The Peru Gazette

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 July 28, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION:   AES Northeast to Give Update on […]

CVPH News Release of August 8, 2025 – Staff impresses surveyors during four-day review focused on patient safety and quality care Plattsburgh, NY — After four days of intensive review, observation and interviews at University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), Joint Commission surveyors concluded their unannounced inspection impressed by the […]

Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the High School Community Room. It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:30 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for open public session business at approximately 7:00 […]

“We determined 156 of the 310 (50 percent) water outlets we identified at select areas, that students, staff and the public may have access to and could consume water from, were not sampled or properly exempted by District officials” Tupper Lake Central School District – Lead Testing and Reporting (S9-25-14)   Issued Date August 01, […]

All offices are for a Four-Year term of Office.  Clinton County  County Clerk  Democratic – Brandi Lloyd Republican – Jerika Manning District Attorney  Democratic – Andrew Wylie Republican  – No Nominee Treasurer  Democratic – Randy Lozier Republican – Chad Deans Town of Peru  Town Supervisor   Democratic – No Nominee Republican – Craig Randall Town […]

August 7, 2025, Peru, NY – The Town of Peru Republican Party Chairman Melvin Irwin reports that Peru Republicans are supporting the following candidates for town offices.  All are four-year terms of office. Town Supervisor – Craig Randall (Randall is currently serving the unexpired term of Brandy McDonald, who resigned from the office last year.) […]

Lewis, NY — Champlain Area Trails (CATS), an accredited land trust, invites the public to celebrate the 105th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York by hiking Mt. Inez on Sunday, August 17th. Named after Inez Milholland, an iconic leader in the women’s suffrage movement, the hike is a perfect way to honor the anniversary […]

August 7, 2025 – Michael Chessman News Release  PLATTSBURGH, NY — Michael S. Cashman, Town Supervisor of Plattsburgh and longtime North Country public servant, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the special election to fill the 115th Assembly District seat being vacated by Assemblyman Billy Jones. “After thoughtful consideration and conversations with […]

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Governor Kathy Hochul today announced over $20 million in awards for two key programs that support clean water initiatives across the state: the Green Innovation Grant Program and Wastewater Infrastructure Engineering Planning Grants. This funding provides critical support to communities working to affordably modernize water infrastructure, protect public health, and enhance resilience to extreme weather. […]

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Town of Keene Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On July 29 at 6:56 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call about a 14-year-old from Camp Chingachgook who lost consciousness near the Elk Pass area of Nippletop Mountain. Forest Ranger Quinn spoke to a camp counselor on the phone and advised the counselor to move the teenager from […]

Clinton Community College News Release – August 5, 2025 – PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, whose strong community leadership and steady business advocacy have marked his nearly nine years in the New York legislature, has been named Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Workforce Development at Clinton Community College. In his new role, […]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton today announced that hunting and trapping licenses and Deer Management Permits (DMPs) for the 2025-26 season are now on sale. “With an estimated half a million New Yorkers looking to take part in the long-standing traditions of hunting and trapping this fall, excitement is […]

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Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day. Click here for the New York Focus story 

Hamburg & Gravy on Mashed Potatoes Vegetable  Bread  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!

The 35th annual Run For Jon will be held Saturday, August 23rd, 5 PM at Forrence Orchards on Mannix Road in Peru. It attracts hundreds of walkers, kids fun runners and runners every year, in addition to their friends and family who attend as spectators. There are numerous door prizes for participants, donated by our […]

Eligible Farmers May Now Apply for Reimbursement for Overtime Paid Since January 1, 2025 Friday, August 1, 2025 – Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that eligible farm employers may now apply for the Farm Employer Overtime Credit Advance program and receive reimbursement for eligible overtime paid to employees since January 1, 2025. Now in its […]

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Wilmington, NY – Ausable Freshwater Center (AFC) is providing streamside property assessments as part of the Stream Wise initiative in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program. Stream Wise is a nonprofit program that provides resources for landowners adjacent to streams and rivers in Vermont, New York, and Quebec. This marks the fourth year that […]

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