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Archive for January 29th, 2025

Recent rash of prison exposures prompt calls for action

NYSCOPBA and northern lawmakers condemn recent incidents at Upstate Correctional and other facilities Click here for the Sun Community College story 

N.Y. makes higher ed more affordable

Hopes to strengthen workforce through community college tuition support Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Learn more about Hamilson Solar on Feb 8 at the Peru Free Library

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 – 10:30 A.M. – 1 P.M. Join the Peru Free Library Community Learning Series. Interested in Community Solar? This is the event for you. Learn about the HamilSun solar farm right here in Peru. Bring your NYSEG bill to sign up at the library if you have a low to moderate income. […]

Clinton Community College Plans Move of Nursing, EMT Programs to UVM Health Network – CVPH

CCC News Release – Clinton Community College plans to relocate the educational space for its renowned nursing and EMT programs to The University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) beginning with the Fall 2025 semester. The move is a unique opportunity to further develop the college’s leading nursing and emergency medical […]

Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center Drives Offers Many Opportunities to Give

Blood collected by Donor Center supports regional hospitals  PLATTSBURGH, NY (01/29/2025) –   The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) in partnership with numerous community sponsors, has several blood drives open to the community planned this month. Blood and blood products collected […]

Hawk in the Deli

On Jan. 7, a Sergeant with the Lewis County Sherriff’s Office contacted NYS Environmental Conservation Officer Kraeger to report a hawk trapped in a local grocery store’s deli in Lowville. Officer Kraeger responded to the store and observed employees guarding the entrance to the deli area. The manager advised the bird flew into the grocery […]

Nearly 5 years after schools closed, the nation gets a new report card

Click here for the NCPR story 

Prison in Malone on lockdown after two incidents that hospitalized 25 staff

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Wastewater Treatment Plant pre-bid meeting held this morning

Peru, NY January 29, 2025— Several contractors (local, downstate, and VT.) attended the Wastewater Treatment Plant pre-bid meeting this morning at the Peru Town Hall. AES Northeast, the town’s contracted engineering firm, filled them in on the contract details and responded to questions. The regulations contractors are required to follow are mind-boggling. None of them […]

Six people, including a family of five, killed in Massena fire

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Saranac Lake Winter Carnival on tap for Jan. 31-Feb. 9

Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

All the executive orders Trump has signed after 1 week in office

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What a 25% tariff on Canadian goods would mean in the North Country

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