Plattsburgh mayor reflects on first 100 days | Local News | pressrepublican.com
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Police trying to identify gunman, motive in Indianapolis last night’s FedEx shooting
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Law Enforcement News.
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Local gun stores sour on Biden move | Local News | pressrepublican.com
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Business News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Cadyville community unites behind injured firefighter | Sun Community News CADYVILLE |
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Community Events, Fire Department News, Northern NY News.
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Unbolting the rails | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, Peru/Regional History, Recreation opportunities.
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Special School Board Meeting April 2020
The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold a fully remote special meeting on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 7:30 AM. The sole purpose of this meeting is to vote on the BOCES (CVES) administrative budget and on the slate of candidates running for open CVES board seats. At this time, no other action items are anticipated. The public may view the meeting live via Zoom at https://E2CCB-GST.zoom.us/j/92409629587. This meeting will also be recorded and available on the District’s website.
The full agenda will be available on the District’s website.
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Peru School News.
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Peru Democrats Announce 2021 Candidates and Endorsements
“We are proud to announce our endorsements for the 2021 elections.”
April showers may have been in full swing outdoors, but spirits inside the Peru Town Hall were upbeat as the Peru Democratic Committee held a very successful caucus on Thursday, April 15th. With a good number of community members there in support, the Peru Democrats endorsed the following individuals as candidates for the November election.
We are happy to announce Brandy McDonald will run for reelection as Town Supervisor. Jim Douglass will run for reelection as Town Councilor. Jim Kirby will be running for reelection as Town Justice. The committee is also proud to look past party lines and endorse two highly-qualified individuals for reelection: Mike Farrell for Highway Superintendent and Dianne Miller for Town Clerk/Tax Collector.
We all appreciate the support of you, our community. Please join us at our next committee meeting at 6 pm on May 20th to learn how you can help our candidates win the seats they seek in November.
Sincerely,
Marque Moffett
Secretary, Peru Democratic Committee
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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APA committee denies Lake Luzerne’s map amendment request
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Labors of Love taking Place on The Adirondack Wildlife Refuge – – The Adirondack Almanack
Posted: April 16th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) permits: Your questions answered | Adirondack Explorer
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, State Government News.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo’s April 15th COVID-19 Update
April 15, 2021.
Thanks to the extraordinary efforts and commitment of our providers and volunteers, more than half of New Yorkers who are 18 and older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and more than a third of adults are fully vaccinated. On top of that, COVID hospitalizations dropped to the lowest level since December 1. We need to keep pushing COVID back until the threat is gone and we can do that with a combination of the vaccine and the public health measures we know stop the spread. You take the vaccine not just for yourself—you take it to keep other people safe.
Chart of the Day: To date, New York has conducted over 48 million tests.
Here’s what else you need to know tonight:
1. COVID hospitalizations dropped to 3,963. Of the 249,103 tests reported yesterday, 6,884, or 2.76 percent, were positive. The 7-day average positivity rate was 3.05 percent. There were 886 patients in ICU yesterday, down one from the previous day. Of them, 559 are intubated. Sadly, we lost 46 New Yorkers to the virus.
2. As of 11 am this morning, 39.6 percent of New Yorkers have completed at least one vaccine dose. Over the past 24 hours, 198,257 total doses have been administered. To date, New York has administered 12,638,792 total doses with 26.4 percent of New Yorkers completing their vaccine series. (These percentages include the entire population of New York, including children.) See data by region and county on the State’s Vaccine Tracker: ny.gov/vaccinetracker.
3. “To-go” alcoholic beverages have been extended through May 6. Throughout the pandemic the State has permitted to-go alcoholic beverages with the purchase of food to help support bars and restaurants. Remember to drink responsibly.
4. Become a New York State Citizen Public Health Leader. To continue the fight against COVID and prepare for the next public health emergency, the State launched the free, online Citizen Public Health Training course for New Yorkers, in partnership with Cornell University and supported by the State University of New York. This program will prepare and equip New Yorkers to become Citizen Public Health Leaders and build an informed network across the state. Enroll for free today.
Tonight’s “Deep Breath Moment”: Instead of finding shellfish for dinner, a British archaeologist stumbled upon something a bit more Jurassic. Marie Woods found the 175 million-year-old fossilized footprint along the Yorkshire coast, which scientists believe belonged to a meat-eating dinosaur known as a Megalosaurus. Woods, worried that the footprint would be washed away by the sea, contacted specialists to document the discovery. The fossil is the largest footprint of this type of dinosaur ever found in Yorkshire.
