The Peru Gazette

The North Country Chamber of Commerce is celebrating the official award to Alstom of a $1.1 billion order for an additional 200 Multilevel III commuter railcars and 12 ALP 45 dual power locomotives. This order is on top of 174 Multilevel III railcars previously ordered and currently under production at Alstom’s Plattsburgh plant.“This is the […]

Town of Keene Essex County Wildland Fire: On Aug 31 at 6:30 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a hiker on Noonmark Mountain reporting sustained smoke in the sky. At 3:32 a.m., three Forest Rangers located a fire approximately four miles from the Round Pond trailhead, near Gravestone Brook on the side of Bear […]

Thursday, 18 September 2025, 6:30 p.m. at Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, at SUNY Plattsburgh PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The Clinton County Historical Association, in partnership with SUNY Plattsburgh’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, will host historian Dr. Alexandria Russell for a public lecture on Thursday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m. in the Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins […]

Index Crime Down in Plattsburgh As Gun Seizures Are Up 57 Percent and Extreme Risk Protection Orders Up 26 Percent Across the North Country Sept. 9, 2025 News Release – Governor Kathy Hochul today updated New Yorkers on the State’s efforts to enhance New York’s Northern Border security and prevent transnational criminal organizations from trafficking […]

Plattsburgh, NY: U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand came to Alstom’s Plattsburgh railcar manufacturing facility last Friday with good news. As a member of the Senate’s Appropriations Committee and Transportation subcommittee, she should be able to secure an additional $350,000 for Clinton County’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing. The appropriation still must be approved by the full Senate […]

Police Officers crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found. Click here for the New York Focus story 

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2025, 6:00 PM Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of August 25, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION/MOTION:   Approval […]

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION:       To Open the Public Hearing. DISCUSSION:  PROPOSED Local Law #1 of 2025 – “A Local Law to override the tax levy limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c., (if needed) MOTION:      To Close the Public Hearing. MOTION:        […]

Michigans Macaroni Salad Fruit Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972 All are invited and welcome!

Flight 65 flew on September 6, 2025  Stanley Abramczyk Jr. , US Air Force 1963-1986 Vietnam Stan planned to join the Navy, but fate stepped in—the only recruiter there that day was from the Air Force. He pitched aircraft maintenance, and Stan never looked back. For 23 years, he loved what he did, reenlisting again and […]

Flight 64 flew on September 6, 2025  Clement Couture, US Army Reserve 1962-1966 and 1974-1980 Vietnam After basic training, Clem was assigned to the Headquarters Company as a Mechanics Assistant in the motor pool. His job included transporting troops and supplies for training. Before long, he was promoted to dispatcher, sending others into the field. One […]

U.S. Oval, Plattsburgh, NY – September 6, 2025 – North Country Honor Flights 64 and 65 are in the air. As of this evening, the Honor Flight will have transported 980 veterans to and from our nation’s capital, where they visit the memorials honoring their service. Thirty vets are on today’s flights. As usual, there […]

Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the High School Community Room. It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:00 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for open public session business at approximately 7:00 […]

WEDNESDAY September 10, 2025 @ 6:00 PM CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL June  2025 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS:P2025-0014 Site Plan Review;Food Truck, Michele Belanger, 280.1-5-6, 2 Gorman Way P2025-0015 Merge, Forrence Orchards Inc. 268.-1-49 & 268.-1-35.1, 307 Route 22B ANY FURTHER BUSINESS Sketch plan review  Davey Drive,  […]

Peru, NY, September 5, 2025 – St. Augustine’s ‘Knights of Columbus Council 7273 Financial Secretary Greg Hart recently presented a $1,000 council donation to JCEO Chief Executive Officer Nicole Laurin on behalf of his brother knights. The Peru Knights know the great work the JCEO Peru Outreach Center does at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. Council 7273 […]

Town of Peru Clinton County Law Enforcement:  On Aug 26 at 5:45 p.m., an off-duty Environmental Conservation Police Officer received a call about a subject who had taken a shot at a blue heron at Ausable Point Campground. Forest Ranger Praczkajlo responded and issued tickets to the 33-year-old subject from Hudson Falls for disorderly conduct, […]

PLATTSBURGH, NY — In a powerful show of bipartisan unity, Assemblyman Billy Jones and former Assemblywoman Janet Duprey formally endorsed Plattsburgh Town Supervisor Michael Cashman in his campaign to represent New York’s 115th Assembly District. “When I decided to step down, I thought there was one person that would be great at this job, and that’s […]

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