The Peru Gazette

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! 

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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 […]

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!

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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!

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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 […]

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 […]

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 

Ham Scalloped 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!

The Peru Lions Club’s Thanksgiving Day  Turkey Trot has been a great fundraiser for 47 years. Thanks to more than  400 participants and many donors, the 2024 Turkey Trot was another success. The Peru Lions are putting the proceeds to good use.

December 14, 2024, Route 9-Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh – By John T Ryan Many veterans, civilians, families and community leaders participated in today’s Wreaths Across America program at the Old Post Cemetery. They laid 210 wreaths at the gravestones of our fallen heroes. The Wreaths Across America theme is Remember—Honor—Teach. Remember our fallen veterans, honor […]

December 13, 2024—Joanne Kennedy took several great photos and video clips of the 2024 Peru Tractor Parade.  Thank you, Joanne!