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Ever Upward,
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Heathcare News, State Government News.
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ADK Visitor Interpretive Centers get new rounds of funding | Sun Community News PAUL SMITHS
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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DiNAPOLI: 2020-21 TAX REVENUES $3 BILLION OVER PROJECTIONS
Tax collections for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020-21 totaled $82.4 billion – $3 billion higher than forecast by the state Division of the Budget (DOB) in the Amended Executive Budget Financial Plan in February (latest projections), and $6.8 billion higher than forecast in May 2020 (initial projections), according to the March State Cash Report released today by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Total tax collections for SFY 2020-21 were $513.3 million lower than the previous year.
“The state’s year-end financial position was significantly better than anticipated,” DiNapoli said. “We face a long road to recovery, and the state’s economy still faces serious challenges, both in the short-term and long-term. Better-than-anticipated tax collections, federal resources and new revenues in the recently adopted budget allow for important investments in critical programs and services, but state policymakers must ensure that spending commitments are in line with recurring revenue sources.”
Personal income tax (PIT) collections totaled $55 billion, exceeding prior year collections by $1.3 billion or 2.4 percent. PIT collections exceeded the latest projections by $1.9 billion and initial projections by $5.9 billion, even with $437 million more in refunds being paid in the last quarter than previously anticipated.
Consumption and use taxes, which include sales tax receipts, totaled $16.1 billion, falling short of prior year totals by $1.9 billion or 10.6 percent. Collections were $116.4 million higher than the latest projections and $643.4 higher than initial projections.
Business tax collections totaled $8.8 billion, which was $203.4 million lower than the previous year. Collections exceeded the latest projections by $614.4 million and were below initial projections by $164.6 million.
State Operating Funds spending totaled $104.2 billion, which was $2 billion, or 2 percent, higher than last year. The General Fund ended the fiscal year with a balance of $9.161 billion, an increase of $216.6 million from opening balance. DOB took the following actions at the end of the year:
- $3.1 billion was paid in debt service prepayments and debt defeasance, which was $1.5 billion higher than the most recent forecast;
- $918 million in payments were made to eliminate all remaining pension amortization costs;
- $692.8 million from the General Fund was used to support education aid to offset lower than anticipated receipts from Video Lottery Terminals, $448.8 million higher than the most recent forecast;
- $513 million in previously collected monetary settlements from financial and other institutions was transferred from the General Fund to the Dedicated Infrastructure Investment Fund, $617 million lower than the most recent forecast; and,
- $3.4 billion in debt service on short-term notes issued earlier in the year was paid as planned.
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Heathcare News, State Government News.
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Lake Placid apartments, Ticonderoga solar park both up for final APA approval | NCPR News
The Lake Placid complex would include 355 housing units, including some apartments and condominiums. spread over 22 new buildings on the 35-acre site. The project includes a clubhouse, greenhouse, pool, recreation facilities, maintenance building, and on-site parking, including a parking garage for residents. Source: Lake Placid apartments, Ticonderoga solar park both up for final APA approval | NCPR News
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Burning Photo Ignites Grass Fire
Town Board April 12, 2021 Meeting Highlights:
Councilmen Rick Barber reported that a young woman set her former boyfriend’s photo ablaze near Peru’s former wastewater lagoons adjacent to the Brand Hollow Rd. Barber said the blaze ignited a grass fire that burned a 300-foot x 300-foot area and was spreading. The Peru Fire Department and one or two other departments were called to the scene to extinguish the blaze. Barber was not aware of any arrest being made.
The board scheduled a public hearing for a local law for May 10 at 5:45 p.m. at the Town Hall. The Local Law #1/ Providing For Prior Notification of Defects involving the existence of a defective or hazardous condition at a town-owned or maintained property. It required that written notice must be filed if any civil action is to be maintained. Notices must be filed with either the town clerk or highway superintendent.
Resident Scott Coleman expressed an interest in conducting a volunteer-driven community-wide trash pick-up day. Supervisor McDonald said liability issues prevented the town from sponsoring a clean-up, but he welcomed the concept saying he would look into it. McDonald said he would help on his own time and believed the town could furnish the trash bags.
Resident John Ryan stated that some communities are conducting broadband surveys to determine precisely which residences or businesses do not have broadband service. Supervisor Brandy McDonald said that Verizon’s ongoing work would result in total town broadband coverage to the best of his knowledge.
