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New York prison strike ends after 22 days, DOCCS says, as 2,000 employees terminated

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AGENDA – Zoning Board of Appeals WEDNESDAY March 19@ 7:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL of January 2025 minutes 5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS: 1. Z2025-104 Special Use Permit NY RSA2 Cellular Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless Valcour Rest Area 7. CEO REPORT 8. ADJOURNMENT

Clinton County Health Department and partners are monitoring Bird Flu

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)  Clinton County, March 11, 2025. The Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) and their local partners are working closely to monitor Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as H5N1 or bird flu, in Clinton County and to share educational messages with poultry and dairy farms and workers, health care providers, […]

Peru, NY, Monday, March 10, 2025, about 8:30 a.m. 32 degrees.

Agreement reached between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, workers could return Monday

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St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, March 12, 2025  

Michigans Salads  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!

Long Lake will earn proceeds from expected sale of 36,600 acre Whitney Park

In 2020 the property was listd for sale at $100 million  Click here for the NCPR story 

You’re cordially invited to Clinton County’s new wedding exhibition

The Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) invites you to say, “I do,” to its newest exhibition.  Click here for the NCPR story 

Peru Central School student Connor Baehre selected to attend League’s Students Inside Albany Conference

  Plattsburgh, NY- Connor Baehre, a high school junior from Peru Central School, has been selected to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany Conference sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation, Inc. Annika Pair from Northern Adirondack Central School has been chosen 1st alternate and Lino Caputo from Boquet Valley […]

Nurse Honored for Providing Peace, Privacy in Patient’s Final Hours

MALONE, NY (03/07/2025) – Mary Tashjian heard the devastating news about her Uncle Tom and rushed to the hospital. Thomas Garland was unresponsive as he arrived at the Emergency Department (ED) by ambulance at The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center. Tashjian and other family members were told he wouldn’t make […]

APA: Milfoil-killing herbicide doing its job

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NYSCOPBA: New deal offered by state to striking prison staff is ‘illegal’

DOCCS said anyone off the job who returns to work on March 7 will not face consequences Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Regular Monthly Meeting School Board Meeting

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the High School Community Room. It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:00 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for open public session business at approximately […]

NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union

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Tariffs already hitting North Country tourism sector

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World Water Day Celebration Returns to Champlain Centre Mall

The Lake Champlain Basin Program, Champlain Centre, the Champlain Basin Education Initiative and NEIWPCC invite the public to celebrate World Water Day on Saturday, March 22nd, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Champlain Centre in Plattsburgh, New York. Mall guests can view a gallery of student art, media and writing that celebrates the waters […]

NY school districts ranked 1 to 610 based on 2023-2024 geometry Regents results

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One of The Best Fish Fries in the Area (Editor’s Opinion)

Ausable Forks K of C Council 2301 will host its super delicious fish fries on Fridays – March 7, March 21, and April 4. They will serve from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Holy Name Parish Center, 14207 State Route 9N. The cost is $15 for adults and $10 for Children under 12. Take-outs […]

Resolving the corrections officers strike takes more than rhetoric, it needs legislative action

A Legislative Column by Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury)             We’re now more than two weeks into the correction officer strikes happening across New York State. Thousands of dedicated men and women have risked, and continue to risk, their livelihoods and their health care for one reason: there has never been a less safe time […]

More than half of corrections officers still on NY prison strike statewide

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Trump picks loyalist with no prosecutor history as U.S. attorney in Upstate NY

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March 15 – Relay for Life of Plattsburgh KICK-OFF 2025

State to offer $80 million for flood resiliency projects

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Frontier Town becomes catalyst for changing New York state land acquisitions

Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area is not quite “the gateway to the Adirondacks,” state and local officials had hoped for when they donned cowboy hats for its grand opening in 2018.  Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

Paul Smith’s College & North Country Community College add to board of trustees, Adirondack Architectural Heritage welcomes new administrative assistant

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