Archive for January, 2012
Owens introduces bill to bolster small business contracts
From the Office of Congressman Owens WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens introduced legislation this week to ensure that federal agencies provide more work for small businesses, allowing them to hire and expand in New York. There is a congressionally mandated goal that 23 percent of all annual federal contracts are awarded to small businesses, but […]
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under Congressional News.
Comments: none
Skating on the Olympic Oval a mainstay in Lake Placid
Skating on the Olympic Oval a mainstay in Lake Placid – LakePlacidNews.com
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under General News, Things to do in & near Peru.
Comments: none
High Peaks Happy Hour: Deer’s Head Inn, Elizabethtown
Adirondack Almanack: High Peaks Happy Hour: Deer’s Head Inn, Elizabethtown.
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under Things to do in & near Peru.
Comments: none
School aid lament: ‘It’s not enough’
School aid lament: ‘It’s not enough’ – Times Union.
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Kodak employees, retirees, shareholders, management all could be bankruptcy
Kodak employees, retirees, shareholders, management all could be bankruptcy losers
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Agency Insurance burglary prompts break in other cases
Agency Insurance burglary prompts break in other cases
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
House rises in Jamaica
House rises in Jamaica » Local News » Press-Republican.
Posted: January 19th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Congressman Owens disappointed with Obama’s Keystone pipeline rejection
WASHINGTON – Congressman Owens released the following statement today in response to the Administration’s official rejection <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71598.html> of the Keystone XL pipeline permit. “With conflicts overseas driving up prices at the pump and so many Americans out looking for work, I am deeply disappointed that the White House has formally rejected the Keystone XL pipeline […]
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under Congressional News.
Comments: none
50 years ago – PAFB B-47 crashes in Adirondacks
50 years ago today – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under Peru/Regional History.
Comments: none
Corinth keeps village
Corinth keeps village.
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Some of Cuomo’s donors
Capitol Confidential » Some of Cuomo’s donors.
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Budget disappoints Watertown region school districts
Watertown Daily Times | Budget disappoints NNY school districts.
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Cuomo proposes second austere budget
Watertown Daily Times | Cuomo proposes second austere budget.
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Opinion: SOPA is not dangerous
As opinion from the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal (Click here)
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Opinion: SOPA is dangerous
An opinion by Donald McBrayer The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being voted on in Congress on January 24th. It has the potential to seriously curtail freedom of information access in the name of corporate profit protection. It would be like ending all political debate by outlawing the First Amendment. If knee-jerk laws like […]
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Take time Saturday to enjoy the K of C spaghetti dinner
St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 will host a spaghetti dinner on Saturday, January 21st at the St. Augustine’s Parish Center in Peru. “ALL YOU CAN EAT” spaghetti, salad, Italian bread and a delicious dessert will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 PM for only $7.50 per person, $3.50 for children 6 to 12, […]
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Owens seeks high school bands to represent New York
WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens announced today that he is currently accepting nominations for up to five high school marching bands from New York’s 23rd Congressional District to perform in the National Independence Day Parade, sponsored by the National Parks Service. “A trip to our nation’s capital is a great learning experience for our high […]
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under Congressional News.
Comments: none
Kraft Foods to move 225 Tarrytown jobs to Chicago area
Kraft Foods to move 225 Tarrytown jobs to Chicago area
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
The life and ‘death’ of Jim Rogers (He is not dead)
The life and ‘death’ of Jim Rogers – LakePlacidNews.com
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Cuomo’s proposed budget steers more aid to high need districts
Cuomo’s proposed budget steers more aid to high need districts
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
State budget brings more deep cuts to NY Conservation Department
State budget brings more deep cuts to NY Conservation Department
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Joyce Bellavance sentenced to 3.5 years for $1.6M embezzlement
Joyce Bellavance sentenced to 3.5 years for $1.6M embezzlement
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Meet Tier VI: Details of new pension package
Capitol Confidential » Meet Tier VI: Details of new pension package.
Posted: January 17th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Peru youth on Hudson Valley President’s List
TROY, NY (01/16/2012)(readMedia)– Jaimie Martin of Peru was recently named to the President’s List at Hudson Valley Community College. Each fall and spring term, the college’s President’s List honors those students who have a term grade point average between 3.5 and 4.0. Martin is in the Echocardiography certificate academic program at the Troy, NY college. Founded in […]
Posted: January 16th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none
Food from outside U.S. growing part of our diet
Food from outside U.S. growing part of our diet.
Posted: January 16th, 2012 under General News.
Comments: none