The Peru Gazette

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PERU, N.Y. — Tyler and Emily Jarvis are tractor pullers, whose love story started underneath the hood. Advertisement “We met many moons ago right after high school when I graduated, I worked for her grandparents in the body shop, I actually painted one of my tractors there,” Tyler Jarvis said. Source: Our Sports Your Story: […]

Source: Police seize approximately 180 pounds of marijuana during traffic stop

Bishop Terry R. LaValley has opened a dialogue with the priests of the Diocese of Ogdensburg about the steps that must be taken to reopen churches in the diocese for public worship. Bishop LaValley is working to ensure any return to public worship is done with the safety of our parishioners, priests and ministers as […]

Source: What’s contact tracing, how does it keep us safe, and what does it look like in the North Country? | NCPR News

Source: Governor gives North Country green light to start re-opening, yellow light to proceed with caution | NCPR News

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Source: Local officials: Maintain public health focus as reopening begins | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

Peru – The 34th Annual St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Bill McBride Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for June 19th at Adirondack and Country Club has been canceled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The Peru Knights thank all past tournament sponsors and participants and look forward to hosting the tournament in 2021. If conditions […]

  By John T. Ryan  Over the past several days members of the Peru, Plattsburgh and Chazy Lions Clubs have been delivering danishes and donuts to essential personnel at Meadowbrook Healthcare, the Villas Home, the Clinton County Nursing Home and the Plattsburgh Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Peru Lions Club Acting President David Dalton commented, “ […]

Source: Gov. Cuomo gives north country green light to reopen Friday | Public Service News | nny360.com

Source: FCI Ray Brook to be holding site for new federal prisoners | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

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Source: Gauging the psychological impacts of COVID-19 – – The Adirondack Almanack

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Source: OneWorkSource reopens centers as state relents | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: ORDA puts Olympic Center tunnel on hold | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Washington, D.C  – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has sent a bipartisan letter to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and United States Marshall Service (USMS) requesting that all inmates are tested for COVID-19 and confirmed negative before they are transferred to any Bureau of Prison quarantine location, which includes FCI Ray Brook. Currently, the BOP is only […]

Local sales tax collections dropped 24.4 percent in April compared to April 2019, leaving many of New York’s local governments grappling with shortfalls, according to State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Sales tax collections totaled $1.02 billion in April. Plummeting sales tax collections were widespread, leaving counties, cities and some other local governments short by about […]

Source: ‘Don’t fear the swab’: P-R reporters gets coronavirus test | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

Source: The North Country needs about 500 more tests to begin first phase of reopening | NCPR News

Source: How North Country schools are making the tricky transition to remote learning | NCPR News

A May 4th story that needs to be posted. For some reason the NY Post sometimes spells the word “Champlain” as “Chaplain.” Source: Upstate nurses coming to NYC to join fight against coronavirus

NYForward: Reopening the State   Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new initiative called NYForward that will help guide the state in reopening after the NY On PAUSE order ends on May 15.   The state will open regionally in four phases and each region will have to meet the following criteria before it can reopen. […]

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