The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan  Clinton County sales of existing single-family home continued their strong rebound in November with a 108% increase compared to November 2008. Clinton County’s increase in New York State was the third highest increase reported by the NYS Association of Realtors (NYSAR). Fifty-two homes were sold in the county compared to twenty-five […]

Richard Williams, Vice Chair of the Town of Peru Planning Board, called the meeting of Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:02 pm, to order.

Walter Russell, Chair of the Town of Peru Zoning Board of Appeals, called the meeting of November 18, 2009 to order at 7:03 p.m. 

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board completed its 2009 business at an 8 a.m. December 31st Special Meeting at the Peru Town Hall.  Supervisor Peter Glushko and Counselors Brandy McDonald and Jim Douglass were present. Counselors Tom Powers and Kregg Bruno were absent. End of year fund transfers were quickly approved and thirty […]

The adirondack almanack reports

The Peru Town Board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, December 31st at 8:00 a.m. to complete fund transfers and possibly conduct other business. The Town Council will hold its organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. on January 11th. The regular meeting will follow.

The Post-Standard reports

The Watertown Times reports

By Donald McBrayer The Regular Town Board Meeting was held on Monday, December 28 at 7 P.M. In attendance was Supervisor Peter Glushko, Councilors Tom Powers, Brandy McDonald, and James Douglass, and Town Clerk Kathleen Flynn. Town Attorney Don Biggs and Councilor Kregg Bruno were absent. This meeting marked the final Town Board Meeting for […]

The Watertown Times reports

The Press Republican reports

The Times Union reports

The adirondack almanack reports

On November 21, 2009 Ernest E. Rock of the Hallock Hill Road passed away at age 84. A retired corrections officer and farmer, Ernie was a World War II Navy veteran serving as an aircraft carrier tail gunner. At Ernie’s funeral his daughter Rebecca Drollette read a letter which Ernie, at age 18, wrote home […]

A Syracuse woman was just arrested for driving drunk with a person under 18 years of age in her vehicle. This is a felony under a recently passed NYS law referred to as Leandra’s Law. Many people seem unaware of this law so the Gazette is publishing these pertinent links: NY Daily News Story      Post-Standard […]

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The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

On August 7th, 2009 Peru Town Historian Ron Allen and his wife Carol presided over the dedication of historical markers for Peru Landing and Port Jackson. The dedication ceremonies at the Valcour Conference Center took place at the exact place where Port Jackson was located. It was the point where many of our ancestors arrived in […]

By John T. Ryan The Zoning Board of Appeals had acted on its agenda December 16, 2009 when Board Chairman Walter Russell announced that he will resign as Board Chairman effective January 1, 2010.  Reading from a letter addressed to Town Supervisor Peter Glushko Russell said, “It has been my great pleasure to serve on […]

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports (Includes a great photo representation)

By Adele Douglas You no longer need to drive to Staples to make color copies.  There’s a new color copier in town, at the Peru Free Library. Color copies will cost you 50 cents, black and white copies 10 cents.  You can either bring in your print job or send it from the six public […]

The Press Republican reports

By Donald McBrayer The Regular Town Board Meeting was held at 7PM on Monday, December 14. This marks the first Regular Meeting for newly seated Town Supervisor Peter Glushko, and Councilors Kregg Bruno and James Douglass. Also in attendance were Councilor Tom Powers, Town Clerk Kathy Flynn, and Town Attorney Don Biggs. Councilor Brandy McDonald […]

The Watertown Daily Times reports (Interesting story in light of today’s Press Republican supplement on Clinton County agriculture)

By John T. Ryan (Undated 12/20/09)  One of Peru’s longest serving elected officials will be stepping down from his position on December 31st. Town Justice Peter Keenan will be retiring after twenty-four years of service to our community. Keenan was first elected in 1985 and was Peru’s only elected Democrat for about fifteen of those […]