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Helen Nerska presents “Portraits and Painters of the Early Champlain Valley (1800-1865)”

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, January 15, 2025  

Chicken & Biscuits  Salad  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!

Elmore SPCA Capital Campaign Kicks Off

Plattsburgh, January 11, 2025 –  There were many happy faces at the Elmore SPCA’s Champlain Centre location this morning as Casella Waste Systems kicked off Elmore SPCA’s Capital Campaign with a $10,000 donation. Area Manager Bill Meyers, Shawn Mclean, Hauling Division Manager, and Sean Lukas, Morrisonville Landfill Division Manager, made the presentation. Shawn McLean commented, […]

Booth family donates $25K to Plattsburgh YMCA

Family’s association with the Y dates back to the early 1900s Click here for the Sun Community News story 

If you’re a Peru resident, your input in needed

The Town of Peru requests that all residents take this community survey. The town’s Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Law need to be updated. Peru resident input is critical to the community’s future!  Click here for the survey! 

DEC to host Jan. 15 informational webinar on updated freshwater wetland regulations

Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

Adirondacks named one of U.S. top 2025 travel destinations

Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Peru Knights looking forward to serving you breakfast this Sunday

Tatum Hendrie, first baby of 2025 at CVPH

Baby girl Tatum Hendrie was born January 2, at 9:44 am to parents Paula Blazonis and Will Hendrie of Plattsburgh. The first baby born in 2025 at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital weighed a perfect 8 lb. 5 oz and was 20 ¼ inches long. Tatum received a huge […]

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, January 8, 2025  

Shepherd’s Pie 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!

CCHA January events calendar

All events are free and open to the public. December 31, 2024 January 9th, 2:30 pm, Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh.  History of Clinton County in Pictures. Where did the County start, and how did it develop? See photos of the towns and villages that formed to become part of the Clinton County story. […]

St. Augustine’s Knights invite you to a great breakfast on Sunday, January 12

Peru, NY – “Pancakes Plus” Breakfast, Sunday, January 12, served by Knights of Columbus Council 7273, St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. $10 for adults, $5 for children 5 to 11; children under 5 are Free. Take-outs are $10. The menu includes Pancakes, French Toast, Strawberry Sauce, Sausage, Bacon, Scrambled eggs, home […]

A Christmas Blessing – 21 attempts, 17 successful

Twenty-one kind people attempted to donate blood at CVPH’s December 23 blood donor drive at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. Seventeen were successful. Remarkably, so many people donated during such a busy time of year. The CVPH Adirondack Regional Health Center, in a thank-you letter to the sponsoring organization, St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus, stated, “Donors […]

STEWART’S HOLIDAY MATCH RAISES $1.76 MILLION FOR LOCAL CHILDREN’S CHARITIES

Thanks to our generous customers, Stewart’s 2024 Holiday Match program raised more than $1.76 million for local children’s charities! Stewart’s customers generously donated more than $883,500 between Thanksgiving and Christmas Day this year. The company doubled those donations, penny for penny with no administrative fees. This means hundreds of local nonprofit children’s organizations will benefit […]

The Peru Gazette wishes everyone a Merry Christmas

Protesters in Burlington call for extended emergency shelter

Click here for the WCAX News story 

Four Hand Piano a big hit at Ecumenical Concert

Fantastic turnout for a wonderful concert

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen reopens on January 8

The St. Augutine’s Soup Kitchen will not serve this week or next. The next scheduled meal will be on Wednesday, January 8, and the menu features Shepherd’s Pie. The St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen wishes everyone a happy and blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Unhoused scramble to find shelter as temperatures drop

Click here for the WCAX story 

Ecumenical Choir Concert Tonight!

Health Department asks residents to complete health survey

Health Department wants to assess and update your healthcare needs  Clinton County – Through the end of February, the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) and the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) are asking residents what they see as the most pressing health concerns in our community. Residents can take […]

Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center Drives Offers Many Opportunities to Give North Country residents benefit from donations

St. Augustine’s Parish Center, Monday, December 23, 3-6:30 p.m. PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/20/2024) –   The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), offers multiple opportunities in January to donate blood and support the health and wellbeing of the North Country. In addition to […]

NCCC pins first hybrid nursing class T

Twenty-nine nursing students graduated from North Country Community College’s inaugural Jan. to Dec. RN program Click here for the Sun Community News story 

What a wonderful way to usher in Christmas Week