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Archive for 'Peru/Regional History'

Pope Francis passes away at age 88

Click here for the Yahoo.com story 

COMMENTARY: Saving Arto, It’s Not Magic

Monaco’s Land of Make Believe heritage is safe–and on public display–at the Adirondack History Museum in Elizabethtown Click here for Adirondack Almanac story 

NYS Leaders describe the advantges of the soon-to-be-installed Smart Meters

Click here for a NYSEG link 

An Open Secret’: Sackets Harbor ICE Raid Shows the ‘Reality’ of New York Dairy Country

Click here for the New York Focus story 

Native lake trout, the dweller of the deep, has returned to thrive in Lake Champlain

Click here for the VTDigger story 

“Not enough work” to “not enough help”: Evolution of the Adirondack job market

Click here for the Adirondack Opinion piece by Tom Rowland 

Border czar’s town stood up for 3 kids detained by ICE — and won

Click here for the MSN story 

Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Town Board awards last wastewater treatment plant bid

By John T Ryan April 8, 2025, Peru, NY—On Tuesday afternoon, the Peru Town Board awarded K & L Plumbing and Heating of Plattsburgh a $1,156,000 contract for the mechanical components (heating and air conditioning) of the wastewater treatment plant project. The general, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical contracting bids amount to $17,450,000, excluding design, engineering, […]

Feds freeze more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

President Trump is dismantling the Dept. of Education. What does that mean for the North Country?

” “But the biggest pots of federal funding are to support children with physical and learning disabilities and for rural and/or low-income schools. The North Country has a lot of those.”  Click here for the NCPR story 

Upstate NY woman draws on immigrant experience to diversify Adirondack trails

Click here for the very interesting NCPR story 

New York corrections officers to receive extra overtime pay until May 9

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

CCHA awarded $5k grant by Saranac Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Early in 2025, the Clinton County Historical Association received a $5,000 grant from the Saranac Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to promote studying our country’s history. The internship is intended to provide a student with training and education within the organization. CCHA uses the internship to make hundreds of historical documents and […]

Town of Plattsburgh celebrates 240 years on Charter Day

Honoring the past, celebrating the present, and investing in the future Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Chamber of Commerce survey highlights how important Canadians are to local hospitality-related businesses

Plattsburgh (4/2/2025) – The North Country Chamber of Commerce has released the findings of a survey of various hospitality-related businesses, providing a snapshot of the impact through March of reduced Canadian visitation to the area because of the current U.S. tariffs on Canada and the response by Canadians. The survey reached out to a cross-section […]

Vermont’s changing agricultural landscape brings lawmakers new questions about protecting — and regulating — farms What kind of farming practices should be encouraged, which are tolerable, which should be disallowed — and who decides?

Lake Champlain Polution is an issue in VT ag  Click here for the VTDigger story 

Shovels should be in the ground soon, mandated no later than July 1

  By John T Ryan  Peru, NY – March 31, 2025- Upgrading Peru’s wastewater treatment plant should begin soon. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) mandated most upgrades. After being granted two delays, Peru signed a consent order to have a shovel in the ground no later than July 1, 2025.  On […]

Plattsburgh man pleads guilty to murder of mother, daughter

Will serve consecutive 25-to-life sentences for the murders of Miranda Wade and Karen Lindsay Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The rise and decline of NY prisons, and how closures impact the North Country

“To understand the current state of New York’s prison system, you have to go back to the early 1970s, when New York City was dealing with a drug crisis.” Click here for the NCPR story 

Fed. cuts to health services anticipated to hit New Yorkers hard

State claims it doesn’t have resources to backfill the void Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Clinton County Historical Association April Events

History of Railroad Series – 1 pm, on the 1st Tuesday of each week in April at the Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. With Transportation Historian Dick Soper. April 1, The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Part 1. April 8, The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Rouses Point […]

Employees detained by ICE in Tupper Lake will be deported, company says

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

The North Country’s population continues to shrink

“Most of the population loss in the North Country is due to people moving away.” Click here for the NCPR story    Click here for Census Bureau Detailed Analysis 

NYSEG holds community meeting in Beekmantown to address recent billing concerns

According to the company, the cost of day-night rates in January and February were 60 to 70 percent higher than the previous year Click here for the MYNBC5 story