Ryan suggested that the board notify NYSEG and state officials in writing of NYSEG’s failure to inform any town officials before last year’s work on the Bear Swamp Rd. The contractor installed very high poles damaging several residents’ lawns in the process. Vehicular traffic was also delayed. Town Attorney Matt Favro said it would have been good if NYSEG notified the town, but there is no legal requirement. The board did not agree to put a complaint in writing.
Peru’s inactive town and court records are about to be evaluated, re-boxed if necessary, considered for retention or purging, and indexed according to NYS guidelines. As it did in 2011, the board hired Alden Stevens to do the job. The cost is not to exceed $11,000. Attorney Matt Favro commented that Stevens would have access to sensitive records. He suggested that Stevens place a background check on file.
Peru Town Court will have a new part-time court clerk effective March 26. The board authorized hiring Andrew Bizga at a starting pay rate of $13.72. On May 1, his pay will rise to $15.83 per hour. The town is implementing a new pay-step system effective May 1.
T-Mobile is requesting additional antenna space and new generation space at the town’s water tower. The town is negotiating a monthly lease rate and scheduled annual rate increases.
Road cutting for the sewer upgrade project started Monday, April 12, 2021. Excavation near the Sunrise Drive wastewater treatment plant should begin on April 13, followed by work on North Bend Street.
Street sweeping continues. Quaker Springs, Quaker Highlands and Ormsby Circle are next on the highway department’s schedule.
Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell said he is anticipating a salt price increase; therefore, he’s stocking up. The town uses about 1,500 tons annually.
Some dog owners are letting their dogs go off-leash, meaning Dog Control Officer Dave Drollette has been called to Heyworth-Mason Park to inform people of Peru’s leash law.
The town has not received any update on the dollar amount of COVID-19 Relief Act monies it will be receiving.
At 8:03 p.m., the board adjourned to an executive session to discuss personnel issues. Supervisor McDonald stated that the board would take no actions following the session.
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Fire Department News, General News, Town Board News.
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Pfizer CEO: Third COVID vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months – NBC2 News
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Heathcare News, Peru/Regional History.
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Clinton County April 15th COVID-19 Report: Positive +17, Deaths +0
Since our 4/14 update, 17 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive cases have been reported.
Here are links to some frequently requested data:
– Percentage positive results: https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county…. According to NYSDOH 1,183 people tested in Clinton County on 4/13. As of 4/13, 7-day average % positive in Clinton County = 1.7%.
– Vaccination information: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ or http://www.clintonhealth.org/covid19vaccine/
– NYS School Report Card (providing school and college data): https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov
– NYS DOCCS data: https://doccs.ny.gov/doccs-covid-19-report
– Hospitalization data: https://forward.ny.gov/daily-hospitalization-summary-region… As of 4/13, 24 individuals hospitalized (2 ICU) in the North Country Region.
– Additional information: www.clintonhealth.org/covid19
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under County Government News, Heathcare News.
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Stefanik, Katko Request Answers From President Biden on Northern Border Staffing Crisis
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Congressman John Katko (R-NY-24), sent a joint letter to President Biden on the dangerous ramifications that his crisis at the US-Mexico border has caused at the US-Canada border.
In part, the letter reads, “The lack of effective response to the crisis on our Southern Border is threatening the operational readiness along our Northern Border. A threat that puts our communities and nation at risk. Our Northern Border Patrol Agents continue to remain understaffed and overworked and for the safety of our communities, we ask that you provide answers to these questions. We implore you to reconsider your reluctance to invest in our Southern Border security and for the safety of all Americans, revise your immigration policies that have been failing thus far.”
Stefanik and Katko requested the Biden Administration provide answers to the following critical questions:
How many Border Patrol Agents are patrolling the Buffalo and Swanton Sectors compared to the numbers in 2020?
How many Border Patrol Agents are patrolling in New York’s 21st and 24th Congressional Districts (including both Buffalo and Swanton Sectors)?
What is the status of patrol boats on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River (which we know to be an effective tool in stopping the flow of illegal immigrants and illegal drugs into the Northern States)?
For the Border Patrol Agents being reassigned from the Northern to Southern Border, what is your administration doing to protect these individuals from COVID-19 exposure before returning to their families and communities?
When is your administration expecting to begin flying illegal immigrants from Southern to Northern Border states and what are you doing to prepare communities to handle this influx?
What is your administration currently doing to address the staffing shortages along the Northern Border that continue to worsen under your leadership?
