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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Peru News, Town Board News.
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Geoffrey Spear of Peru was traveling north on State Route 9 when he lost control of his Chevy Silverado due to a medical event.
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Beginning Monday, February 3, 2025, local AARP Foundation volunteers will offer senior citizens, families, and individuals free income tax preparation services. Service is by appointment only at the Senior Citizens’ Council of Clinton County, 5139 North Catherine Street, Plattsburgh.
Beginning Monday, January 20, taxpayers can call 518.314.9762 to leave a voicemail with their name and phone number or email taxclintoncounty@gmail.com with their name and phone number. Foundation volunteers then contact taxpayers to arrange appointments with an IRS-certified volunteer tax preparer. (Taxpayers should add 518.314.9762 to their contact list to distinguish it from spam.) Appointments usually take about 2 hours. AARP membership is not required. AARP Foundation TaxAide in Plattsburgh will operate through Friday, April 11.
Taxpayers who want to use another AARP Foundation TaxAide site besides Plattsburgh can search the AARPfoundation.org website, click on “Find Help,” scroll down to “Financial Security,” click “Get Free Help ZFiling Taxes,” and search by ZIP code.
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Arts and Entertainment, Business News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru resident news/accomplishments.
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The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) invites North Country residents to participate in its tenth annual installment of Poem Village.
Since 2016, ACW has been creating a series of posters, or broadsides, displaying poems written by North Country residents of all ages and experience levels. These broadsides are installed in shop windows in North Country towns and villages during April to build community and beautify the otherwise dreary mud season.
In 2024, ACW built successful partnerships with SLC Arts and the Downtown Artists Cellar, extending Poem Village beyond Saranac Lake to St. Lawrence County and Malone. This year, the project will expand again to include Plattsburgh thanks to a new collaboration with Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project.
“It’s incredible to see how Poem Village has evolved over the past decade,” said ACW’s executive director Nathalie Thill. “What began as a way to brighten Saranac Lake’s mud season has expanded to other villages and become a cherished tradition for so many Adirondack writers – from published authors to grade school kids. Last year, we had over 200 people submit a poem!”
Guidelines for submission:
Poems must be under 25 lines or less than 300 words, whichever comes first, and must be the original work of the person submitting. Poets must reside at least part-time in the North Country. ACW accepts all submissions as long as they follow these criteria and do not express any hateful views or content that could harm the general public. The deadline for submissions is March 17, 2025.
For more information and to submit a poem, visit adirondackcenterforwriting.org/poemvillage.
The Adirondack Center for Writing has been bringing people and words together for 25 years through provocative events and meaningful programs. For more information about ACW, visit adirondackcenterforwriting.org or follow @adkctr4writing on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Arts and Entertainment, Community Events, Education News, Northern NY News.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Education News, Heathcare News, Opinion, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under General News, Highway Dept. News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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Posted: January 26th, 2025 under Community Events, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Posted: January 26th, 2025 under Border News, Northern NY News, Weather News/History.
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Posted: January 26th, 2025 under Arts and Entertainment, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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Feb 5, Noon. Talk and Walk Wednesdays at Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. Come for an inside look at the CCHA Portrait Collection and learn about its history. Then, CCHA President and exhibit designer Geri Favreau will give a special tour of the Prohibition Gallery.
February 11, 6:45 pm, Lake Forest Retirement Community, 8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Lyon Mountain (Part IV). Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development which opened up Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. This is the fourth in a 5-part series spanning the history of Clinton County rail development from 1833 to the present, including photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos, and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library.
February 13, 2:30 pm – Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh. Portraits and Painters of the Early Champlain Valley (1800-1865) with Helen Nerska. Slides from a 1975 SUNY Plattsburgh exhibit with reflections on the painters’ history and the sitters’ lives.
February 21, 12:30 pm, Plattsburgh Senior Center, 5139 North Catherine Street, Plattsburgh. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Lyon Mountain (Part IV). Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development, which opened up Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. This is the fourth in a 5-part series spanning the history of Clinton County rail development from 1833 to the present, including photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos, and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library.
February 27, 6:30 pm, Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, Plattsburgh. The History of Railroads in Clinton County – Plattsburgh (Part V). Transportation Historian Dick Soper will share the history of rail development, which opened up Clinton County to new markets and eventually to new tourism and a past we now take for granted. This is the last of a 5-part series spanning the history of Clinton County rail development from 1833 to the present, including photographs, newspaper articles, aerial videos, and information from the large collection of railroad books recently added to the Clinton County Historical Association’s research library.
Posted: January 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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By John T Ryan
Bruce Drive residents John Roberts and Karyn Langlas expressed disappointment that construction on the closed Telegraph Bridge may not occur this year. At a December board meeting, Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell stated that it’s his “gut feeling” that construction may not begin in 2025. Bid opening is August 15, which Farrell has said is not the best time of year to gear up and begin construction in this region. Langlais questioned “gut feelings.” stating, “We’re looking for facts, not feelings. It’s twelve miles out of my way for two vehicles every day.” Roberts said the delays seem excessive, given that it’s been 18 months since the town learned it had to replace the bridge. Roberts and Langlais said there didn’t appear to have been a follow-up with engineers until she and Roberts started pushing. Town Supervisor Craig Randall responded that there had been follow-up over the last two months. Counselor Eric Duquette commented that, in his experience, engineering firms are hard to push and that environmental approvals take a lot of time. Farrell cited the mussel study as a hold-up. (See video 2:20 to 10:25 minute mark for this discussion.)
The board approved two contracts with Atlantic Testing Laboratories for subsurface and geotechnical evaluation services related to the Lyons Road ($23,805) and Fuller Road ($23,580) culverts.
The board also accepted Ryan Davies’s resignation from the Planning Board, reappointed Richard Williams as Chairman, and appointed Justin Wilson as Vice-Chairman.
The board authorized advertising bids on the multi-million million dollar treatment plant upgrades. See Peru Gazette Story
Michael Farrell will travel to Albany on Monday, March 5, to participate in lobbying for state highway improvement funding (CHIPS). Farrell said he hadn’t determined the 2025 paving schedule but would pave Telegraph Road until the bridge. The Highway Department maintains 83 miles of town roads.
Courtney Tetrault advised the board that the town hall basement ceiling needs attention.
Click here to read meeting minutes – Posted 1/28/25
1/25/25 1:20 PM Correction – Telegraph Road construction corrected from 2024 to 2025.
Posted: January 25th, 2025 under General News, Highway Dept. News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Town Board News.
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Posted: January 25th, 2025 under Heathcare News, State Government News.
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Posted: January 25th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Deadline for Digital Equity Program Capacity Grant is March 24
Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Northern NY News, Social Issues, State Government News, Statewide News.
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$3B for Inflation Rebate checks, $1B in middle-class tax cuts
Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Posted: January 24th, 2025 under General News, Upstate New York.
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Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News, Weather News/History.
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Posted: January 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Posted: January 23rd, 2025 under General News.
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