The Peru Gazette

Source: SUNY Canton funeral science prof & students transporting bodies in NYC | NCPR News

Source: Reopening NYS schools this academic year ‘will be very difficult’ due to coronavirus, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

Plattsburgh, April 22, 2020. On Wednesday morning, the Clinton County Health Department reported no new positive cases of COVID-19 for the fourth day in a row. With fewer new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, Clinton County is beginning to identify benchmarks that may be used to determine when businesses, organizations and residents can resume certain activities. […]

Source: Amid Backlash, VSC Chancellor Withdraws Plan to Close Three Campuses | Off Message

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is introducing the Equity in Student Loan Relief Act, a bipartisan bill that would extend the temporary relief from student loan payments to Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) borrowers who have been left behind. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) […]

Plattsburgh, NY– Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG) received news that Spirit Airlines will resume a modified schedule starting on May 2nd. They will be offering three flights a week to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) from Plattsburgh International Airport. This is welcomed news as they suspended all flights in April due to travel restrictions in light of the […]

The Peru District School Board will hold a remote special meeting on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 7:30 AM.  The sole purpose of this meeting is to vote on the BOCES (CVES) administrative budget and on the slate of candidates running for open CVES board seats.  At this time, no other action items are anticipated.  […]

Apologize for missing this important April 9th story . Source: Coronavirus-related closures continue, including Hotel Saranac – Adirondack Explorer

Source: COVID-19 related Closings and Delays in the Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

In case you missed today’s St. Augustine’s Church/Peru Community Church Soup Kitchen menu.   Asparagus Soup Shepherd’s Pie Home-made molasses cookies   Take-out only. Served 4:30 – 5:45.

Source: Farmers turn to online sales amid coronavirus pandemic

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik   Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has been in contact throughout the COVID-19 crisis with the families of Correctional Officers at FCI Ray Brook who have tested positive for COVID-19 but were denied their request for continuation of pay. Congresswoman Stefanik worked with the Department of Labor’s […]

Washington Must Do More to Help April 22,2020 The coronavirus pandemic has caused extraordinary economic challenges in New York with punishing, still-evolving impacts on public health, jobs, the economy and state finances. As a result, the enacted state budget leaves greater uncertainty for school districts, health care providers and local governments this year than ever […]

Town of Keeseville – Essex County On April 11, Forest Ranger Sarah Bode cited two rock climbers for Failure to Obey a DEC sign. The tickets were written to a 31-year-old man from Bernardsville, New Jersey, and a 32-year-old woman from New York City for climbing closed routes on Poke O Moonshine. DEC wildlife staff […]

Source: Rattlesnake Mountain trail closed – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Vermont National Guard to Distribute MREs to Vermonters | Bite Club

By John T. Ryan Peru – The old Maplefields gas station-convenience store at 654 Bear Swamp Road was demolished yesterday. Today contractors trucked away the remaining debris. The installation of the footings should begin tomorrow. Wright & Morrissey Inc. of South Burlington is the general contractor. Fuller Excavating of Keeseville is also working on the […]

In coordination with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Red Cross is seeking people who are fully recovered from the new coronavirus to sign up to donate plasma to help current COVID-19 patients. People who have fully recovered from COVID-19 have antibodies in their plasma that can attack the virus. This convalescent plasma is […]

There were 102 more deaths announced in the past 24 hours. Source: Quebec’s COVID-19 Case Count Has Now Passed 20k With Over 1,000 Deaths – MTL Blog

((Please Share)) Tomorrow If Anyone needs a hot meal let me know or inbox me your address and I will pick it up at 430pm in Peru at the Soup Kitchen and Delivery it and leave it on your doorsteps.Tomorrow between 445pm-515pm. They are having Shepherds Pie, Asparagus soup and Molasses Cookies inbox me on […]

Source: Antibody testing could inform when different regions can reopen | NCPR News

 Assemblyman Dan Stec (R,C,I-Queensbury) today applauded the announcement by Governor Cuomo that New York State will use a regional approach to reopening New York State’s economy. This move comes on the heels of the bipartisan advocacy of Assemblyman Stec, local and regional leaders and area small business owners to abandon a one-size-fits-all approach for one […]

Clinton County Health Department COVID-19 Case Update    Contact Tracing Vital to County’s Efforts to Control the Spread   Plattsburgh, April 21, 2020. Expansion of testing and contact tracing have been identified at both the state and national levels as key to a safe reopening of businesses and other sectors of society. Each time the […]