The Peru Gazette

Source: Chief grapplers handle Nighthawks | Sun Community News SARANAC | The Saranac varsity wrestling team put on a dominating performance Jan. 25, scoring wins by fall in every match they won en route to a 72-5 rout of Peru.

Source: New York mask mandate reinstated by court day after being overturned by judge – syracuse.com

Source: Local school districts explain continued mask guidance | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | School districts across Clinton County and the state were inundated with calls from parents after a downstate Supreme Court decision found New York’s current public m

CANTON, NY (01/24/2022)– Ally McCormick from Peru has been named to St. Lawrence University’s Dean’s List for achieving academic excellence during the Fall 2021 semester. McCormick is a member of the Class of 2025. McCormick attended Ausable Valley Central School. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least four […]

POTSDAM, NY (01/20/2022)– Kaitlyn Lee Witt of Peru, NY, a junior majoring in computer science, was named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester at Clarkson University. Dean’s List students must achieve a minimum 3.25 grade-point average and also carry at least 14 credit hours. As a private, national research university, Clarkson is […]

Source: Vikings lead all state football picks | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | A trio of Moriah Vikings were named to the first team of the Class D NYSSWA all state football team after the squad went to their third straight state finals in as many full seasons.

Source: A CNY gay teen shares his ‘biggest challenge’; school’s response sets off a storm – syracuse.com

Source: CVES to open testing site for Clinton Co. students and staff | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | With recent state allotments of free at-home antigen tests for local K-12 students in Clinton County, officials are now working to also better streamline PCR CO

“As districts such as Plattsburgh City School District and Ausable Valley Central School District announced plans to cancel classes Jan. 11, the National Weather Service in Burlington said the coldest wind chill values will be seen between 2 a.m. and 11 a.m.” Source: Cold snap brings advisories and school closures | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH […]

TROY, NY (01/07/2022)– Allison Beattie of Peru was named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List at Hudson Valley Community College. Beattie is studying in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program at the Troy, NY college. The Dean’s List recognizes those full-time students and part-time students registered for at least six college credits who have a term […]

ALBANY, NY (01/07/2022)– Rylee Desso, of Peru, NY, has been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2021 semester at The College of Saint Rose. Desso is majoring in Early Childhood & Childhood Education: B-6. Full-time undergraduate students who complete a minimum of 12 graded credit hours and who achieve a semester average of […]

“It’s one of the toughest sports to participate in,” said Gary Edwards, Peru wrestling head coach. “Some come out and they don’t last too long because it is too hard for them.”  A special athlete, takes a special coach. At 75 years young, Edwards has been the face of Peru wrestling for about five decades. […]

Also includes SUNY Plattsburgh – Source: NY to open new Covid testing sites at 10 SUNY campuses, including in CNY – syracuse.com

POTSDAM, NY (01/03/2022)– The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 887 students to the President’s List, in recognition of their academic excellence in the Fall 2021 semester. To achieve the honor of being on the President’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point average […]

POTSDAM, NY (01/03/2022)– The State University of New York at Potsdam recently named 235 students who excelled academically in the Fall 2021 semester to the College’s Dean’s List. To achieve the honor of being on the Dean’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point average of between […]

The federal program offers discounts on monthly internet service fees to low-income Americans.   WASHINGTON, December 31, 2021—In accordance with Congressional directives in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Federal Communications Commission officially launched the Affordable Connectivity Program, the $14.2 billion successor program to the Emergency Broadband Benefit which helped almost 9 million afford […]

Source: Gov. Hochul details North Country school COVID tests and more | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | As Gov. Kathy Hochul urged North Country residents to get vaccinated, she commended local health and municipal efforts while detailing the ramped up efforts fo

Source: Upstate NY school bans ‘Jingle Bells’ due to holiday song’s ‘questionable past’ – syracuse.com

Source: 2021 in Section VII: No. 20, 19 | Sun Community News ELIZABETHTOWN | Sun Community News unveils its top 20 high school sports moments from 2021, a year that saw face masks, empty stands, quarantines, indoor events moving outdoors, fall and winter events mo

Source: New York High School Regents exams canceled for January | WUTR/WFXV – CNYhomepage.com

Source: “Reading Rainbow” returns with local art teacher as creative director | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Amy Guglielmo has been in education for over 20 years. She was first introduced to Steven Beer, the Executive Producer of Reading Rainbow Live, when sh

Source: SUNY taps outgoing Oswego college president to serve as interim chancellor – syracuse.com

Source: ‘We are keeping schools open’ says Hochul | NCPR News

Source: SUNY Canton awarded $1.1 million in REDC funds for campus entrepreneurship space | Education | nny360.com

Source: Central NY schools respond to TikTok school threats hitting districts nationally – syracuse.com