Archive for 'Environmental News'
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
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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
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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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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 […]
Posted: August 2nd, 2024 under Business News, Community Events, County Government News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru resident news/accomplishments, Peru/Regional History.
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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
Posted: July 30th, 2024 under Environmental News, Weather News/History.
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Vermont in top 10 states with most federal disaster declarations, new study says
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Posted: July 30th, 2024 under Environmental News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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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
Posted: July 26th, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, National News, Northern NY News.
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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
Posted: July 23rd, 2024 under Environmental News, National News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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New York is already missing its carbon reduction goals, and big ones are on the way
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Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Business News, Environmental News, State Government News.
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New report details the working conditions of New York’s solar workers
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Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Business News, Environmental News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Northern Forest Canoe Trail makes improvements to Valcour Island trails
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Posted: July 22nd, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Things to do in & near Peru.
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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 […]
Posted: July 5th, 2024 under Business News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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Chateaugay Lake joins other ADK lakes using herbicide to fight Eurasian milfoil
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Posted: July 3rd, 2024 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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