The Peru Gazette

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The budget includes a 3% raise for other employees Peru—After conducting four department workshops, the Peru Town Board presented a tentative 2025 budget at a special meeting on Thursday, October 3, 2024. Responding to planned culvert replacement project costs, the board agreed to forego a 2025 pay raise. Town Clerk/Tax Collector Dianne Miller also said […]

(All photos by David Brown) Thomas Batterson, U.S. Air Force, 1968-1991 – Vietnam Tom received a draft notice. Looking to get out of English class, Tom took the Air Force qualifying exam, passed, and enlisted. After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Tom became an Air Crew Life Support.  Tom ensured the survival of […]

Peru, NY: The Peru Fire District will conduct a planning workshop on its upcoming building project at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 6. The public is welcome to attend. 

October 5, 2024, Plattsburgh, NY – Thirty more deserving veterans flew to Washington D.C. today on North Country Honor Flights 58 and 59. View Dave Brown’s photos of the Send-Off Ceremony and flight line departures with music accompaniment. The Peru Gazette will publish veteran biographies as soon as possible.

Chicken & Stuffing Casserole Salad 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!

13 Elm St at Rtes 22 & 22B. Peru Community Church Fellowship Center. Thanks to all who came to the sale last weekend. We still have a good selection of items ready for you this Saturday. A few large items are priced to sell. Pay whatever you like! Free if you need it! All $ […]

Amendments, public hearings and public comment period detailed Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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The purchase of the 45-store chain, including 38 stores in Vermont, is a major expansion of Stewart’s New England presence. Click here to view the VTDigger story 

Peru Town 2025 Budgeting Schedule: Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 5:30 PM       Highway Budget Workshop Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 5:30 PM       Water/Sewer/Valcour Workshop Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 5:30 PM             Salaries/General Workshop Thursday, October 3, 2024, 5:30 PM – Special Meeting to Present Tentative Budget Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5:30 PM    […]

Peru—Pancakes Plus Breakfast, Sunday, OCTOBER 13, served by the St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus, St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 children 5 to 11, and Children under 5 are Free. Take-outs are $10. The menu includes Pancakes, French Toast, Strawberry Sauce, Sausage, Bacon, Scrambled eggs, Hash Browns, Real […]

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NYS Education Commissioner to join Thursday, Oct. 17 celebration Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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September 30, 2024 – The Serenity Garden on Harkness Road is extremely beautiful, especially at this time of year. If you haven’t been there, it’s 1.4 miles west of the Harkness Methodist Church. Ausable Forks logger, good samaritan Art Ford, and his wife Ann work in the garden almost daily. In 2014, the Peru Gazette […]

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL September 2024 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: P2024-0025 Site Plan Review-Motor Vehicle Repair, William Hendrie, 257.-1-10.1, 16 Rockwell Rd P2024-0026 Site Plan Review-Sign, James Rock &                             […]

Message from North County Honor Flight – This Saturday, October 5, will be the final North Country Honor Flight of the 2024 flying season. Flights 58 and 59 will have 3 Korean War Veterans and many Vietnam Veterans among the 30 Veterans being honored. “Thunder in the Burgh” will take place once again thanks to […]

Peru – September 23, 2024,  Culvert replacement priorities dominated the Peru Town Board’s Monday, September 23, 2024, Regular Peru Town Board Meeting. Engineering Ventures representatives Peter Gibbs and Mark DeCrescente explained why exiting culverts failed and the challenges in replacing them.  Peru Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell recently evaluated/scored ten culverts to determine the replacement order. […]

October 8 – 2:30 pm, Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh. Transportation in Clinton County with Transportation Historian Dick Soper. A photo selection of the various means of transportation in Clinton County from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, including trains, boats, carriages, and cars. October 11th – 4:30 pm, Clinton Community College, Moore Building, […]

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New York also granted access to FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Click here for the Sun Community News story