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Source: Law-enforcement crackdown Super Bowl weekend | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | New York State Police and fellow law-enforcement agencies from across the region will be out in full force this Super Bowl weekend.

Source: Legal settlement means City Place project may be back on track

February 5, 2021. As has been clear during this pandemic, people with comorbidities and underlying conditions are more likely to succumb to COVID-19. With that in mind, adult New Yorkers of any age with qualifying conditions will be eligible for the COVID vaccine beginning February 15. Eligible conditions include cancer, chronic kidney disease, pulmonary disease, […]

PLATTSBURGH, NY (2/05/2021) – The University of Vermont Health Network –Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) Adult Psychiatry Unit has resumed accepting new patients after a 5-day pause. “We are pleased to once again provide inpatient care for those in our community in need of adult acute psychiatric care,” explained CVPH President Michelle LeBeau.   The […]

Source: City & State Coronavirus Update

In the last few hours,  the Peru Gazette received 41 comments asking where anyone can sign-up for vaccinations at Walgreens.  Simply follow this link and proceed. The Peru Gazette is unable to respond to each comment.    

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports) MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of January 25, 2021. Community Input DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Davey Drive Road Acceptance/Turnover to […]

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North Country Chamber of Commerce information Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today released the list of comorbidities and underlying conditions that New York State will use to determine eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine. New Yorkers who have one of the comorbidities on the list will be eligible for the vaccine beginning February 15. “New Yorkers with comorbidities and underlying conditions […]

Source: How do North Country school districts plan next year’s budget when there are still major gaps in this one? | NCPR News

Source: Starting Feb. 15, New Yorkers with underlying conditions will qualify for COVID vaccine | NCPR News

Since our 2/4 update, 44 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive cases have been reported. CCHD has been made aware that the Plattsburgh Walgreens is accepting appointments for COVID-19 vaccine for residents 65 and older. To make an appointment visit www.walgreens.com/covidvaccine. Any questions should be directed to Walgreens. Note: Our next case update will be provided on […]

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 6:45 PM in the High School Cafeteria.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:45 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.  […]

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Source: For thousands of New Yorkers, the state wants its unemployment benefits back

Source: Johnson & Johnson submits its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine for FDA emergency use authorization

Source: History Matters: Three Doctors in One Act – – The Adirondack Almanack

Vaccinations beginning at Walgreens. Source: COVID-19 Vaccine: FAQs & Distribution Information | Walgreens

Source: Pandemic Gardeners Contribute To Growing Demand For Seeds : NPR

Source: Inmate dies of COVID at Franklin prison | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Rocky Road Away From ‘The Raiders’: The Controversy Over Rutland High School’s Mascot | Vermont Public Radio

Chazy, Canton, and Willsboro, New York.  The farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has funded research investigating the opportunity for regional growers to meet the New York State requirement that all Farm Brewery-Licensed beer be made with 90 percent New York-grown ingredients by 2024. The results of the first two years of trials […]

RURAL DIGITAL DIVIDE DISPARITY MUST BE FIXED Column by Senator Dan Stec – February 4, 2021 The governor’s promise almost five years ago of high-speed broadband for all remains unfulfilled.  Having heard frustrated pleas from families, businesses, schools and many others, my colleagues and I proposed legislation last year to drill down into this problem […]

Source: Missed broadband connections could mean missed opportunities for North Country | NCPR News