Congresswoman Stefanik also issued the following statement: “Over the past several weeks, I have heard from many whistleblowers from the US Border Patrol expressing grave concerns over the lack of manpower along our Northern Border, as agents are being transferred to clean up President Biden’s crisis in the south. The few agents that remain are forced to virtually process illegal immigrants in Texas, leaving only a handful to patrol the entire New York Border and zero to patrol our waterways. In the past year, there has been a 1000% increase in drug seizures along the Northern Border and a 30% increase in illegal firearm seizures. President Biden’s immigration, economic, humanitarian, and national security crisis at the US-Mexico border has in turn created a crisis at the US-Canada border. He must put an end to this madness, protect the American people, and prioritize the well-being of our Border Patrol Agents.”
Congressman Katko added, “We cannot afford to shift vital Border Patrol Agents stationed at the Northern Border to assist with the crisis at our Southern Border. This move overextends our border forces, jeopardizes our national security and the safety of our communities, and underscores the fact that the situation on the Southern Border has gotten out of control. The solution to addressing the Southern Border crisis is not to pull Northern Border Agents away from their posts, but to reinstate the commonsense border policies that President Biden rolled back.”
Congresswoman Stefanik is a member of the House Armed Services and House Intelligence Committees, and she serves as Co-Chair of the Northern Border Congressional Caucus. Congressman Katko is the Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Committee.
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Congressional News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Burlington airport adding new weekly flights to Dallas this summer
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Business News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Burlington High School Could Be Demolished After More Contamination Found | Off Message
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Business News, Education News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Parole changes could be next criminal justice push in Albany
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Law Enforcement News, State Legislator News.
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Curfew on New York bars, restaurants extended to midnight starting next week, Cuomo says – syracuse.com
Posted: April 15th, 2021 under Business News, Heathcare News, State Government News.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo’s April 14th COVID-19 Update
April 14, 2021.
The effort to vaccinate New Yorkers continues in full scale. While Johnson & Johnson is paused, we are using the Pfizer vaccine in order to meet and maintain scheduled appointments. It is important to keep in mind as we wait for federal direction that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is being carefully scrutinized and reviewed by top experts on an independent federal panel. Close to 40 percent of New Yorkers have now received at least one dose of the vaccine, which is great progress—and a testament to the dedication of our providers and our partners across the state who have been instrumental in making sure the vaccine distribution is fair and equitable. We will continue vaccinating as many New Yorkers as possible as quickly as possible. Like it has been from day one with this virus, our progress is only as safe as our determination to keep building on it.
Photo of the Day: Ashwinkoemar Soechit, a worker at the Belmont Park Redevelopment Project site, received the COVID-19 vaccine earlier today (Photo by Don Pollard)
Here’s what else you need to know tonight:
1. Effective Monday, April 19, the curfew for bars and restaurants will be extended. The current curfew will be extended from 11 pm to midnight. The curfew for catered events will also move from midnight to 1 am.
2. COVID hospitalizations dropped to 4,091. Of the 208,163 tests reported yesterday, 6,192, or 2.97 percent, were positive. The 7-day average positivity rate was 3.12 percent. There were 887 patients in ICU yesterday, up 18 from the previous day. Of them, 563 are intubated. Sadly, we lost 43 New Yorkers to the virus.
3. As of 11 am this morning, 39.1 percent of New Yorkers have completed at least one vaccine dose. Over the past 24 hours, 186,876 total doses have been administered. To date, New York has administered 12,440,535 total doses with 25.9 percent of New Yorkers completing their vaccine series. See data by region and county on the State’s Vaccine Tracker: ny.gov/vaccinetracker.
4. Spectators will be allowed at horse and auto races at 20 percent capacity beginning Thursday, April 22. Spectators will be subjected to the State’s strict guidance, which is currently in effect for other professional sports competitions with fans. Attendees must show proof of a recent negative test or completed vaccination series prior to entry and are subjected to the State’s health and safety protocols on face coverings, social distancing and health screening.
Tonight’s “Deep Breath Moment”: Lincoln Center will soon have a brand-new front lawn—of sorts. “The GREEN,” designed by noted set designer Mimi Lien, will transformLincoln Center’s concrete plaza into an expansive artificial lawn as part of an initiative to revive the arts. The installation, which runs from May 10 through September, will host pop-up performances, and will also offer books to borrow from the New York Public Library. Safety protocols in place to ensure all visitors can enjoy “The GREEN” safely.
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Ever Upward,
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Posted: April 14th, 2021 under Business News, Heathcare News, State Government News.
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Rotary Fishing Classic returns to Lake Champlain | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH |
Posted: April 14th, 2021 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Recreation opportunities.
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