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By John T. Ryan

Two Peru residents addressed the Peru Town Board at its Monday, April 22, 2013 meeting.  Jane Alexander told the Board that she was upset with a town judge’s decision to require leashing and close supervision of a dog he deemed to be dangerous.  “I think that’s wholly inadequate. We just can’t have that,” Alexander told the Board. Counselor Kregg Bruno told Alexander that the board had no authority over the town court and that the decision was solely up to the court.  During the course of the meeting Supervisor Peter Glushko emphatically stated that there will be no more warnings and that tickets would be issued whenever any dog is discovered running free.  All dogs must either be confined or restrained.  Glushko said he is invoking a zero tolerance policy on this issue.

On April 16^th a pit-bull mix owned by James Duval of Peru attacked and killed a 7-pound poodle owned by Terri Cioppa of Peru. Cioppa was walking her dog on the sidewalk in front of the Peru Community Church’s Fellowship Center when the incident occurred. The pit-bull mix had been running loose until a lady who had dropped her son off at the Fellowship Center saw the dog and restrained it with a jump rope. The Dog Control Officer was on route when the pit-bull saw the poodle, broke free and attacked the poodle.

In an April 22^nd hearing Judge James Kirby deemed the offending dog to be dangerous and ordered that it be neutered if necessary, restrained on a leash and supervised by an adult over 21 years of age or older whenever on public premises. An April 25^th Press Republican interview with Supervisor Peter Glushko reported that Kirby could have invoked more punitive penalties including evaluation of the animal by a behavioral specialist or requiring muzzling of the animal when in public. Permanent confinement or euthanasia can be ordered if a similar incident occurs within a two-year period.

Resident Howard Plumadore presented the board with a petition Read more »

Empire State Development’s Board of Directors met today in New York City and approved funding totaling $13.8 million, supporting the creation of 566 new jobs and retention of nearly 3,500 existing jobs in New York State. The funding will leverage over $506 million in investments across the state.

“Under Governor Cuomo’s leadership, companies are continuing to choose New York as the place to invest and grow their business,” said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams. “ESD will continue to partner with companies – no matter how big or small – to help them create jobs and drive our economy forward. Today’s board actions demonstrate these partnerships are already resulting in new jobs for New Yorkers and new investments in New York.”

The Board approved the following JOBS Now Program grants: Read more »

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IRVING, TX (04/26/2013)(readMedia)– Rachel Daly, a junior English major from Peru, New York, was among a contingent of University of Dallas students and campus ministers that traveled to New Orleans in March for this year’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB). While there, the group repainted crypts at a Catholic cemetery and worked at The Arc, a community center for people with mental and physical disabilities, and Capstone, an organization that fixes houses damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Read more »

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On Saturday, April 27^th, 2013 volunteers across Clinton, Franklin and Essex counties will lend their hand to the annual Day of Caring event hosted by United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc., North Country Regional Volunteer Center, Project H.E.L.P. at SUNY Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.  With the help of more than 400 volunteers from the three counties and students from Project H.E.L.P., over 70 projects will be completed.  Throughout the day volunteers will donate time to 15 non-profit organizations, 40 residential areas, 12 non-profit tourism attractions and 3 nursing homes. Kathy Snow, Director of Development of the Adirondack Region, Inc. stated “The Day of Caring is a tremendous opportunity for people through-out Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties to come together for friends and neighbors and to help maintain the unique quality of life in this area.”

Local residents who are unable to volunteer are still able to participate in the day by donating food.  Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 25, 2013) – Reps. Peter Welch and Bill Owens are urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to abandon a proposal to study whether fees should be assessed on passengers and pedestrians crossing into the United States at land crossings such as the ones in Vermont and New York.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Welch and Owens urge her to reject the proposal, which was included in the Department’s FY2014 budget request. “This is just a bad idea,” Welch and Owens said. “Border communities in Vermont and New York depend on cross border travel and commerce. The Department of Homeland Security should abandon this ill-advised study before it even begins.”

Welch and Owens’ full letter to Napolitano is copied below. Read more »

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