Archive for 'Environmental News'
Fire weather concerns across Vermont and Northern New York Wednesday
Use caution if you’re planning on doing any outdoor burning Click here for the NBC5 story
Posted: October 23rd, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Peru News, Weather News/History.
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Overturned pickup sends driver to CVPH
Jacob J. Davies swerved trying to avoid hitting a deer Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: October 22nd, 2024 under Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News.
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Authorities investigate swastikas found at Ausable Point campground
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Posted: October 17th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Installation of EV chargers underway at Peru Stewart’s Shop
Peru – October 16, 2024—Fencing is up while eight Tesla EV chargers are installed adjacent to the Peru Stewart’s Shop. Construction is expected to take about six weeks. Workers put a very heavy concrete vault in place today.
Posted: October 16th, 2024 under Business News, Community Events, Environmental News, General News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History.
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Hochul sends 221 state employees south to help victims of Helene
Nat’l Guard providing operational support Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: October 9th, 2024 under Environmental News, National News, State Government News, Veterans' News.
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Adirondack group pushes back on DEC’s plan to cut 13,000 trees on Prospect Mt.
Click here for the NCPR story
Posted: October 8th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Construction starting on hydrogen plant in Massena
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Posted: October 4th, 2024 under Business News, Environmental News, National News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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APA announces proposed Adirondack Park Master Plan amendments
Amendments, public hearings and public comment period detailed Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: October 3rd, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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How North Country residents said they’re adapting to a changing climate
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Posted: October 1st, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Engineers explain why Peru faces so many culvert replacement issues
Peru – September 23, 2024, Culvert replacement priorities dominated the Peru Town Board’s Monday, September 23, 2024, Regular Peru Town Board Meeting. Engineering Ventures representatives Peter Gibbs and Mark DeCrescente explained why exiting culverts failed and the challenges in replacing them. Peru Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell recently evaluated/scored ten culverts to determine the replacement order. […]
Posted: September 26th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Highway Dept. News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History.
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Federal Disaster Declaration approved for Essex Co.
New York also granted access to FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: September 25th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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SUNY Scientist to Discuss Microplastics in Lake Champlain in Fall Edition of Love the Lake Speaker Series
Keeseville, NY—On Monday, September 30th, Dr. Tim Mihuc, Director of the Lake Champlain Research Institute, will present an overview of microplastics and research underway to identify sources of these tiny pollutants in our waterways in Keesville, NY. Dr. Mihuc’s Microplastics in Lake Champlain presentation is a special fall edition of the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain […]
Posted: September 25th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Community Events, Education News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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New York’s first human case of EEE in a decade has died
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Posted: September 23rd, 2024 under Agricultural News, Environmental News, General News, Heathcare News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers
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Posted: September 22nd, 2024 under Business News, Environmental News, National News.
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Spectacular Fall Foliage Continues Across NYS; Midpoint of Change Predicted For Many Areas of ADKs This Weekend
Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story
Posted: September 20th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News.
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First Signs of Fall Foliage Emerging Across Upstate NY
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Posted: September 13th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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Adirondack forest rangers work a lot of overtime. Here’s what they wish was different
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Posted: September 9th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Major business changes and upgrades coming to the Lake Shore Road
Peru/Plattsburgh – Major improvements are in progress at several Lake Shore Road businesses. This past June, a Lake Champlain Transportation Company subsidiary, Lake Industries, purchased property that includes Plattsburgh Boatworks at 4013 Route 9, the Snug Harbor Marina and the Mariner Bar and Grill. A few hundred yards south at 3984 Route 9, Lake Industries […]
Posted: August 29th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Code Enforcement, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Regional NY-VT News.
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DEC Announces Adoption of Black Bass Tournament Permit and Reporting System
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar today announced the adoption of regulations to implement a black bass (largemouth bass and smallmouth bass) tournament permit and reporting system. The no-cost black bass tournament permitting and reporting system will help identify the distribution and occurrence of black bass tournaments across the state. […]
Posted: August 28th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Community Events, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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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 […]
Posted: August 21st, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Environmental News, Heathcare News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Statewide News.
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Lowville flooded again. Here’s what we know (and don’t know)
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Posted: August 21st, 2024 under Environmental News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York, Weather News/History.
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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
Posted: August 15th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments.
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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 […]
Posted: August 14th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Highway Dept. News, Peru News, Town Board News, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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First Champlain Hudson Power cables cross U.S.-Can. border
Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: August 14th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, General News, Lake Champlain News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Nearby rain clouds bring beautiful sunset
Peru, NY, August 4, 2024: The Peru Gazette photographed one of Peru’s beautiful sunsets while traveling home from the Heywroth Mason Park concert.
Posted: August 4th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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