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JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC AT THE LITTLE AUSABLE PARK GAZEBO EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 PM JUNE 30 THROUGH AUGUST 25 JUNE 30 THE CHILLBILLYS – CLASSIC THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ROCK JULY 7 BOOTLEG BAND – COUNTRY, TOP 40 VARIETY, 60’S ROCK- PRESENT JULY 14 THE CASTAWAYS – COUNTRY, CLASSIC ROCK, […]

Watertown Daily Times | Fort Drum releases additional information about soldier killed Sunday.

Watertown Daily Times | Fort Drum may lose 1,500 soldiers in long-term cuts.

Sales tax hike approved in St. Lawrence, Essex, Clinton, Franklin counties « The In Box.

Watertown Daily Times | Schumer urges the Army to consolidate 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum in the face of potential cuts.

Watertown Daily Times | Drum connector lures military drivers, leaves businesses in dust.

Watertown Daily Times | Indian River student prepares to graduate after death of parents.

Big Adirondack issues – hogs, landswaps – clear legislature « The In Box.

North Country Cross Burnings Are Nothing New – The Adirondack Almanack – The Adirondack Almanack.

From the Office of state Senator Betty Little The New York State Senate will act today on the “Public Assistance Integrity Act,” sponsored by Senator Tom Libous (R-C-I, Binghamton) and cosponsored by Senator Betty Little (R-C-I, Queensbury)  that would help cut down on the flagrant abuse of EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) cards by prohibiting welfare […]

Woman charged with robbing 96-year-old » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

In 2013, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) is funding research to evaluate the agricultural benefits and environmental impacts of using tile drainage on farms. The use of tile drainage has been a critical best management practice on American farms since 1835. In the early 1900s, William H. Miner, for whom the agricultural […]

Empire State Development (ESD) today announced that the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) for Round III of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) initiative is now available to businesses, municipalities, not-for-profits and the public. The CFA serves as the single entry point for applicants to access the up to $760 million in economic […]

Commentary: ARTA Rail Trail, Economic No-Brainer – The Adirondack Almanack – The Adirondack Almanack.

Clinton County treasurer won’t run » Local News » Press-Republican.

By John T. Ryan Ralph Santor has always associated with people just a little older than himself. He was one of the youngest members of Peru High School’s class of 1944. He was also one of the youngest at his U.S. Navy seaman’s training and as a member of the crew of the USS Arkab. […]

Adirondack lands, waterfall open up – Times Union.

Water laps on bridge – Movie Heyworth-Mason 4a  and  Movie Little Ausable Rages

Watertown Daily Times | DOD confirms identity of two Fort Drum soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Saturday.

From the Office of State Senator Betty Little A proposed state constitutional amendment that would allow for a land exchange between New York State and NYCO Minerals, Inc. located in Essex County won second passage today in the Senate according to its sponsor, Senator Betty Little. The exchange would enable NYCO to continue its wollastonite mining […]

Watertown Daily Times | Caddisflies are missing from Ogdensburg, and no one really knows why.

Please read the audit findings of NYS Comptroller Thomas DeNapoli. These are the best results the Peru Gazette has ever seen! 

By John T. Ryan June 9 – Many people know Doug Brown as the man who operated Peru Hardware for 40 years (1946-1985).  Like most World War II veterans, Doug didn’t talked to many people about his war experiences and like most of those veterans he had never visited the World War II Memorial in […]

Hundreds of people came to the Base Oval and the Clinton County Airport this morning to give sixteen World War II veterans a wonderful “North Country Honor Flight” send-off.  This afternoon the veterans and their escorts will visit the World War Ii Memorial, the Iwo Jima Monument and Arlington Cemetery. They’ll arrive back home about […]

Watertown Daily Times | Fourth Samaritan nurse accused of drug charges.