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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 

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 […]

New York’s first human case of EEE in a decade has died

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Three Mile Island nuclear plant will reopen to power Microsoft data centers

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Spectacular Fall Foliage Continues Across NYS; Midpoint of Change Predicted For Many Areas of ADKs This Weekend

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First Signs of Fall Foliage Emerging Across Upstate NY

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Adirondack forest rangers work a lot of overtime. Here’s what they wish was different

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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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Lowville flooded again. Here’s what we know (and don’t know)

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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 

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 […]

First Champlain Hudson Power cables cross U.S.-Can. border

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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.

Casella Open House was fun and informative

Morrisonville, NY—North Country residents see Casella Waste Systems’ trucks on highways daily. Last Saturday, July 27, Casella informed people what happens o the materials those trucks haul at an Open House held at the Morrisonville Landfill. Over 300 people enjoyed the attractions for kids, exhibits, free BBQ, and ice cream. General Manager Sean Lukas and […]

National Weather Service – Flash Food Warning and Flash Flood Emergency Explained

[7/30 5 AM] With considerable flash flooding occurring across portions of eastern Vermont, here’s a refresher of the difference between a Flash Flood Warning and a Flash Flood Emergency #vtwx

Vermont in top 10 states with most federal disaster declarations, new study says

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Clinton Co. Soil & Water receives nearly $230K forestry grant

Funds will be used for ash tree management Click here for the Sun Community News story 

DEC crew deployed to help western wildfires

All personnel and travel reimbursed by U.S. Forest Service Click here for the Sun Community News story 

New York is already missing its carbon reduction goals, and big ones are on the way

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New report details the working conditions of New York’s solar workers

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Northern Forest Canoe Trail makes improvements to Valcour Island trails

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Unlawful Dumping – Montgomery County (A tale worth reading)

On June 20, the owner of a property management company in Montgomery County accepted a plea agreement in Canajoharie Town Court for illegally dumping solid waste on private property earlier this year. On Feb. 6, 2024, workers with the Canajoharie Department of Public Works observed and recorded video of a dark pickup truck carrying a […]

Chateaugay Lake joins other ADK lakes using herbicide to fight Eurasian milfoil

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