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Archive for March 31st, 2025

DA offers plea deals to 10 indicted for fatally beating inmate Robert Brooks

Click here for the Syracuse.com  story 

Shovels should be in the ground soon, mandated no later than July 1

By John T Ryan  Peru, NY – March 31, 2025- Upgrading Peru’s wastewater treatment plant should begin soon. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) mandated most upgrades. After being granted two delays, Peru signed a consent order to have a shovel in the ground no later than July 1, 2025.  On March […]

Plattsburgh man pleads guilty to murder of mother, daughter

Will serve consecutive 25-to-life sentences for the murders of Miranda Wade and Karen Lindsay Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Federal order looks to eliminate funds for museums, libraries

Funds support free internet access, summer reading, museum projects Click here for the Sun Community News story 

April 8 TB Special Meeting

The Peru Town Board has scheduled a Special Meeting for Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to award the mechanical bid for the Peru Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project.

The rise and decline of NY prisons, and how closures impact the North Country

“To understand the current state of New York’s prison system, you have to go back to the early 1970s, when New York City was dealing with a drug crisis.” Click here for the NCPR story 

Alice Hyde Nurse Aide Leaves Lasting Mark on Patient’s Family

MALONE, NY (3/28/2025) – Comfort and calmness come in many forms in healthcare. Sometimes, all it takes is a caregiver’s presence. Comforting comes easily for Patty Taylor, a nurse aide at the University of Vermont Health Network—Alice Hyde Medical Center. One of her patients, who happened to be the husband of a registered nurse who […]

Watertown office opens to help Fort Drum soldiers stay in the North Country

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Trump’s orders create uncertainty for North Country colleges and science research

Click here for the NCPR story