The Peru Gazette

Source: Treading Water: Vermont’s Pols Are Going Nowhere Fast on Clean Lakes | Environment | Seven Days | Vermont’s Independent Voice

Do we need similar measures near Lake Champlain? Source: Lake George Plan: Halve Road Salt Use By 2020 – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: More than 1M gallons of sewage, stormwater released in St. Albans

Source: When the winter is bitter cold, the North Country gets to work | NCPR News

Source: Watertown Daily Times | New record low temperature set for Watertown; cold weather expected to remain for at least a week

Source: Company will pull mothballed rail tanker cars out of the Adirondacks | NCPR News

Source: Flowing Wells – NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

From the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New York. Recent missions carried out by ECOs include: Loaded-Rifle Riding is a Recipe for Disaster — […]

Public Information Meetings Planned for Dec. 11; Adirondack Park Agency Deems Permit Application Complete New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the release of plans for the Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian, and Day Use Area, a new, accessible, public campground proposed at the site of the former Frontier Town […]

News from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos, Chautauqua County District Attorney Patrick E. Swanson and Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph A. Gerace announced today that the man who shot and killed a woman walking her dogs in a field behind her Sherman home last week has been […]

Source: DEC Announces Summer Camp Registrations Open – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: How The Adirondack Land Bank Will Work – Adirondack Explorer – Adirondack Explorer

Source: Adirondack Life Article – From Jamaica to Peru – Adirondack Life Absolutely wonderful Adirondack Life story about the Jamaican apple pickers at Forrence Orchards. Another story appeared a few weeks ago in the New York Times. This story has additional information. It’s enjoyable to read.

Source: Cuomo signs bill banning use of e-cigarettes indoors – Times Union

Source: Cuomo signs bill providing cancer benefits for volunteer firefighters – Capitol Confidential

Source: Kanoza takes reins at Clinton County Health | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Some forest rangers call pace of Adirondack emergencies “unsustainable” | NCPR News

Governor  Cuomo announced that the Town of Peru has been awarded $1,006,081 for sewage system upgrades. The total project cost has been estimated at just over $4 million.  A new left/pump station to service the Buttonwood development is the highest priority item.  Click here for more grant details. Click here for an August 2016 Peru […]

L-R Jenna LaFountain, Michael Abair, Tim Sengenberger, Jonathon Kraus, Zachary Fleury, Kevin Compeau, Mike Contessa, Shawn Wallace, Eric Bever By John T. Ryan The staff at Champlain Valley Agronomics (CVA) is #16 in our Peru Gazette series featuring people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. They differ from almost all the other people […]

Source: Professor Garneau and Student Researchers Examine Contaminants on Lake Champlain | SUNY Plattsburgh

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 461 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK CLINTON ESSEX FRANKLIN ST. LAWRENCE IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VERMONT ADDISON IN NORTHWEST VERMONT CHITTENDEN FRANKLIN GRAND […]

Renewable Energy System Will Heat Three State Agency Office Buildings in the North Country Project Helps Meet Governor Cuomo’s Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 40 Percent by 2030 The New York Power Authority (NYPA), Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), New York State Police, and Adirondack Park Agency (APA) today announced the start of construction […]

Improvements Include New ADA Accessible Boat Launch, Parking Area and Green Infrastructure Features The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced improvements to the Meacham Lake Campground in the Adirondack town of Duane, Franklin County, under the State’s Adventure NY initiative to connect more New Yorkers with nature. The improvements, supported by […]

Source: City eyes makeover for train station – Sun Community News & Printing

On June 10, New York State Environmental Conservation Officer Brad Buffa received information about an individual from Keeseville that had posted photos on his Facebook page indicating he had taken over the limit of turkeys during the May turkey hunting season. Photos on the subject’s Facebook page showed the individual with one turkey taken on […]