The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan Cars are slowing down as they drive by and people are noticing something good has happened at the historic house at 325 Route 22B.  (Click here for our photos) Many Peru residents know that location as the former home of the Phil Green family. The Greens left Peru several years ago and […]

Peru’s highways have been very busy during the past several weeks as our orchardists have been harvesting their apple crops. The River Road was particularly busy this past weekend. Forrence Orchards was harvesting Cortland and Gala apples and transporting them to their River Road storage and packing facility.  Seth Forrence said year’s first-quality harvest was […]

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By John T. Ryan Sometimes a name says it all and this appears to be the story at Peru’s new fitness center.   The facility once known as Hardcore Fitness has reopened under new ownership and a new name – Community Fit. Peru residents Susan and Kirk Polhemus purchased the facility at  3452 Route 22.  Susan […]

Forrence Orchards has completed construction of its 12,000 square-foot building on the River Road and their new packing machine is operational. (Click here to see all our photos) Construction began last July and the building was completed in October. Twenty personnel were hard at work in the new building today bagging and boxing apples for […]

By John T. Ryan December 31, 2010 was a day of mixed emotions for people as they gathered at Becky’s Restaurant for a last meal and to wish the restaurant’s owner Becky Garrow well. (Click here for photos) They’re sad because they’re losing a favorite Peru eating and gathering spot. On the other hand they’re […]

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Thanks to Joanne Kennedy for the great photos. See www.joannekennedy.net By John T. Ryan May 13, 2010 was the end of the smudge pot era at Forrence Orchards. At about 1 a.m. Seth Forrence and two helpers lit about 550 pots for the last time. Forrence said that smudge pots made economic sense when fuel oil […]

Rulfs Orchard and Roadside Stand is undoubtedly one of Peru’s best-known businesses. Its beginnings can be traced to the fall of 1952 when Bob Rulfs’ father asked him how he was going to sell all his surplus apples. When Bob didn’t have a ready answer, his dad placed a crate of apples on his son’s […]

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If not and you want to know where to find fresh locally-grown and locally-processed foods, attend Eating Local Yet events in Canton on Thursday, May 6 from 5:30-8:30pm at Plattsburgh High School; Friday, May 7 from 5:30-8:30pm at St. Lawrence University’s Eben Holden Hall in Canton; or Saturday, May 8 at Case Junior High School […]

The Peru Gazette added a new link to its right sidebar today “Restaurant Reviews.”  The Urbanspoon website has several reviews of local restaurants. We thought our readers might find it useful! Please add your reviews.

By Adele Douglas You no longer need to drive to Staples to make color copies.  There’s a new color copier in town, at the Peru Free Library. Color copies will cost you 50 cents, black and white copies 10 cents.  You can either bring in your print job or send it from the six public […]

A new business officially opened in our community on October 19 and according to co-owner David Gordon, “People will be moving in starting tomorrow.” High Peaks Self Storage is located at 18 Dashnaw Rd. just off the Bear Swamp Rd. at Exit 35 of the Adirondack Northway. David Gordon and Rick Quero are the co-owners […]

  By John T. Ryan In a few days visitors to the Peru Free Library will be able to see just how much electrical power the library’s solar energy system has generated that day, week and year. Librarian Becky Pace will undoubtedly receive satisfaction every time she looks at the digital display knowing that the […]

By John T. Ryan Nova Bus officials welcomed North Country community and business leaders at their 260 Banker Road plant this morning for a a gala ribbon cutting ceremony. (See today’s photos) The plant is already in operation and will be employing 190 personnel by the end of July. Nova Bus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of […]

     Sandy & Scott Bazzano   By John T. Ryan Undoubtedly the “talk of the town” in Peru the last several months has been the popularity of Pasquale’s, a local restaurant in the middle of town with a brand new building. Passers-by can’t help but notice the full parking lot and quickly find themselves stopping […]

  By John T. Ryan In two years one of Peru’s most colorful personalities will be recalling that its been 40 years since he erected his business sign at 85 Connors Rd. Mike Relation started Rustic Auto Body as an auto body repair shop. Over the years he’s added used cars, new car parts, used […]

By John T. Ryan (See Photos)The Flooring Connection located at 9 Elm Street, near the Peru Community Church, opened its doors only a year ago, but the owner isn’t a newcomer to the flooring business. Owner Greg Delia explained,

Posted November 20, 2008 by John T. Ryan Peru Hardware at 2971 Main St. is undoubtedly one of our community’s oldest businesses. Percy and Lula Brown opened the store’s doors in 1946. Their son Doug and his wife Helen took over in 1963. In 1985 Doug and Helen’s daughter Wendy and her husband Bob Silverman […]

  This is the first of a series of Peru Gazette business profiles. Over the next several months we hope to profile every business in Peru. Local businesses provide the goods and services that are an important part of our daily lives. It should be interesting learning about the people who own and operate these […]