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Archive for March, 2011

Prison closure opens divide; Upstate Republicans and downstate Democrats clash

The Times Union reports

So, just how hard are these schools getting hit?

The Times Union reports

Saranac Lake Community Department Store reaches $500,000 goal, plans summer opening

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports and the Press Republican reports

Bus proposal worries schools – Cuomo would require buses to be at least 10 years old to acquire state replacement aid

The Watertown Daily Times reports

Seneca Nation withholds almost 1/4 billion in slots revenue from state and local communities

The Buffalo News reports

Logger cuts tree, which hits, kills snowmobiler

The Post Star reports

North Syracuse proposed budget cuts 103 positions, raises taxes

The Post Standard reports

Sen. Gillibrand: U.S. should exit Afghanistan

The Post Standard reports

Youth Commission programs and Code Enforcement Officer position among topics at Monday’s Town Board Meeting

By Donald McBrayer The Town Board held it’s regular meeting on Monday, March 14th. Everyone but the town attorney was present. A discussion on the Youth Meeting revealed consideration of possible cuts to the swimming and arts & crafts programs. The addition of golf, Zumba, and tennis programs are also being considered. No definite decisions have […]

Peru Central District Flags at Half Mast This Week

Peru Central School District’s exterior flags are at half-mast the rest of this week to commemorate the death of Peru CSD employee Fred Schaefer, a long-term district employee who had served in recent years as Middle School Assistant Principal. Mr. Schaefer was on long-term leave this school year, according to Peru Central Superintendent of Schools, […]

Willsboro teachers agree to no new raises

The Press Republican reports

Springfest begins at Whiteface begins, runs through March

The Lake Placid News reports

Old X-country ski trails at the Ausable Chasm reopened

The Lake Placid News reports

New York Senate Republicans advance constitutional fix for state redistricting issue – but after 2020

The Post Standard reports

Owens staff is lean

The Watertown Daily Times reports

Owens Returns More Than 15 Percent of 2010 Office Budget

From the office of Congressman Owens WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens announced today that he will return more than $230,000 of his 2010 Congressional office budget to the United States Treasury to help pay down the federal deficit.  This is the second consecutive year that Owens has returned in excess of 15 percent of his […]

“Taking the Plunge” – a story beginning with a boy falling from the Port Kent Ferry and plunging into Lake Champlain

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Northway traffic will be diverted at Peru Exit 35 this Tuesday and Thursday

Please be advised that the NYSDOT will be closing I-87 near Peru, Exit 35 to allow for the erection of Stage 1 structural steel for the Bear Swamp Road bridge replacements per the schedule below: Interstate 87 closure at Exit 35 on Tuesday and Thursday, March 15th and 17th. On  Tuesday,  March 15th,  Interstate 87 […]

Why Republicans can’t accept a level playing field in the state Senate

Brian Mann of NCPR comments

Paladino campaign reneges on debts

The Buffalo News reports

Lewis County woman is Jeopardy! champ

The Watertown Daily Times reports

Dan Ladd: Well-seasoned in the Adirondacks

The adirondack almanac reports

Deep snow and white-tail deer mortality

The adirondack almanac reports

Teachers’ unions encounter difficult choices

The Utica Observer-Dispatch reports

Peru resident relates her Tokyo earthquake experience

Peru resident and SUNY Plattsburgh Assistant Professor Dr. Lauren Eastwood is in Tokyo and experienced yesterday’s earthquake.  She described her impressions and forwarded a few photos. The Gazette thanks Neil Hamilton for providing this information to us. I happened to be at the Imperial Palace, which is very close to the center of Tokyo.  Fortunately, […]