements, it was time! The museum’s new sign is special because Peru art teacher and […]

Peru Tire Roundup, May 29, 1-4 PM

Hochul apologizes for ‘ethnic cleansing’ at Thomas Indian School

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Plattsburgh city council confirms new police chief amid controversy

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Learn about creation and success of Peru Town Market

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 […]

American Flags honor our deceased veterans

Peru, NY, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – On Monday, May 26, 2025, many people will gather to participate in ceremonies and parades in observance of Memorial Day. Some will visit cemeteries to pay their respects at the graves of loved ones, and they will likely be struck by the sight of hundreds of American flags […]

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒!

The Town of Plattsburgh May 2 at 2:15 PM  · 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒! 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐓-𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 Design Contest! Submissions are due by Friday, May 30th at noon. For full contest rules and submission instructions, check out: https://www.townofplattsburgh.com/…/2025-tshirt-contest…

Nurses at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital rally for better staffing standards

The primary concern centers around a shift in nurse-to-patient ratios within four medical-surgical units Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Senator Stec welcomes Peru student to Albany for Students Inside Albany Conference

Albany, Tuesday, May 20 – Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today welcomed Peru High School junior Connor Baehre to Albany as part of the League of Women Voters’ 2025 Students Inside Albany Conference. Baehre, one of 60 students statewide selected for the conference, spent the afternoon in Albany at the Capitol and shadowed the senator while […]

Patient care at risk with current staffing levels, CVPH nurses say

Stories like this and today’s PR editorial are two good reasons to buy or subscribe the Press-Republican. Our local daily newspaper is expensive, but, we, the North Country need it and should safeguard it.  Click here for the Press-Republican story