The Peru Gazette

Source: Police trying to identify gunman, motive in FedEx shooting

Source: Gun stores sour on Biden move | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Cadyville community unites behind injured firefighter | Sun Community News CADYVILLE | Hoping to help give back to one of their own, volunteers with the Cadyville Fire Department will host a benefit dinner for an injured firefighter who faces a long road t

Source: Unbolting the rails | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold a fully remote special meeting on Thursday, April 22, 2021 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 […]

  “We are proud to announce our endorsements for the 2021 elections.”   April showers may have been in full swing outdoors, but spirits inside the Peru Town Hall were upbeat as the Peru Democratic Committee held a very successful caucus on Thursday, April 15th. With a good number of community members there in support, […]

Source: APA committee denies Lake Luzerne’s map amendment request

Source: Labors of Love taking Place on The Adirondack Wildlife Refuge – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: AMR permits: Your questions answered | Adirondack Explorer

April 15, 2021. Thanks to the extraordinary efforts and commitment of our providers and volunteers, more than half of New Yorkers who are 18 and older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, and more than a third of adults are fully vaccinated. On top of that, COVID hospitalizations dropped to the lowest […]

Source: ADK Visitor Interpretive Centers get new rounds of funding | Sun Community News PAUL SMITHS | Visitor Interpretive Centers in the Adirondacks will soon see a significant financial boost with new funds included in the 2021-2022 New York budget.

Tax collections for State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020-21 totaled $82.4 billion – $3 billion higher than forecast by the state Division of the Budget (DOB) in the Amended Executive Budget Financial Plan in February (latest projections), and $6.8 billion higher than forecast in May 2020 (initial projections), according to the March State Cash Report released […]

The Lake Placid complex would include 355 housing units, including some apartments and condominiums. spread over 22 new buildings on the 35-acre site. The project includes a clubhouse, greenhouse, pool, recreation facilities, maintenance building, and on-site parking, including a parking garage for residents. Source: Lake Placid apartments, Ticonderoga solar park both up for final APA approval […]

Town Board April 12, 2021 Meeting Highlights:   Councilmen Rick Barber reported that a young woman set her former boyfriend’s photo ablaze near Peru’s former wastewater lagoons adjacent to the Brand Hollow Rd. Barber said the blaze ignited a grass fire that burned a 300-foot x 300-foot area and was spreading. The Peru Fire Department […]

Source: Pfizer CEO: Third COVID vaccine dose likely needed within 12 months – NBC2 News

Since our 4/14 update, 17 additional lab-confirmed COVID-19 positive cases have been reported. Here are links to some frequently requested data: – Percentage positive results: https://forward.ny.gov/percentage-positive-results-county…. According to NYSDOH 1,183 people tested in Clinton County on 4/13. As of 4/13, 7-day average % positive in Clinton County = 1.7%. – Vaccination information: https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ or http://www.clintonhealth.org/covid19vaccine/ […]

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and Congressman John Katko (R-NY-24), sent a joint letter to President Biden on the dangerous ramifications that his crisis at the US-Mexico border has caused at the US-Canada border. In part, the letter reads, “The lack of effective response to the crisis on our Southern Border is threatening […]

Source: Burlington airport adding new weekly flights to Dallas this summer

Source: Burlington High School Could Be Demolished After More Contamination Found | Off Message

Source: Parole changes could be next criminal justice push in Albany

Source: Curfew on New York bars, restaurants extended to midnight starting next week, Cuomo says – syracuse.com

April 14, 2021. The effort to vaccinate New Yorkers continues in full scale. While Johnson & Johnson is paused, we are using the Pfizer vaccine in order to meet and maintain scheduled appointments. It is important to keep in mind as we wait for federal direction that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is being carefully […]

Source: Rotary Fishing Classic returns to Lake Champlain | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | The highly anticipated 35th-annual Rotary Fishing Classic will return to Lake Champlain June 4-6.

Source: Officer seriously injured following inmate attack | Sun Community News DANNEMORA | A local corrections officer suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized after being attacked by an inmate in the recreation yard at Clinton Correctional Facility.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Police Officers (ECOs) and Investigators enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New York. Air Rifle Used to Take Deer – Ulster County In November 2020, ECO Bastedo responded to a hunting-related complaint and observed […]