The Peru Gazette

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

AGENDA  PERU PLANNING BOARD Wednesday March 10, 2010 at 7:00 pm Peru Town

Richard Williams, Chair of the Town of Peru Planning Board, called the meeting of Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 7:01pm, to order.

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports See Blog update

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports 

By: Donald McBrayer The Regular Town Board Meeting was held on Monday, February 22 at 7:10 PM. Minutes for the February 8 meeting were approved and can be found at: http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/min10/02-08-2010-RM.pdf In action the Board: Set a Public Hearing date for the Backflow Prevention Device Ordinance for Monday, March 22 at 6:30 PM. Any inquires […]

History & Freedom:  Herstory March 19, 2010. 7:00 pm. Peru Community Church, 13 Elm Street $10 adults, $8 children and seniors.  Music by:  Sounds of the Northway March is women’s history month.  The North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association will host a celebration of the role of women in humanity’s great moments, from Miriam at […]

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

By: Donald McBrayer A Public Hearing date for the Backflow Prevention Device Ordinance has been set for Monday, March 22 at 6:30 PM. The Town of Peru, mandated by the state, will soon enact a Backflow Prevention Device Ordinance. Under this new law any commercial property and residential property larger than a duplex that is […]

By: Donald McBrayer A Public Hearing on the Community Development Block Grant was held on Monday, February 22. During the Public Hearing, Lorette Oswald from Laberge Group, reiterated the general principals of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and how it could be applied to the South Acres Mobile Home Park for septic system replacements. […]

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

By Donald McBrayer The Town Board sat a little prouder at this week’s Town Board Meeting as they showed off the new conference table that was installed this past week. A few months back Peru Craftsman Thom Longware offered to build a new conference table for the Peru Town Hall. He didn’t let anyone down. […]

Owens Unveils New Congressional Website WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today announced the launch of his new Congressional website.  “My four district offices and our location in Washington have served a great number of Upstate New Yorkers, and I am glad to see a place on the internet where everyone back home can contact me […]

The Watertown Daily Times reports

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING February 22, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

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 […]

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)

Old photos of one room school houses in the Peru area (there were 19 of them in Peru in 1869). Names of students who attended and teachers who taught in these one room schools. One room school house artifacts such as teacher’s hand bells, desks, textbooks, inkwells, etc. Old photos of A. Mason & Sons […]

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- […]

Peru Town Supervisor Peter Glushko has announced that Peru Town Hall will be closed all day on Monday,  February 15th, to celebrate President’s Day

By Adele Douglas Libraries are usually quiet places, but the latest acquisition to the Peru Free Library is meant to encourage just the opposite.  Librarian Becky Pace believes the front room of the library is a perfect place for local musicians to share their talent.  “The acoustics in that room are just lovely, it affords […]