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Archive for 'Upstate New York'

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

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NYS Fair reveals 2024 special entertainment lineup: New acts and returning favorites

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Former Addison, NY Village Clerk-Treasurer to Be Sentenced to Prison and Will Forfeit State Pension After Million Dollar Public Corruption Conviction

First Public Pension Forfeiture Action in New York State August 1, 2024 New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Steuben County District Attorney Brooks Baker, and the New York State Police announced today that a former clerk-treasurer of the Village of Addison in Steuben County will be sentenced to serve three to nine years in […]

How have North Country voters changed over the last decade?

Region changes from reliably blue to purple to increasingly red Click here for the NCPR story 

Bimbo Bakeries USA to close 2 facilities in Upstate New York, 1 in Texas

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Great Meadow and Sullivan Correctional slated for closure

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Art, music, family activities in Keeseville Friday and Saturday

Thursday morning at Ausable Point, the Peru Gazette encountered two artists participating in the July 19 and 20 Keeseville Community Arts Festival. Catherine LaPointe-Vollmer from Potsdam and Patrick McPhee from Binghamton. They are just two of dozens of talented artists whose works will be on display and for sale. The 2024 schedule of events for […]

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 […]

4th of July message from Congresswoman Elise Stefanik

“On America’s Independence Day, join me in celebrating our greatest treasure as Americans: our freedom. “Let us reflect on the countless lives sacrificed in the pursuit of this freedom, from the American Revolutionary War battles that took place in Upstate New York and the North Country to the brave men and women stationed at Fort […]

St. Joe’s Hospital in Syracuse is hiring armed security amid national rise in hospital violence

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7 Champlain Customs Officers charged with stealing thousands from feds, union

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Classic rock band postpones tour, including Upstate NY concerts, due to health

Heart singer Ann Wilson revealed that she is being treated for cancer. Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

This heat wave is the “new normal” amid a changing climate in the Adirondacks

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Saranac Lake’s largest hotel taken over by lender

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2024 Applefest will be Saturday, September 21

Spread The Word! The 2024 St. Augustine’s Applefest will be held on Saturday, September 21, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. Grounds will open at 10:30 a.m. and close at 4:30 p.m. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the Peru Elementary School. The Applefest Committee is already working to make the 46th Annual Applefest […]

Street drug ‘Super Mario’ hits Syracuse. It contains opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl

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Camillus man sentenced to prison for fatal hit-and-run after having 16 drinks

Sentenced to two to six years!  Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course: Why is it a big deal?

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College of St. Rose holds its final commencement

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Amtrak to temporarily suspend service on Adirondack Route as Canadian National begins track work

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Former Utica mayor pleads quilty to stealing thousands from scholarship money

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Huge cache of ghost guns, parts and high-capacity magazines found in Cicero home; man charged

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Can the New York State Fair pay for itself? For now, it still needs a boost from taxpayers

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BHSN set to hire 100 new employees for Morrisonville, Queensbury locations

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Wells College to close after 156 years, citing financial strain

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