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Peru and CVS are neck and neck – Cast your vote!

Play of the Week – vote for your favorite play during Week 6

Posted: October 13th, 2022 under Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru School News, Regional NY-VT News, Sports News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones announces bills to help volunteer fire departments

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) joined firefighters from the North Country today to announce that he introduced three bills to help volunteer fire departments in their recruitment and retention efforts and make much-needed capital improvements. One bill creates the Volunteer Firefighter Training Fund to help firefighters complete over a hundred hours of required training by providing funding to help cover the costs of travel and missing work. Another bill creates a Volunteer Firefighters Scholarship Program and Fund to assist volunteer firefighters in going to college after eight years of membership. The final bill creates the Volunteer Fire Department Capital Fund to help fire departments make capital improvements, build new stations, and buy new equipment to meet the current standards and recommendations.

“Volunteer fire departments across the North Country are there for us when we need them most and we must make sure they not only have the resources and equipment they need to keep us safe, but also the members to respond to these emergencies,” said Jones. “Volunteer firefighters are dedicated members of our community who devote so much of their free time to protect our communities and creating the Training Fund and Scholarship program is one way that we can show our appreciation. With the rising costs of construction, capital projects have also become unobtainable by our local fire departments, and they need this assistance to make sure that they can continue to provide life-saving services. The state needs to invest capital funds in our local fire departments to take the burden from our local taxpayers and local municipalities.”

“The Beekmantown Volunteer Fire Department has outgrown the station on Route 22 and is working towards building a new one and this funding will help us tremendously,” said Chief Darryl Menard. “We answer calls across the North Country, including on the Northway, and we need a new facility to house the equipment necessary to respond. I want to thank Assemblyman Jones for visiting the station earlier this year and listening to the issues we are experiencing and coming up with this solution.”

“The Champlain Fire Department is also struggling to get the funding needed to build a new fire station approved by voters years ago,” said Commissioner Chris Trombley. “This capital fund would be great news for this project and thank Assemblyman Jones for taking this initiative.”

“As volunteer fire departments struggle to recruit and retain new members, the Scholarship and Training Fund will go a long way towards helping districts with membership,” said Scott Ewing, 1^st Vice President of New York State Association of Fire Chiefs. “Capital improvements and new stations will give fire departments something to take pride in, which will also help local fire departments recruit and retain members.

Posted: October 13th, 2022 under Adirondack Region News, Fire Department News, Political News, State Legislator News.
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CVPH Clinical Assistant Training Course Begins November 28

Earn while you learn program offers job opportunity, satisfaction of caring for others

PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/13/2022) – Applications are being accepted for the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Clinical Assistant (CA) Training program scheduled to begin Monday, November 28.

Applications for enrollment are due Monday, November 7. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, demonstrate competency and attend all course sessions. Application can be made at UVMHealth.org/CVPHCA.

The six-week program includes 240 hours of classroom instruction and clinical rotations with hands-on experience. CA students will be paid $16.85 an hour while they attend class, developing the skills and confidence needed for direct patient care. Upon successful completion, graduates will receive:

A choice of vacant CA positions on a variety of nursing units
A CA hourly wage ($18.20 an hour weekdays/ $19.20 weekends) with shift differentials of $1.25 and $1.50 for evenings and nights, respectively
$4,000 sign-on bonus
A robust total rewards package that includes:

ü Sizeable wage increases as a member of 1199SEIU over the next year.

ü Paid time off

ü Tuition assistance and support

ü Educational opportunities

ü Flexible healthcare options

ü Recognition programs

Clinical Assistants work under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. They take and record vital signs, perform designated tests, collect patient samples, and support patients in all activities of daily living at the hospital. Interaction with unit staff, physicians and other hospital department personnel is critical. CAs also meet patients and their families as they enter the unit, welcoming and acclimating them to the service and routine.

CVPH launched the first training program in September to address a chronic shortage in clinical assistants and to provide those interested with an opportunity to become part of the patient care team.

More information about the Clinical Assistant Training Program can be found at UVMHealth.org/CVPHCA or by calling (518) 562-7180.

This program is part of The University of Vermont Health Network’s commitment to developing, nurturing and retaining talent in Northern New York and Vermont. Learn more about these efforts by visiting https://uvmhealthimpact.org/workforce..

Posted: October 13th, 2022 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News.
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Tomorrow (Friday, Oct 14th) is the deadline for new voter registration in NY State.

Anyone not registered by tomorrow’s deadline cannot vote in the upcoming November election.

How can people register? Good question! Folks can

register online at: https://www.ny.gov/services/register-vote,
stop in at the Clinton County Board of Elections office in Plattsburgh, or
mail in a completed voter registration form with a postmark no later than Oct 14th.

Posted: October 13th, 2022 under General News.
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DiNapoli: Two Former Oramel Fire Officials Charged With Theft of More Than $11,000 From Oramel Fire Department

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Allegany County District Attorney Keith Slep and the New York State Police today announced the arrests of Ronda (Brundage) Kish and Marion Brundage for allegedly stealing $11,276 from the Oramel Fire Department.

Ronda Kish was charged with Grand Larceny in the 3rd Degree, Corrupting the Government in the 3rd Degree and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the 1^st Degree. Marion Brundage was charged with Grand Larceny in the 4^th Degree and Corrupting the Government in the 3^rd Degree. Kish, 54, served as the department’s Treasurer and her former sister-in-law, Brundage, 52, was its Secretary and First Assistant Chief. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation between Comptroller DiNapoli’s Office, the Allegany County District Attorney’s Office and the New York State Police.

“These two officials allegedly used money meant for the protection of their community as their own personal bank account,” DiNapoli said. “My thanks to Allegany County District Attorney Slep and the State Police for partnering with my office to make sure that those who engage in public corruption are found out and brought to justice.”

From 2016 to 2020, Ronda Kish allegedly stole $8,675 from the Oramel Fire Department by making unauthorized cash withdrawals and writing checks to herself for supposed reimbursements that had no receipts or approval from the department’s board. Kish used the money to pay personal expenses, including numerous credit card bills.

Kish abruptly quit as Treasurer after the department’s board began to ask questions about the money. The Oramel Fire Department bank account was empty when she quit. Local officials brought their concerns to Comptroller DiNapoli’s office and the Allegany County DA.

During the same time period, Marion Brundage allegedly stole $2,601 by writing checks to herself for supposed reimbursements.

Kish and Brundage were arraigned before Judge David Szucs in the Town of Caneadea Court and are scheduled to appear again in court on November 9.

Posted: October 13th, 2022 under General News.
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Call Meeting To Order
Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports).