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STEWART’S HOLIDAY MATCH RAISES $1.76 MILLION FOR LOCAL CHILDREN’S CHARITIES

Thanks to our generous customers, Stewart’s 2024 Holiday Match program raised more than $1.76 million for local children’s charities! Stewart’s customers generously donated more than $883,500 between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day this year. The company doubled those donations, penny for penny with no administrative fees. This means hundreds of local nonprofit children’s organizations will benefit […]

Hochul replaces leader of Marcy prison after guards brutally beat inmate

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AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING DECEMBER 30, 2024 @ 10 AM

Note Meeting time is 10 AM Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION:  Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of December 9, 2024. Community Input.  DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Set Date of the Organizational Meeting at 5:00 PM and First Regular Meeting of 2025 at 6 PM January 13, 2025. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Review Regular Meeting […]

CCC Alumni Spotlight

Newspaper press in the Adirondacks keeps printing despite national trends

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State Sen. Dan Stec announces bid for New York’s 21st Congressional District

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McComb Park, a great place to be today

Peru, NY, Christmas Day, December 25, 2024—It’s bright and sunny, and the temperature is 24 degrees, making it a perfect day for a walk or bike ride at McComb Park. Our family enjoyed the trails and peaceful atmosphere.

Merry Christmas and goodwill on Main Street

Tuesday, December 24, 2024 – Sunday evening Steve Collier was the pianist for the Ecumenical Choir. Today, he’s bringing more goodwill to passers-by along Main Street with is sausaphone. Steve said, “My grandfather played this sausaphone.  He passed it on to my father and my father passed it on to me”  

Four Hand Piano a big hit at Ecumenical Concert

Fantastic turnout for a wonderful concert

As UVM Health Network cuts services in Vermont, it expands in New York

Different regulatory environments in the two states have led to contrasting situations on either side of Lake Champlain. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Climate diary: A North Country vet on how farm animal care is changing

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St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen reopens on January 8

The St. Augutine’s Soup Kitchen will not serve this week or next. The next scheduled meal will be on Wednesday, January 8, and the menu features Shepherd’s Pie. The St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen wishes everyone a happy and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Unhoused scramble to find shelter as temperatures drop

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Ecumenical Choir Concert Tonight!

Video: Peru Town Board meeting of December 9, 2024

Approved Meeting Minutes 2024-12-09-RM

Health Department asks residents to complete health survey

Health Department wants to assess and update your healthcare needs  Clinton County – Through the end of February, the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) and the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) are asking residents what they see as the most pressing health concerns in our community. Residents can take […]

Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center Drives Offers Many Opportunities to Give North Country residents benefit from donations

St. Augustine’s Parish Center, Monday, December 23, 3-6:30 p.m. PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/20/2024) –   The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), offers multiple opportunities in January to donate blood and support the health and wellbeing of the North Country. In addition to […]

ICU Nurse Honored for Giving Patient’s Family a Voice in Darkest Hours

PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/20/2024) – Christine Porter worried about what each passing hour could bring as her mother battled a life-threatening illness in the ICU at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). While she’ll never forget the fear she felt during her mother’s stay in the hospital, Porter also says […]

New York school districts ranked from 1 to 609 based on new test scores in science

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NCCC pins first hybrid nursing class T

Twenty-nine nursing students graduated from North Country Community College’s inaugural Jan. to Dec. RN program Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The good works of many people are coming to fruition

Peru, NY December 18, 2024 –  North Country goodwill has been visible the last several days at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. JCEO Community Outreach personnel have been preparing Clinton County Christmas Bureau Christmas gifts for delivery to JCEO Outreach Centers throughout Clinton County. JCEO Director of Community Outreach Lisa Goodrow said 550 households applied this […]

What a wonderful way to usher in Christmas Week

Clinton Community College Names Enzo its Official Dog

CCC News Release –  Plattsburgh, NY — Clinton Community College Administrator in Charge Ken Knelly has named Enzo, a seven-year-old English Creme Golden Retriever, the “Official Dog of Clinton Community College.” The appointment was effective following the college’s Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 17 where the authorization for the appointment was approved. This […]

What decades of lake ice data tells us about climate change in the Adirondacks

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