Archive for 'Peru/Regional History'
Pope Francis passes away at age 88
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Posted: April 21st, 2025 under National News, Peru/Regional History, Religious News.
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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
Posted: April 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Arts and Entertainment, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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NYS Leaders describe the advantges of the soon-to-be-installed Smart Meters
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Posted: April 16th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Community Events, Education News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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An Open Secret’: Sackets Harbor ICE Raid Shows the ‘Reality’ of New York Dairy Country
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Posted: April 14th, 2025 under Agricultural News, Business News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, Social Issues.
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Native lake trout, the dweller of the deep, has returned to thrive in Lake Champlain
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Posted: April 12th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Environmental News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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“Not enough work” to “not enough help”: Evolution of the Adirondack job market
Click here for the Adirondack Opinion piece by Tom Rowland
Posted: April 11th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Border czar’s town stood up for 3 kids detained by ICE — and won
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Posted: April 11th, 2025 under Community Events, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward
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Posted: April 11th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National History, National News, Peru/Regional History.
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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, […]
Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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Feds freeze more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University
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Posted: April 10th, 2025 under Education News, National History, National News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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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
Posted: April 9th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Congressional News, Education News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Upstate NY woman draws on immigrant experience to diversify Adirondack trails
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Posted: April 8th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Recreation opportunities.
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New York corrections officers to receive extra overtime pay until May 9
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Posted: April 8th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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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 […]
Posted: April 5th, 2025 under Charity Events, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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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
Posted: April 5th, 2025 under Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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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 […]
Posted: April 2nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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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
Posted: April 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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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 […]
Posted: March 31st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, Town Board News, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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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
Posted: March 31st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Fire Department News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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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
Posted: March 31st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
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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
Posted: March 28th, 2025 under Corruption in Gov't., Heathcare News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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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 […]
Posted: March 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Employees detained by ICE in Tupper Lake will be deported, company says
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Posted: March 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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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
Posted: March 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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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
Posted: March 22nd, 2025 under Business News, Community Events, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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