The Peru Gazette

Spring Book Sale:    Thursday, May 16, 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.                       Friday,    May 17, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.                       Saturday, May 18, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.         Peru Free Library, Main Street, Peru NY   Submitted by: Helle Thomsen Parker (643-8295), Secretary,           Friends of the Library, Peru Free Library, Peru (643-8618)

March 24, 5:00.pm.  Slavery to Citizenship:  a story of the impact of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama on ordinary African Americans by Jackie Madison, President of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association.  Peru Free Library, 3024 Rte 22, Peru.  Free and open to the public.

By John T. Ryan Peru – Town leaders made it very clear that they plan to keep a tight rein on the town’s 2013 budget. The issue arose under “Other Business” when Town Counselor Susan Polhemus and Peru Librarian Becky Pace asked the Board for $3,600 to establish a dedicated computer purchase fund. Pace told [...]

Roy Perry and Jackie Douglass look over one of the over 80 new and nearly new books that were donated for children in honor of Roy’s 80th birthday.  Jackie asked members of the Peru Community Church to contribute and they and others responded.  The books are in the process of being distributed to our Peru Free [...]

Peru – The Peru Free Library will host the North Country Potter’s Guild with a reception, show and sale on Friday, November 30, 2012 from 5 to 7 PM at the library on North Main Street. Click here for details - Library Potters

By John T. Ryan Peru should have its first community garden next summer, but it’s not located where most people would expect. On Saturday, November 3, 2012 several volunteers were enthusiastically tilling soil at the Peru Free Library. Librarian Becky Pace explained that she has been interested in starting a garden for some time, but [...]

Local author and historian Keith A. Herkalo will discuss his new book, The Battles at Plattsburgh, September 11, 1814, at the Peru Free Library on Friday, November 16th at 7 PM.  It should be an entertaining and informative evening. Everyone is invited!

Adirondack environmental philosopher Marianne Patinelli-Dubay will explore how the romantic vision of wilderness popularized by 19th Century urban elites and artists excluded other groups from the Adirondack story, on Sunday, July 22, at the Peru Free Library.

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