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Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration Schedule

Saturday, Sept. 14 10:00 am – 01:00 pm    Exhibits in City Hall – 2nd floor – Anchor, Murals, USS Henley display Self-Guided Tour- (maps at location)    10:00 am – 07:00 pm    Information Booth/Souvenirs – City Hall Place 10:00 am – 09:00 pm    Food Court & Exhibits – Trinity Park 10:00 am – 04:00 pm   […]

First Signs of Fall Foliage Emerging Across Upstate NY

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CCC hosting Nat’l Voter Registration Day and Constitution Day Events

Plattsburgh, NY – Clinton Community College will host National Voter Registration Day and Constitution Day events on Tuesday, September 17th. From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, the League of Women Voters will be on campus to assist with voter registration. This event provides an opportunity for community members to register to vote and participate in […]

Senator Stec inducts Lake Champlain Pools into State Historic Business Preservation Registry

Family-owned Plattsburgh business recently celebrated its 50th anniversary Plattsburgh, Sept. 12, 2024, Senator Dan Stec (R, C-Queensbury today presented the staff of Lake Champlain Pools, Spas and Stoves with a certificate into the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry. Lake Champlain Pools was founded by Herb Carpenter in 1974. Since 1976, the company has […]

This ADK news editor, Peru native, Elizabeth Izzo is moving on. She hopes she’s made space for more people like her

Elizabeth has taken a job as a news editor at the Albany Times Union  Click here for the NCPR story 

Fr. Scott Seymour – Grand Marshal, Peru Applefest Parade

Peru – Fr. Scott Seymour has been a beloved pastor and spiritual leader in the Diocese of Ogdensburg for over 25 years. On Saturday, September 21, at 11 a.m., he will be Grand Marshal of the 46th Annual St. Augustine’s Applefest Parade. Ordained in 1999, he has served in various parishes throughout the diocese, most […]

Capt. Christopher Garrow Memorial Bridge becomes a reality

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Peru Free Library Director Becky Pace is retiring

By John T Ryan Peru, NY –  A person familiar to hundreds of Peru and area residents will soon depart from the institution she’s led for the past 21 1/2 years. Becky Pace,  Director of the Peru Free Library, is retiring effective September 25, 2024. Becky considered retiring last spring, but she delayed for a […]

CVPH Medical Assistant Demonstrates Compassion Comes in Many Forms

Nikki Catlin Honored for Care Provided to Elderly Patient  PLATTSBURGH, NY – A meal shared together fills the soul as much as the stomach, and that’s exactly what Nikki Catlin enjoyed with one of her patients. The kindness and care she provided to a 92-year-old man in need is why she was honored this week […]

Babbie Museum Kids Fair and Festival Sept. 21 & 22

Couple charged in deadly Plattsburgh shooting make second court appearance

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North Country airports to get federal Airport Improvement Program funding

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Adirondack forest rangers work a lot of overtime. Here’s what they wish was different

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St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, September 11, 2024 

Spaghetti Salad 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!

Peru’s 46th Annual Applefest, Sat., Sept 21

Updated COVID-19 vax now available in N.Y.S.

Eligible New Yorkers can get vaccinated at any pharmacy without a prescription Click here for the Sun Community News story

Plattsburgh Noon Kiwanis launches Stuff the Strand food drive

Food/baby item collection date: Oct. 11 at the Strand Click here for the Sun Community News story 

AGENDA – PUBLIC HEARING LOCAL LAW #1 OF 2024 TAX LEVY LIMIT OVERRIDE SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 5:45 PM

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:       To Open the Public Hearing. DISCUSSION:  PROPOSED Local Law#1 of 2024 – “A Local Law to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c. MOTION:      To Close the Public Hearing. MOTION:        Adjourn

Peru, NY, Sept. 6, 2024, 6:30 AM, Ausable Point State Campground.

Peru, NY, Sept. 5, 2024, 5 PM Ausable Point Entrance Road

Learn the history of one of Keeeseville’s most historic homes

Shooting suspects face a judge after man was killed in Plattsburgh

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Fire Station Expansion-Improvements Approved September 3, 2024 – Robert Akey, Peru Fire District Treasurer, reports that voters approved the proposition to borrow up to $5 million to expand and improve the fire station. There were 121 Yes votes and 70 No votes. 

BIOGRAPHIES: North Country Honor Flight #57 Veterans

Plattsburgh, NY, U.S. Oval, Veterans Park, August 31, 2024 – Honor Flight Operations Director Janet Duprey introduced each veteran to the many well-wishers at 7 a.m. Send-Off Ceremony Oril Bashaw, U.S. Army, 1967-1997 – Vietnam Oril had recruiter training at Fort Benjamin Harris and was one of the first Army Reserve Recruiters assigned to the Albany […]

BIOGRAPHIES: North Country Honor Flight #56 Veterans

Plattsburgh, NY, U.S. Oval, Veterans Park, August 31, 2024 – Honor Flight Operations Director Janet Duprey introduced each veteran to the many well-wishers at the 7 a.m. Send-Off Ceremony Thomas Allen, U.S. Navy, 1963-1967  – Vietnam Tom enlisted and had basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station.  Sent to Maryland, Tom trained as a Communication […]