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Ausable River surpassed flood stage in some areas Monday morning Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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HamilSun Community Solar offers power to low, moderate-income households Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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Grand Isle, VT – The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks proposals for projects that will support increased organizational capacity and long-term effectiveness of watershed organizations working in the Lake Champlain watershed. Funding requests of up to $20,000 will be considered. Approximately $250,000 is available to support awarded projects under this Request for […]

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By Melissa Hart Peru, NY – Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 – Peru Girl Scout Troop #4183 members toured the water treatment facility on Reservoir Road tonight. Water district superintendent Courtney Tetrault explained where our water comes from and walked the girls through how it is treated and delivered to our homes. Special thanks to Courtney […]

Grand Isle, VT – A new video series launched by the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program in partnership with Peregrine Productions and NEIWPCC celebrates the beauty of the Lake Champlain basin and efforts in several communities to protect and restore our shared waters. With the web-based Summit to Shore StoryMap as a guide, viewers can […]

(ESD News Release) Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the opening of the new Small Business Environmental Support Office (SBESO), designed to help small businesses understand and comply with federal and state environmental regulations involving air, water, solid and hazardous waste, petroleum and chemical bulk storage, and other important environmental standards. Governor Kathy Hochul first […]

(Please Share) November 19, 2024, Peru, NY—Peru residents learned about the solar farm on Mannix Road six years ago when the Hamilton family (Patti, Neil, Mark, and Ruth) applied for a building permit. At long last, there’s good news to report. By the end of December or early 2025, HamilSun Community Solar’s 5,200 panels should […]

This burn ban prohibits the starting of outdoor fires statewide for purposes of brush and debris disposal, as well as uncontained campfires, and open fires used for cooking. Backyard fire pits and contained campfires less than three feet in height and four feet in length, width, or diameter are allowed, as are small, contained cooking […]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced a new state record for smallmouth bass was set on Sept. 22, 2024. Using a soft plastic lure, Dante Piraino of Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, reeled in a nine-pound smallmouth bass from the St. Lawrence River while fishing in a bass tournament […]

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WESTPORT, NY – Champlain Area Trails (CATS), an accredited land trust founded in 2009, is dedicated to creating and maintaining trails, protecting land, connecting people with nature, and promoting economic vitality in the Champlain Valley. With over 100 miles of trails, 3,000 acres of protected land, and hundreds of hikes, outdoor education outings, and volunteer […]

New York political leaders announced today that North Country Communities had been awarded $51 million in water infrastructure grants.  The state awarded Peru $16 million: $5,000,000 for a water systems improvement project and $11,087,515 for wastewater treatment plant unit process and disinfection upgrades. The projects receiving grant assistance are as follows: Town of Champlain, $5,477,500 […]

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Peru – October 24 – Yesterday, Peru Water/Sewer/Parks Department personnel continued replacing 18-inch lead (gooseneck) connectors with brass connectors and galvanized pipe with plastic pipe along North Main Street.  Department Superintendent Courtney Tetreault said, “I believe the NYS Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to pave this street either next year or the following year, so […]

Peru, NY  At the Peru Town Board’s Thursday, October 10 meeting, the board presented a 2025 preliminary budget exceeding the 2% tax cap by $114,000. Six days later, at a Wednesday, October 16 workshop, Supervisor Craig Randall announced that after lowering budgeted contingency spending, including a more accurate sales tax estimate, utilizing fund balances, and […]