January 2026
S M T W T F S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

News Categories

Site search

More About The Peru Gazette

The editor is John Ryan at email: perugazette@gmail.com. The Peru Gazette is a free community, education and information website. It is non-commercial and does not accept paid advertising.

Comment Policy

The Peru Gazette welcomes comments on posted stories. The author MUST include his/her first and last name. No  foul or libelous language permitted. The Peru Gazette reserves the right to not publish a comment.

Recent Comments

Archive for 'Adirondack Region News'

Lake George Plan: Halve Road Salt Use By 2020 – – The Adirondack Almanack

Do we need similar measures near Lake Champlain? Source: Lake George Plan: Halve Road Salt Use By 2020 – – The Adirondack Almanack

North Country at Work: why ski patroller Rick Wood watches and respects Whiteface | NCPR News

Source: North Country at Work: why ski patroller Rick Wood watches and respects Whiteface | NCPR News

Happy Birthday Albina

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Albina St. Germain who is celebrating her 107th birthday today. This photo was taken yesterday at St. Augustine’s Church where she attends Mass every Sunday. After Mass Mrs. St. Germain and family attended the pancake breakfast at St. Joseph’s Church Hall in Treadwells Mills where she walked from table to table […]

A Blessing For the People of Nicaragua and the North Country

By John T. Ryan Peru – 2018 is an historic year for the North Country Mission of Hope. On January 2 the Mission opened its warehouse and offices at the former Peru Knights of Columbus Hall at 3452 Route 22 and in June it will celebrate its 20th Anniversary. Over the course of those twenty […]

Bombardier contracts spur new hires | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Bombardier contracts spur new hires | Local News | pressrepublican.com

County formally supports Sky West bid | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: County formally supports Sky West bid | Local News | pressrepublican.com

CLINTON COUNTY SCHOOLS 2017-18 ENROLLMENTS

DISTRICT NAME PK-12 TOTAL AUSABLE VALLEY 1,111 BEEKMANTOWN 1,988 NORTHEASTRN CLNTON 1,351 CHAZY 445 NORTHRN ADIRONDACK 850 PERU 1,880 PLATTSBURGH 1,866 SARANAC 1,423 Source: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/statistics/enroll-n-staff/home.html

A gun grab? Just more paperwork? The facts about handgun “re-certification” | NCPR News

Source: A gun grab? Just more paperwork? The facts about handgun “re-certification” | NCPR News

Hotel Saranac has reopened, plans open house | NCPR News

Source: Hotel Saranac has reopened, plans open house | NCPR News

DEC Statewide Forest Ranger Highlights

Forest Ranger Actions for 1/8 – 1/14/18 Recent missions carried out by DEC Forest Rangers include:Town of Keene Essex County Helicopter Rescue: On Jan. 14 at 4 p.m., DEC Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a man snowboarding with a friend on Mount Marcy. While snowboarding, a 32-year-old Staten Island man sustained a puncture […]

Miller Chosen As Town Clerk/Tax Collector

Story Undated 11/18/25 – The Peru Gazette deleted Dianne Miller’s photo per her request. January 15, 2018 – In a brief late afternoon emergency meeting the Peru Town Board appointed Dianne Miller as Town Clerk/Tax Collector effective immediately and through December 31, 2018. Miller replaces Kathleen Flynn who resigned the position effective January 12, 2018 in […]

Last Friday morning Rainbow Falls was about 80% frozen over. The ice must have broken loose that afternoon. Strange to see the water so high today (Monday) with the air temperature only 8 degrees and -8 last night. The ice level at the Carpenter’s Flat Bridge has risen dramatically.

Assemblyman Jones: Safety and Security of Officers and Civilians at Correctional Facilities Must be Top Priority

From the office of Assembly D. Billy Jones Assemblyman Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay) expressed his frustration with Governor Andrew Cuomo’s decision to rescind a New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) pilot program that restricted packages to inmates. “The safety and security of our officers and civilian employees, who work tirelessly to safeguard our […]

New Videos Highlight Life In The Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: New Videos Highlight Life In The Adirondacks – – The Adirondack Almanack

“Pretty Much Anything to do With Electricity”

Todd Clowney (right) and Adam Rein comprise the staff at Clowney Electrical Service, #29 in our Peru Gazette photo series of people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. Mason Clowney (front), Todd’s son and a Peru Elementary School 1st grader, is an electrician in training. Located at 621 Laphams Mills Rd., Clowney Electrical […]

Ogdensburg Matrimonial Tribunal to host free annulment workshops – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Ogdensburg Matrimonial Tribunal to host free annulment workshops – Sun Community News & Printing

Route 9N in Jay, NY Today

Beauty That Can’t Be Suppressed

Mother Nature expresses her beauty along the Jarvis and Union Roads even during a rain storm. 10:45 AM on January 12, 2018.

Flood Warning For Small Streams

Issuing Office: Burlington Source: National.Weather.Service 10:42am EST, Fri Jan 12 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS FOR… AN ICE JAM ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN… SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK… NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW […]

Warm Temperatures and Rain Means Rising Waters

The Ausable River ice cover at Ausable Chasm was relatively solid at 10:15 this morning as was the ice cover at Carpenter’s Flat Bridge and Ausable Point.  It’s 49 degrees at noon. Click here for video. 

New York State Police to deploy drones in north country

Source: Watertown Daily Times | New York State Police to deploy drones in north country

Future looks bright for locally-owned media – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Future looks bright for locally-owned media – Sun Community News & Printing

Plattsburgh lawyers pen ‘no fault’ insurance guide – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Plattsburgh lawyers pen ‘no fault’ insurance guide – Sun Community News & Printing

Flights from Plattsburgh to Washington coming soon | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Flights from Plattsburgh to Washington coming soon | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Cold weather takes a bite out of fuel supplies across the Northeast | NCPR News

Source: Cold weather takes a bite out of fuel supplies across the Northeast | NCPR News