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Forest Ranger Actions for 1/8 – 1/14/18

Recent missions carried out by DEC Forest Rangers

include:Town of Keene
Essex County
Helicopter Rescue: On Jan. 14 at 4 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a man snowboarding with a friend on Mount Marcy. While snowboarding, a 32-year-old Staten Island man sustained a puncture injury to his mouth from a stick, resulting in serious bleeding. As nightfall approached, Forest Rangers Jim Giglinto and Kevin Burns responded in a State Police helicopter. Both snowboarders made their way to a large clearing where Ranger Giglinto was lowered and the injured man was hoisted into the helicopter. The subject was flown to the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake for treatment. Giglinto then assisted the uninjured man back to the Adirondack Loj trailhead by 8:30 p.m.

Town of Brasher
St. Lawrence County
Rescue: On Jan. 8 at 3:09 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a transferred call from the New York State Police about a vehicle stuck on a snowmobile trail. The operator, a 68-year-old Covington man, was unable to walk out to the road due to health reasons. Two Forest Rangers responded using a sport utility vehicle (SUV) to access the trail and evacuate the man. At the roadside, State Police took the man home and a tow truck retrieved his stuck vehicle from the snowmobile trail.

Village of Malone and Town of Covington
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Story Undated 11/18/25 – The Peru Gazette deleted Dianne Miller’s photo per her request. January 15, 2018 – In a brief late afternoon emergency meeting the Peru Town Board appointed Dianne Miller as Town Clerk/Tax Collector effective immediately and through December 31, 2018. Miller replaces Kathleen Flynn who resigned the position effective January 12, 2018 in order to take a position as Manager of Apple Valley Senior Housing. The remaining three years in Flynn’s term of office will be filled in the November 2018 election.

Dianne Everett Miller is a Peru native. She graduated from Peru High School (78) and Clinton Community College where she majored in accounting. For the past 25+ years she and her husband Ron have owned and operated Country Expressions Flowers and Gifts on Boynton Avenue in Plattsburgh.

Last Friday morning Rainbow Falls was about 80% frozen over. The ice must have broken loose that afternoon. Strange to see the water so high today (Monday) with the air temperature only 8 degrees and -8 last night. The ice level at the Carpenter’s Flat Bridge has risen dramatically.

From the office of Assembly D. Billy Jones

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Todd Clowney (right) and Adam Rein comprise the staff at Clowney Electrical Service, #29 in our Peru Gazette photo series of people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. Mason Clowney (front), Todd’s son and a Peru Elementary School 1st grader, is an electrician in training.

Located at 621 Laphams Mills Rd., Clowney Electrical Service serves commercial and residential customers. Selling, installing and servicing electric generators is one of Clowney’s most frequently called-upon services. The company motto is “Paying too much is no laughing matter.” Call 518-726-0428.

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The Peru Town Board held its 2018 Organizational Meeting on January 2, 2018. Nine resolutions relating to the following items were approved: Salaries of Elected Officials, Appointees, Department Liaisons, Board Meeting Dates and Times, Contracts, Mileage Reimbursement Rate, Town Depository,
Town Newspaper.

Resolution #1

Resolution Establishing 2018 SALARY AND PAYMENT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS

BE IT RESOLVED that 2018 salaries for Town of Peru Elected Officials be set as follows:

Town Council Members $7,299.00 /Annually, Paid Monthly
Town Supervisor $24,600.00/Annually, Paid Monthly
Town Clerk/Tax Collector $24,897.00/Annually, Paid Monthly
Town Justices $18,658.50/Annually, Paid Monthly
Highway Superintendent $57,509.00/Annually, Paid Bi-weekly

Resolution #2

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING 2018 APPOINTEES

BE IT RESOLVED that the following appointments for 2018 be made:

APPOINTMENTS POSITIONS

1. Courtney Tetrault Water & Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator
2. Robert Guynup Codes & Zoning Enforcement Officer
3. Pamela Barber Confidential Secretary to the Town Board
4. Kathy Flynn Registrar of Vital Statistics
5. Judy Akey Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics
6. Judy Akey Account Clerk/Receptionist
7. Holly Stone Clerk to the Town Justices
8. Christine Crawford Part Time Clerk to the Town Justices
9. James Douglass Deputy Supervisor
10. Brandy McDonald Budget Officer
11. Darlene Grigware Typist (Codes & Zoning Dept.)
12. Carlene Heipel Typist (Highway & Water/Sewer Dept.)
13. James Falvo Zoning Board of Appeals Chairperson
14. Steve LaBounty Zoning Board of Appeals Vice Chairperson
15. Richard Williams Planning Board Chairperson
16. Benjamin Wright Planning Board Vice Chairperson
17. Judy Akey Deputy Town Clerk/Tax Collector
18. Ron and Carol Allen Town Historians
19. John Flynn Recreation Director
20. Kristin Marino Assistant Youth Director
21. TBD Youth Commission Chairman
22. David Drollette Dog Control Officer
24. Department Heads Purchasing Agents General Fund
25. Mike Farrell, Hwy. Supt. Purchasing Agent Highway Fund
26. Courtney Tetrault, W/S Supt. Purchasing Agent Water/Sewer Fund
27. Darrell Martineau Highway Crew Supervisor
28. Robert Wright Highway Foreman

Resolution #3

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING 2018 SALARIES AND PAYMENT FREQUENCY FOR TOWN OF PERU APPOINTEES Read more »

AGENDA – PERU TOWN BOARD EMERGENCY MEETING

JANUARY 15, 2018 @ 5:00 PM

Call Meeting To Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Appointment of Tax Collector/Town Clerk.

MOTION: Adjourn

Mother Nature expresses her beauty along the Jarvis and Union Roads even during a rain storm. 10:45 AM on January 12, 2018.

• • Issuing Office: Burlington

    Source: National.Weather.Service

    10:42am EST, Fri Jan 12

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS FOR… AN ICE JAM ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN… SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… * UNTIL 745 PM EST FRIDAY * AT 1041 AM EST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE FLOODING. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE… TUPPER LAKE, ADIRONDACK REGIONAL AIRPORT, SARANAC LAKE, LAKE PLACID, WILMINGTON, WAWBEEK, NORTH ELBA, HARRIETSTOWN, BLACK BROOK, PAUL SMITHS, UNION FALLS, SARANAC INN, RAY BROOK, GABRIELS, LAKE CLEAR, UPPER SAINT REGIS, MOUNT VAN HOEVENBERG, ST. REGIS MOUNTAIN, UPPER ST. REGIS AND AXTON LANDING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, COUNTRY ROADS, FARMLAND, AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. &&

Ausable Point

Ice fishing at Ausable Point

The Ausable River ice cover at Ausable Chasm was relatively solid at 10:15 this morning as was the ice cover at Carpenter’s Flat Bridge and Ausable Point.  It’s 49 degrees at noon. Click here for video. 

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