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From the Office of Assemblyman Billy Jones

Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay) congratulated the North Country on receiving  $64.8 million through awards provided by the North Country Regional Economic Development Council (REDC).

“This state funding allows the North Country to attract new visitors and businesses helping our local economy to thrive,” said Jones. “The North Country continues to move forward with new ideas and this funding will help see these come to fruition.”

The funding will support a range of projects throughout the North Country, including:

• a mid level lodging hotel in downtown Tupper Lake featuring seventy-five rooms and a host of amenities and features;
• site preparation and first phase construction for the new AstroScience Center via the Adirondack Sky Center;
• several towns including Dannemora, Ellenburg, and Saranac will construct new salt storage facilities;
• the city of Plattsburgh will be able to make upgrades to their Water Resource and Recovery Facility as part of the downtown revitalization as well as construct a pump station to reduce potential harmful algal blooms;
• the creation of a state of the art theatre facility in Saranac Lake by the Pendragon Theatre;
• Citizen Advocates, Inc. will invest in a new commercial and residential development on West Main Street in downtown Malone. The four-story structure will be comprised of up to six new commercial spaces on the first floor, and 40 affordable apartments above;
• an infiltration and inflow study will be completed by the Village of Chateaugay in order to enhance its water system;
• the recreation center in the Village of Rouses Point will be rehabilitated to include facilities and expanded parking as well as enhanced equipment;
• the Memorial Park in the Village of Malone will be rehabilitated and enhanced to reflect community needs and pedestrian safety;
• an inherited abandoned missile silo, which is back flooded with ground water in the Town of Dannemora will be converted to a geothermal well for heating and cooling the facility, as well as a tracking solar array to achieve Net Zero Energy performance.

“The North Country REDC is giving our region the opportunity to improve our facilities and create new prospects,” said Jones. “The council’s efforts, including the extremely hard work by North Country Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas and Clarkson University President Anthony Collins, is bringing the North Country into a prosperous future for our hardworking families and our children. I applaud their efforts and look forward to the development of these many deserving projects.”

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Here is the entire December 15, 2018 concert at St. Augustine’s Church in Peru. The Choir dedicated the concert to organist Lynn Wilke and to Choir member Ginny Derrick both of whom passed away in 2018.  Click here to view.

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers at Work in Clinton County

Town of Altona
Clinton County
Enforcement: On Dec. 13 at approximately 3 p.m., Forest Rangers were dispatched by DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch to Purdy Road for a report of two intoxicated individuals driving on seasonal access roads and discharging firearms from the roadway. The New York State Police were also notified and sent an additional unit. While conducting their patrol, the Forest Rangers observed a vehicle matching the suspect’s description. The suspect was subsequently placed under arrest for Driving While Intoxicated, a misdemeanor, and having a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle, also a misdemeanor.

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Fellow New Yorker,

This morning I laid out my agenda for the first 100 days of the 2019 legislative session.

As the federal government seeks to undo generations of progress, New York must lead and there’s no time to wait. With the new Democratic majority in our State Senate we have the opportunity to pass this ambitious plan to ensure the promise of full, true, justice for all.

This 2019 we will:

• Ensure a Progressive Tax System
• Cut Middle Class Taxes While Fighting to Repeal SALT
• Protect Quality, Affordable Health Care
• Codify Reproductive Rights
• Enshrine Gender Equality into Law
• Combat Gun Violence
• Launch a $150 Billion Infrastructure Plan
• Fund and Restructure the MTA While Easing Traffic in New York City’s Business District
• Ensure Education Equity
• Pass the Dream Act
• Launch the Green New Deal
• Ensure Clean, Safe Drinking Water for All
• Improve Our Democracy
• Increase Trust in the Democratic System
• Protect Public Sector Unions
• Keep Housing Affordable for New Yorkers
• Pass the Child Victims Act
• Protect LGBTQ Rights
• Legalize Adult Use of Recreational Marijuana; and
• Ensure Fairness in the Criminal Justice System

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The Peru Town Hall will close at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21st for the Town Christmas Party.

Brandy McDonald
Peru Town Supervisor
3036 Main St.
Peru, NY 12972

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Logan signs Letter of Intent with Matt Barie looking on

Peru Senior and stand out wrestler Logan Dubuque has recently signed his National Letter of Intent and is receiving an athletic scholarship to continue his education and wrestle at NCAA Division II Belmont Abbey College in Belmont North Carolina just outside of Charlotte.

Dubuque started wrestling going on six years now and never looked back. Wrestling became a way of life for him. Coached by Mike Hogan and Gary Edwards, Dubuque wrestles year round also wrestling Olympic styles in the off season under the great Joe Demeo. He is a 2x NY STATE Olympic Style Greco champion and placed among the top 12 in the nation this summer @ 126 lbs. at nationals in Fargo North Dakota. At the end of his junior year in high school he is a 2x section 7 champ and placed 3rd @ 120 in New York at the NYSPHSA. (New York State Public High School Association). He is hoping to end his senior year in the same way if not better. He has also wrestled internationally in Sweden and Amsterdam.

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The Keeseville-Peru Ecumenical Choir sings tonight (Sunday) at St. John’s Church in Keeseville, not at St. Augustine’s Church in Peru as pubished in Friday’s Press Republican. Already this morning I have encountered two people who were coming to Peru tonight. Go to Keeseville to enjoy a wonderful concert. Wait till you hear the wonderful bell choir.

Here’s a taste for you, only without the bell choir – “O Holy Night” as sung last night in Peru.