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Archive for August, 2024

Highest average financial aid for U.S. colleges

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Amid a Volatile Industry, Burlington May Lose Its Only Cinema

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SUNY Plattsburgh welcomes students for fall 2024 semester

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Horse Identified with Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Clinton County

Clinton County, August 21, 2024. The Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) has been notified that a horse in Mooers has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE, Triple E) virus. The animal was unvaccinated. The EEE virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and can infect people, horses and other mammals, some birds, reptiles and amphibians. This […]

Lowville flooded again. Here’s what we know (and don’t know)

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Willsboro Hardware/town win $1.3M Restore NY funds

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Peru Fire Department seeks voter approval to expand & renovate the fire station

Voting is to take place on Sept. 3 (Corrected 8/20/24 at 7:56 PM. Originally posted as Sept. 5. It is Sept. 3) Peru – Last spring, the Peru Volunteer Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners invited the public to view its plans to expand and improve the 1973-era fire station. After researching how to finance […]

Peru Fire Department seeks voter approval to expand & renovate the fire station

Voting is to take place on Sept. 3 (Corrected date. Originally posted as Sept. 5. It is Sept. 3) Peru – Last spring, the Peru Volunteer Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners invited the public to view its plans to expand and improve the 1973-era fire station. After researching how to finance the improvements, the […]

Prescott’s Six Generations in Keeseville – Wednesday, August 21, 7 p.m.

CVPH Blood Drive in Peru, Monday, Aug. 19

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, June 10, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. All blood collected is utilized in our trl-county region. The drive is being coordinated by St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273. 

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, August 21, 2024 

Shepherd’s Pie Fruit  Bread  Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972  All are invited and welcome!

Air quality alerts issued for New York, Vermont, New Hampshire as western wildfire smoke lingers

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Special BOE Meeting 8/20/24

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold a brief, special meeting in the High School Community Room on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 7:30 AM.  The main topics of discussion/action include a proposed capital project and a sports merger. The agenda will be available on the District’s website (perucsd.org). The meeting is open to […]

Medicare negotiates lower prices for ten drugs Helps 666K+ New Yorkers treated for diabetes, cancer, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, more Click here for the Sun Community News story 

For this Plattsburgh author, the ADK family book fest is interactive and unique

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Climate diary: A windsurfer’s observations of Lake Champlain

The story features Gary Badger of Peru  Click here for the NCPR story 

Mark your calendars

Growing evidence suggests that everyday actions can reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. Join us at St. Augustine’s Parish Center on October 29, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. for a free 30-minute program on reducing your risk of dementia by up to 40% through lifestyle, even if you have a history of dementia in […]

Town Board schedules emergency meeting

The Peru Town Board has scheduled an Emergency Meeting. Monday, August 19, 2024, at 5:30 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The meeting’s purpose is to pass a resolution for the transfer of funds and discuss the immediate financial needs of the Highway and Water/Sewer Departments.

Inter-department cooperation yields success

On Monday, August 12, 2024, at the Peru Town Board meeting, Councilman Eric Duquette and the board thanked Courtney Tetrault, Mike Farrell, and their personnel for working together last week to dredge the town’s water reservoir. Dredging the reservoir has been planned for several months. Tetreault drained it, and then, following heavy rainfall, the reservoir […]

First Champlain Hudson Power cables cross U.S.-Can. border

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Date Change for Historial Association railroad presentation

Rescheduled from August 26 to August 27 August 27 – 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Part 1. Inspired by CCHA photo albums of early area trains and the recently acquired collection of rail enthusiast Lawrence Duffina, Transportation Historian Dick Soper will […]

Town Board pauses to honor Greg Timmons

Craig Randall is officially the Peru Town Supervisor Paying for Peru’s immense infrastructure needs is a challenge  Peru, NY, August 13, 2024—Last evening, the town board conducted a moment of silence for Greg Timmons, Peru’s longtime Water-Sewer Superintendent. Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass, who chaired last evening’s meeting, said the massive turnout at Greg’s funeral showed […]

ACW and NCPR announce the final Howl Story Slams of 2024

The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) and North Country Public Radio (NCPR) have announced the final six Howl Story Slams of the 2024 season. The first will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at Ausable Brewing Company in Keeseville, NY. Additional story slams are scheduled in Bolton Landing at Bolton Landing Brewing […]

One additional ounce yields $100,000

Plattsburgh, NY, August 12, 2024 – Ed Loughran III of Richmond, Virginia, was the top finisher in Lake Champlain’s August 8-12 Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite fishing tournament. During the tournament’s four fishing days, Loughran landed 80.12 pounds of small and largemouth bass, just one more than second-place finisher Chris Johnston. The one-ounce difference met an […]

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, August 14, 2024 

Stew Fruit  Bread  Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972  All are invited and welcome!