The Peru Gazette

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Patients continue to have access to lab services at three convenient locations 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/10/2021) – Laboratory collection services will pause at The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Valcour Imaging at 16 DeGrandpre Way beginning on Monday, December 13. Hospital officials said the decision was made due to staffing shortages, which are seriously impacting health care organizations in the region and across the country.

Patients can continue accessing lab services at three CVPH locations, including the CVPH Health Plaza at 89 Plaza Boulevard, which is about one-eighth of a mile away from Valcour Imaging. Below are the three locations offering lab services and hours of operation:

Patients can schedule an appointment for laboratory services by calling (518) 562-7340. Walk-in services are also an option at CVPH Health Plaza during hours of operation and at CVPH Diagnostic Center in Champlain from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., Monday through Friday. Those with scheduled appointments will be given priority and seen at their scheduled time, while walk-in patients will be seen based on time of arrival.

CVPH Valcour Imaging continues to offer other diagnostic services, including:

• X-Ray: Mondays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• MRI: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• CT: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Ultrasound: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A full list of diagnostic services available to patients can be found here.

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TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 13, 2021 @ 6:00 PM 

The Town of Peru is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Town Board

Time: Dec 13, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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1. Call Meeting To Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. 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) (Also, late October 2021 Court Report)

5. MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of November 22, 2021.

6. Community Input 

7. RESOLUTION/MOTION: Approval of Hiring Jason Burl as a Permanent MEO I to fill current opening in the Highway Dept.

8. MOTION: Posting of Town Clerk’s 2022 Tax Season Hours. 

9. MOTION: Approval of Rifenburg’s Pay Application #8. 

10. DISCUSSION: Sewer Project Update. 

11. DISCUSSION: Other Business. 

12. DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only. 

13. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Pay Bills 

MOTION:     Adjourn

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