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Archive for March, 2013

Riding yogurt boom, fruit company Agrana plans Lysander plant; 120 jobs possible | syracuse.com

Riding yogurt boom, fruit company Agrana plans Lysander plant; 120 jobs possible | syracuse.com.

Local governments need Albany help on pay, pensions – Editorial

Local governments need Albany help on pay, pensions – Editorial.

Will NanoCollege break away from UAlbany?

Will NanoCollege break away from UAlbany? – Times Union.

Plattsburgh School District anticipates 2013-14 budget gap

City School anticipates 2013-14 budget gap » Local News » Press-Republican.

Clinton County legislators call for repeal on gun law

Legislators call for repeal on gun law » Local News » Press-Republican.

Sweets in store on maple weekends

Sweets in store on maple weekends » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

Cops kill suspect in deadly NY shooting rampage

Cops kill suspect in deadly NY shooting rampage » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

Police search for meth suspect » Breaking News

Police search for meth suspect » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

Owns joins effort to make small purchases easier to import

  Washington, DC – Congressman Bill Owens announced this week he has joined a bipartisan effort between the House and Senate to increase the threshold at which low-value shipments can enter the United States free from tariffs, also known as a “de minimis” threshold. Owens is an original co-sponsor of the “Low Value Shipment Regulatory […]

Argentina’s Cardinal Bergoglio Is The New Pope; He Will Be ‘Francis’

Argentina’s Cardinal Bergoglio Is The New Pope; He Will Be ‘Francis’ : The Two-Way : NPR.

State Senate oks bill allowing towns to set speed limits on local roads; Still needs Assembly approval

          The State Senate today approved legislation that would allow towns to set maximum speed limits on local roads.  Currently, cities, villages and towns with populations of 50,000 or greater can do so without New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) approval.              “It’s an arbitrary […]

Register for Peru’s summer & fall youth activities

Town of Peru Youth Commission will be holding their registration for all Summer Activities, including Baseball/Softball/T-Ball and Fall Soccer on Friday April 12 from 6-9 PM and Saturday 9-Noon downstairs at the Peru Town Hall. Youth Participating in the Baseball/Softball Program need to reside within the Town of Peru and provide a birth certificate.  There will be […]

Police: 4 killed in upstate N.Y. shootings

Police: 4 killed in upstate N.Y. shootings | National News – WPTZ Home.

Police seek information for Potsdam fraternity sexual assault investigation

Watertown Daily Times | Police seek information for Potsdam fraternity sexual assault investigation.

January 2013 unemployment shows no improvement in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties from 2012

Watertown Daily Times | January 2013 unemployment shows no improvement from 2012.

Jefferson County assistant district attorney charged with DWI

Watertown Daily Times | Jefferson County assistant district attorney charged with DWI.

Albany area jobless rate rises; Report is in sharp contrast to earlier data showing region gained jobs in year

Area jobless rate rises – Times Union.

Marijuana law becomes part of budget talks

Marijuana law becomes part of budget talks – Times Union.

Border, Medicare among local sequester concerns

Border, Medicare among local sequester concerns » Local News » Press-Republican.

Judge refuses to block tougher NY gun law

Judge refuses to block tougher NY gun law » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

Scouts honored, costs curtailed, Youth Commission members approved

By John T. Ryan On March 11th the Peru Town Board continued its effort to recognize Peru Boy Scout Troop 49’s Eagle Scouts.  Eleven Troop 49 scouts have achieved the Eagle Scout rank in the last two years and four additional scouts are working towards the Eagle rank. Nathan Fuller achieved the Eagle Scout rank […]

Feds bust up $100M NC crop insurance fraud ring

Feds bust up $100M NC crop insurance fraud ring – Yahoo! News.

No Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting in March

Agenda 03.13-9

“Slavery to Citizenship” – coming to the Peru Free library

March 24, 5:00.pm.  Slavery to Citizenship:  a story of the impact of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama on ordinary African Americans by Jackie Madison, President of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association.  Peru Free Library, 3024 Rte 22, Peru.  Free and open to the public.

VA defies gun statute; Says providers will not comply with provision on reporting potentially dangerous patients

VA defies gun statute – Times Union.