The Peru Gazette

Town leaders hope WiFi plus a new visitors’ center and EV chargers will result in more tourists stopping as they pass through. Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

Fans and community members shared their experience from the cross country skiing FIS World Cup in Lake Placid Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

One of the area’s local luminaries will be honored at a special service on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Harkness United Methodist Church. This year’s annual recognition of Dr. Georgia Harkness will celebrate not only her birthday, but also the dedication of an official marker naming the church a Methodist Historic Site. The worship service […]

For sale at the Peru Historian’s office in the Town Hall on Mondays from 10 am to 4 pm or at the Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Avenue, open from 10 to 3, Wednesdays to Saturday. $15 a shirt. It proclaims the Battle of Valcour Island on October 11, 1776, and remembers’ the Royal Savage […]

By John T Ryan Peru, April 8, 2026 – Though some people may not know him by name, almost everyone residing in or near the Peru hamlet is familiar with Art Graves. Graves has been running along Peru’s streets and roads for as long as most people can remember. A few years ago, a Jamaican […]

Plattsburgh, April 8, 2026 – The Press-Republican reports today that the  Senior Citizens Council of Clinton County Nutrition Program for the Elderly needs more drivers for its Home Delivered Meals program.  Volunteers use their own vehicles, but mileage is reimbursed. Drivers deliver to homebound seniors who are unable to cook for themselves. Deliveries last anywhere […]

The most far-reaching study in 40 years aims to track impact of changing climate on Adirondack waters Click here for the Adirondack Almanac Story 

Spring commencement and nursing pinning set for historic downtown Plattsburgh venue PLATTSBURGH — Clinton Community College will hold its May commencement ceremonies at the Strand Center for the Arts Theatre in downtown Plattsburgh, its first commencement since co-locating on SUNY Plattsburgh’s campus. Both the Spring Commencement ceremony and the Nursing Capping and Pinning ceremony will […]

CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL December 2025 minutes OPEN FLOOR TO PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATIONS: File # Z-2026-111 – Area Variance – Myles Tallada at 771 Bear Swamp Road – Parcel # 280.-1-28.2 – Requesting to remove an existing 10’X10′ shed and replace with a new 14’X30′ shed that will encroach 5 […]

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Protect the Adirondacks offers a response to an Adirondack Almanack piece about how to use certain parts of the Forest Preserve Click here for the Adirondack Almanac commentary 

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Hamburg/Gravy/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!

Plattsburgh, April 6, 2026. The Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) is reminding residents that ticks become active for the season as soon as temperatures start reaching 40⁰F and remain active until temperatures consistently drop below that number. Ticks can spread diseases that make people and pets very sick. Diseases or illnesses spread by ticks are called “tick-borne.” Lyme […]

PLATTSBURGH, NY –The region’s largest Spring Arts & Crafts Fair is back. On Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, the Adirondack Coast Craft Fair will once again take over the gymnasium at the former Clinton Community College campus, welcoming hundreds of shoppers and over 100 vendors from across the region. Presented by Adirondack Coast […]

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Thursday, April, 23, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., The Strand Center Theatre RSVP: Admission is free & open to the public; registration is required at wpbstv.org/events The Clinton Essex Franklin Library System (CEFLS) and Mountain Lake PBS invite the public to attend a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening ofThe Librarians during National Library Week. The film screening will be […]

“Then-Vice President Roosevelt was hiking up Mount Marcy in September of 1901 when word came that President McKinley had died of a gunshot.” Click here for the NCPR “North Woods” story 

Michelle LaBounty, Sandra Lashua and Tina Potter honored at April 30 North Country Celebration Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Proceeds help fund scholarships, graduation caps and gowns and the senior banquet. Click here for the Sun Community News story 

DEC releases long-awaited study of visitor use in the High Peaks Wilderness Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

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