The Peru Gazette

In accordance with state guidelines regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Clinton County Historical Association Museum will remain closed to the public indefinitely and has postponed all events until further notice. In addition, the opening of the Bluff Point Lighthouse is also on hold. CCHA staffers are working from home on the museum’s collections and […]

The Dalton Rashad Criss Memorial Scholarship nearly has the funds needed to become endowed and perpetual. The son of Peru residents Dexter and Barbara Criss, Dalton, 18, passed away Aug. 20, 2019, following an automobile accident. Dalton’s influence on the North Country left a memorable legacy this scholarship will continue. Source: Reflecting Dalton: Scholarship to […]

Source: Horse shows canceled | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: How local boards of elections are preparing for the pandemic primary | CSNY

Generous donors give over $11,600 to help feed our frontline  Plattsburgh, NY – The North Country Chamber’s Feed our Frontline campaign has come to an end. Thanks to you, the amazing donors, they were able to give over $11,600 to the Alice Hyde Medical Center, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital and Adirondack Health […]

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

This flyer cited NYS Election Law 5-106 as one of the reasons to be disqualified from voting.   It reads: Qualifications of voters; reasons for exclusion   1. No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid […]

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

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL MEETING of the inhabitants of the Peru Central School District, Peru, New York, will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, and will be held remotely; there will be no physical polling sites.  Voting on said annual budget vote and school board election will take place entirely by […]

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

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 […]

More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*: US 1,347,936 (+1.36%) Spain 268,143 (+1.31%) Russia 232,243 (+4.92%) UK 224,332 (+1.76%) Italy 219,814 (+0.34%) France 177,547 (+0.26%) Germany 172,576 (+0.41%) Brazil 169,594 (+4.24%) Turkey 139,771 (+0.80%) Iran 109,286 (+1.56%) Source: Johns Hopkins […]

(PLEASE SHARE) As of today, May 12, 2020 the U.S. National Census rate of response was 58.6% and New York’s rate of response was 53%. Clinton, Essex and Franklin are below the National response rate and only Clinton County was above New York’s rate of response at 56.2%. Essex county was at 30.7% and Franklin […]

Source: Want to see if your NY region is ready to reopen? State launches new dashboard – syracuse.com

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. […]

Source: Smitties graduate over Zoom | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

More than 180 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*: US 1,256,972 (+2.31%) Spain 256,855 (+1.25%) Italy 215,858 (+0.65%) UK 207,977 (+2.78%) Russia 177,160 (+6.77%) France 174,918 (+0.40%) Germany 169,430 (+0.75%) Brazil 135,773 (+7.24%) Turkey 133,721 (+1.50%) Iran 103,135 (+1.46%) Source: Johns Hopkins […]

Source: Mothers in elder facilities give advice for new ones, say they miss having visitors | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Cuomo Extends Authority for ‘PAUSE’ Order, But Some Reopening Still Possible After May 15 – NBC New York

Source: Former county court judge to fill Area 8 vacancy | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Moms adjust to homeschooling during COVID-19 outbreak | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com

Source: Lake Placid student making lots of masks | Coronavirus | pressrepublican.com