Archive for January, 2011
Owens’ staff to hold “Mobile Office Hours” next week
Congressman Owens News Release Rep. Owens continues program to make office more accessible in sprawling district WHAT: Members of Congressman Bill Owens’ staff will hold meetings with Upstate New Yorkers in an ongoing effort to increase constituent outreach. Four meetings will be held next week in Oswego and Franklin counties, with multiple more events planned […]
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under Congressional News.
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Cuomo would tie school funds to performance
LoHud.com reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under General News.
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Law enforcement agencies offer gun locks free of charge
The Post Star reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under General News.
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Surveillance camera at youth center causes furor in Wilmington
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under General News.
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Big Tupper will open Saturday
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under Things to do in & near Peru.
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Remote-control warplanes to train over Adirondacks
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under General News.
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Postal rates going up, but not for most letters
The Post Standard reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under General News.
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Three Fort Drum soldiers killed by IED Wednesday in Afghanistan
The Post Standard reports
Posted: January 14th, 2011 under General News.
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Leroy Douglas seeks charges against DEC spokesman
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports
Posted: January 13th, 2011 under General News.
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Syracuse school board votes to put boys and girls in separate classes at a public middle school
The Post Standard reports
Posted: January 13th, 2011 under General News.
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Auditing official competence
A column in the Watertown Daily Times
Posted: January 13th, 2011 under General News.
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Future of Northern New York dairy plant looks bleak
The Watertown Daily Times reports
Posted: January 13th, 2011 under General News.
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Betty Little interviewed on several issues of vital importance to this area including prisons
North Country Public Radio reports
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under General News.
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Higher math standard planned for NY kindergartens
The Post Standard reports
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under General News.
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Common road salt is toxic to the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain
The adirondack almanac reports
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under General News.
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Little named to key Senate committee
The Press Republican reports
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under General News.
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Election costs highlight Town Board’s first 2011 meeting
By John T. Ryan and Donald McBrayer The Peru Town Board conducted its first business meeting of 2011 on Monday, January 10th. Actions/reports included the following: Received reports from all departments/officers including Dog Control. Conducted a moment of silence in honor of the victims in the Tucson, Arizona shootings. Supervisor Peter Glushko said the Town […]
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under Town Board News.
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Salaries set and appointments made
By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board conducted its 2011 Organizational Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 10, 2010. Actions included the following: Approved a resolution setting 2011 salaries for elected positions: $6,298.50 council members, Supervisor $22,179, Town Clerk-Tax Collector $21,969, Town Justice $16,614.50, Highway Superintendent $50,638. Approved a resolution setting salaries/wage rates […]
Posted: January 12th, 2011 under Town Board News.
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Fire destroys Peru home
The Press Republican reports
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News, Peru/Regional History.
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NY Times wants as many as ten state prisons to close
North Country Public Radio reports
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News.
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Fire tears through historic building in Elizabethtown
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports The Press Republican reports
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News.
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Is TV cheap prison guard? As cuts loom, Senator Betty Little questions use of cable as inmate babysitters
The Times Union reports
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News.
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Cuomo sending mixed signals – Will he revive the old three-man rule?
A Daily News Opinion
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News.
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Payday with a new boss – What do Cuomo’s aids make?
The Times Union reports
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News.
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One North Country school district is booming
North Country Public Radio reports
Posted: January 11th, 2011 under General News.
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