The Peru Gazette

Preservation group completes its mission to save, reuse historic site

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“In my conversations with local business owners across the North Country, one of the top concerns they share with me is an expected increase to the unemployment insurance tax rate. When many businesses were forced to close during the pandemic and an unprecedented number of workers were unemployed, the State borrowed money from the Unemployment Trust Fund. The state now owes $8.1 billion to the Unemployment Trust Fund that must be paid off immediately so that business owners are not burdened with this debt. All businesses would experience an increase to their unemployment insurance tax rate- even the businesses that did not lay off a single employee during the shutdown. The State Comptroller also issued a report in June that stated the importance of paying off this debt immediately. That is why I joined several of my colleagues last week urging the Governor to allocate revenues that have exceeded the projections for this fiscal year, including revenue from mobile sports wagering and sales tax. Business owners already have enough on their plate with inflation and the increased cost of fuel and it is time for the State to help local business owners after all their hard work and cooperation navigating state mandates the last few years.”

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More severe weather possible Thursday

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Footage sought from a new targeted area and time frame as investigation continues

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Chance Roe taken into custody after altercation with Clinton County deputies

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From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay Lake) announced that construction on the Harison Place Project in Malone has begun. The project will create an affordable, mixed-use complex with 40 apartments and five commercial spaces in the Franklin County village of Malone.

“I’m excited to be here for the groundbreaking of construction for the new Harison Place Project coming to the Village of Malone,” said Assemblyman Jones. “This project was undertaken to further expand the affordable housing stock here in the North Country. The development of Harison Place will provide stable, affordable housing to families that need it most and help to revitalize the downtown area. This project will anchor the economic development and revitalization of Malone that will bring more opportunities to local residents, and I will continue to work with state agencies and our communities to bring more projects like these to our region.”

The $21.7 million project is beginning construction following demolishing five blighted buildings in the area. Harison Place will be affordable to households making 60% or less of the area median income, allowing the four-story building to be accessible to as many as possible. Of the 40 total apartments, half will be reserved for households needing individualized support services, funded through the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative and administered by the New York State Office of Mental Health.

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TOWN OF PERU

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. APPROVAL of July 13, 2022 minutes
5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 
6. APPLICATIONS:

1.P2022-0017 2-Site Plan Approval with SEQRA

  Ryan Darby

  258.-1-18

  Rock Rd

                Peru, NY 12972

2.P2022-021 Site Plan Approval  with SEQRA

  T-Mobile Northeast LLC

  276.-2-2

  1159 Peasleeville Rd

  Peru, NY 12972    

3.P2022-022 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA- Home Occupation

  Amy Duquette Quesnel

                  256.-5-33.1

  634 Route 22B

  Peru, NY 12972                                   

7. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS                  

8. CEO REPORT:
9. ADJOURNMENT

Trees down, property damage reported around 7 PM Monday

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Plattsburgh, NY, July 19, 2022 Hudson Headwaters Health Network’s Tupper Lake Family Health, Saranac Lake Family Health, and Pediatric and Adolescent Health are officially designated as New York State Breastfeeding Friendly Practices! Currently, ten out of twenty-two Hudson Headwaters locations have achieved this designation. These practices were supported in this effort by the Creating Breastfeeding Friendly Communities (CBFC) grant at the Clinton County Health Department. 

As part of the process, the network has implemented policies and procedures such as; ongoing staff training, maintaining a chest/breastfeeding-friendly office environment and facilitating internal and external referral opportunities for mothers and infants. Hudson Headwaters promotes a culture within all of its offices that support chest/breastfeeding as the best way to feed one’s baby. 

Brooke Castine RN, MS, Northern Clinical Nurse Educator and Network Chest/Breastfeeding Champion with Hudson Headwaters, says, “This designation enables health center staff to guide and assist North Country families with chest/breastfeeding support. Our ongoing relationship with the Clinton County Health Department has helped us to prepare other centers to soon receive this distinction as well.”  Read more »

This happened in New Hampshire, but the same happened in the North. 

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Services will be held Thursday, July 21

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