The Peru Gazette

NYS Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, “New Yorkers empowered with information about their local governments can better hold their officials accountable. Our new interactive data tool allows residents to look into ten years of local finance data, including revenues, expenditures & debt.” Click here to see and use the State Comptroller’s tool. 

On February 16, 1872, Pope Pius IX separated what was then a sprawling Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, and the Diocese of Ogdensburg – encompassing Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties, as well as northern Herkimer County – was created. Today the diocese is comprised of 78 parishes and 3 mission […]

Source: Fort Drum soldiers deploy to Europe as Ukraine crisis continues | NCPR News

Source: First lawsuit filed under New York’s new Green Amendment – syracuse.com

Source: New York lawmakers approve new congressional districts favoring Democrats – syracuse.com

Source: ‘Coming Soon’ Trudeau House museum under construction | Sun Community News SARANAC LAKE | First floor to interpret broad history of Saranac Lakes region

Source: AVCS superintendent set to retire | Sun Community News AUSABLE VALLEY | After more than three decades in education, AuSable Valley Central School Superintendent Paul Savage will officially retire in September.

Source: ‘Just between you and me’: FBI records reveal an EB-5 fraudster’s direct line to Gov. Peter Shumlin – VTDigger

Source: NBC5 In Depth: Filming history on Lake Champlain

“We know there was slavery. We know that. We tend to think that it wasn’t as prevalent here in the North as it obviously was,” Ervin said. “It’s just unsettling that people would have been treated that way, that we would tax people based on someone who looked like me being called a wench for […]

Source: The Empire State Winter Games are back in the Adirondacks this weekend | NCPR News

The Clinton County Historical Association is pleased to announce that two grants have been received through the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership for 2022.  The first is an internship grant to support collections management training for a student of history, anthropology, or museum studies.  The training will include all processes necessary to enter an item […]

Source: Burlington City Council rejects acting police chief for permanent job – VTDigger

“Like hospitals across the region, CVPH is dramatically short of workers across a range of specialties. That comes as patient volume hit historically high levels, a combination of COVID-19 related illness and more run of the mill procedures that were put off over two years of global disruption. Workers like CVPH lab technician Sally Osborne […]

You HAVE to watch this wonderful Today Show story about a place so close to us. Source: Feel like an Olympian for the day at Lake Placid

Source: North Country would be divided among three new Congressional districts | NCPR News

Source: Keeseville bridges win competition in a ‘landslide’ | Sun Community News KEESEVILLE | The historic bridges of Keeseville added some bling to their trophy case in January, winning three categories in an international competition among structures deemed to h

Source: Konowitz remembered by basketball community | Sun Community News CLINTONVILLE | Jon Konowitz was remembered over the weekend by players, fellow coaches, and the North Country basketball community at large as a pillar of the sport and of life.

Source: Plattsburgh State Athletics Mourns Loss of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach John Konowitz – Plattsburgh State Athletics

            Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) issued this statement following the Farm Laborer Wage Board’s decision to lower the overtime threshold from 60 hours to 40:                  “The Farm Laborers Wage Board decision to lower the overtime threshold sets our local agriculture industry and family farmers up for failure. Despite widespread opposition from farmers across the state, […]

Source: 2022 Winter Olympics: Which Upstate NY athletes are competing in Beijing? – syracuse.com

Source: Upgrades made to local arts center | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The Strand Center Theatre was originally built in 1924 as a Vaudeville Theatre. In 2004, Strand Center for the Arts purchased the building and has been working on a capital campaign to r

Adirondack Boy Scout camps’ numbers in decline By Tim Rowland Source: Summer camp sell-off: The end of an era? – Adirondack Explorer

Source: David Ortiz elected to Baseball Hall of Fame; Bonds, Clemens, Schilling fall short – syracuse.com

Source: New York State Supreme Court judge rules Gov. Hochul’s mask mandate unconstitutional – NewsBreak