The Peru Gazette

October 8, 2022, Peru – It’s a great weekend to visit the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum. It’s “Harvest Time” today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. This morning the museum conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the Grand Opening of the Babbie Museum Sawmill & Lumber Company. Volunteers trucked the nearly 100-year-old […]

THIS SUNDAY, October 9th from 11-3 @ Heyworth Mason Park

October 6, 2022, Plattsburgh – $180.105.53 – That is what pacesetters have already donated toward this year’s United Way of the Adirondacks campaign. President & CEO John Bernardi announced the success this morning before representatives of its 35 partner agencies and several supporters. The campaign has a $650,000 goal. Why give to the United Way? […]

Eighty percent of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured. The first step to prevention is awareness. The second is early detection through vision screening. Around the world, Lions partner with medical professionals and community leaders to screen young children, primary school students, and adults to identify those at risk for vision loss. The […]

Plattsburgh – October 1, 2022 – North Country Honor Flights 42 & 43 Send-Off Ceremony at the U.S. Oval. Thank you to David Brown for supplementing our Peru Gazette photos. Bios Flight #42 – October 1, 2022 Charles Boss, Jr. U.S. Army                           […]

The Harkness United Methodist Church has great news for almost everyone… the widely popular Chicken & Biscuit Dinner will return to the Harkness Church Hall (776 Hallock Hill Road, Peru) on Sunday, October 16th, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm! The reason it will be good news for almost everyone is that the dinner will be served […]

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Chili Garden Salad Bread Desert   Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. takeout only at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru.   All are welcome at our table.

Annual event coming to Plattsburgh Friday, Sept. 23 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of five continents, securing its standing among the world’s premier ensembles and a major artistic presence in its home base of San Francisco, serving since 1989 as Ensemble-in-Residence of San Francisco Performances and Directors of The Morrison Chamber Music Center Instructional Program at San […]

Editor’s Note  – Music static issues resulted in having to insert new music at 8:24 p.m. on September 20, 2022. Peru – Thanks to the many people who attended, community support, the wonderful weather, and the many volunteers, the 2022 Applefest was a success. Approximately 125 volunteers contribute time and talents to make it happen. […]

Photos by Jim Falvo supplemented with a few taken from the east side of Main Street by John Ryan

Ham Roasted Potatoes Vegetable Bread Dessert Served take-out only from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at t. Augustine’s Parish Center, 303o Main st., Peru, NY. All are welcome at our table!

Saturday, Sept. 17 ‘Street Drive’ looks to help offset costs Click here for the Sun Community News story 

AFRI aims to bring together people from different cultures, countries to bond, learn Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, September 19th, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru.  Your neighbors need and appreciate your donation.

The St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen will not serve this week because of Applefest preparations. It will return on Wednesday, September 21st.     

Photos taken about noon 11:30 a.m. today.  Kids Fair today at the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum Sunday, Sept. 11th, from 10 am to 4 pm. Pumpkin painting, finger puppet making by Cornell Cooperative Extension, old-time games with prizes for every child, stagecoach rides, animal petting and feeding, hands-on demonstrations for both young and […]

The Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board is producing a regional analysis of housing to understand the housing needs of the community more fully. This survey will help us understand the community perspective on housing issues in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton counties and New York’s North Country more broadly and what approaches the community […]

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, September 19th from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru.  Your neighbors need and appreciate your donation. The blood drive is being coordinated by St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273. 

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 Plattsburgh, NY – Healing Grace: Center for Hope and Healing with Funds2Orgs is excited and grateful for the successful completion of “Gracie’s Shoe Drive.” The drive ran from May 1st, 2022 to July 29th, 2022 and collected 163 bags of shoes and $1846 funds raised to continue their mission of supporting grieving families in the […]