The Peru Gazette

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today announced funding to improve energy efficiency in Northern New York.  More than two million dollars in funding is made possible for eleven projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Lincoln Cahill became an Eagle Scout on Saturday, February 27th in Boy Scouts of America Eagle Court of Honor Ceremonies conducted at the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center. Cahill is the old son of Stephen and Wendi Cahill of Peru and a member of Boy Scout Troop 49. He received the award before a large gathering of fellow [...]

The Watertown Daily Times reports    (Good story about officers taking downstate promotions with little hope of returning to the North Country.)

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports 

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

This morning, February, 23, 2010, the Holy See announced that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Reverend Terry LaValley, currently Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, as the fourteenth Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg to succeed the Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse, NY

The Watertown Daily Times reports

Legislation goes into effect today, enacts unprecedented consumer protection

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today praised the implementation of H.R. 627, the CARD Act, which contains several strict protections for consumers – banning unfair interest rate increases and forbidding abusive fees and penalties by credit card companies.  
 
“This is an important step toward helping middle-class [...]

The Time Union reports (Good column on the state parks closure issue. The author points out that parks did not even close during the Great Depression.)

The Times Union reports (A great story about the fiscal cuts to the state-wide park system)

The Times Union reports 

The Post-Standard reports (Very interesting story on a bitterly divided community)

North Country Public Radio reports

Children in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade are invited to join in Peru Community Church’s Wednesday cooking classes. They will be held on March 3,10, 17 and 24 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Center kitchen. The cost is $5.00 per child. Class size is limited and pre-registration is required. Call 643- [...]

The adirondack almanack reports

The adirondack almanack reports

The adirondack almanack reports (An excellent resource for Clinton Prison history)

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Plattsburgh’s first interpretive panel celebrating the Anti-Slavery movement will be dedicated at 5 pm on February 16, 2010. The unveiling will take place in front of the main entrance to the First Presbyterian Church at 34 Brinkerhoff Street. Interim pastor Virginia Murray and North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association president, Don Papson, will be joined [...]

AP reports

The Post-Standard reports

The Times Union reports 

The Watertown Times reports 

Becca Osborne of Peru was one of ten SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students accompanied by one faculty member who traveled from Syracuse to spend a week of the 2009-2010 winter break in New Orleans. Yes, they did do a little sightseeing but most of the week was devoted to helping the victims [...]