The Peru Gazette

Old Stone Barracks plan brews interest – Press-Republican: Local News. Here is the Peru Gazette’s October 14, 2013 story. 

City Hall Auditorium, 41 City Hall Place, Plattsburgh, NY, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Free Admission: Co-sponsored by the Lake Champlain Committee, Adirondack Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity. Experts will discuss risks to the environment, schools and communities from transport of explosive Bakken crude oil on rail lines between Montreal and Albany. Hear […]

Schumer supports aid for turning farm waste into electricity – Times Union.

McCoy: Move Ezra Prentice residents away from oil trains – Times Union.

New oil train rules have a wider reach – Times Union.

Poll: Still even split – Times Union.

Ruling paves way for resort – Times Union.

VIOLATION NOTICE The Town of Peru has to sample quarterly for total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids to comply with the disinfection by-products rule for E.P.A. and New York State. Test results for the 1ST quarter of 2014 exceeded the allowable maximum contaminant levels. Results are calculated by averaging the previous 4 quarter’s results. Current results […]

Large dump trucks filled with asphalt and dirt will be a common sight in Peru this summer. Several long-discussed Town of Peru construction projects are underway. They include paving Woodland Drive, Maiden Lane and Button Brook Parkway; replacing a major Fuller Road bridge; constructing the Heyworth/Mason Park to Sullivan Park Walking Trail; and replacing the […]

NYC trash, shipped by rail, coming to landfill.

By John T. Ryan Most local residents know the Harkness to Clintonville Road as a short cut to AuSable Forks and the Adirondack Region. Many people think of it as a lonely highway known for the blueberries on the Clintonville Plains. But for past the few summers, passersby have noticed a thing of beauty about […]

LCC: Rail Transport of Oil Poses Lake Risk.

Adirondack North Country gets $300K in NYS conservation grants « The In Box.

A Message From The Girl Scouts of NENY The Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York (GSNENY) offers a magical camp experience for girls. At camp girls have the opportunity to meet old and new friends, gain confidence in their skills, and feel good about who they are while learning new things! Girl Scout camp offer […]

Northern New York – The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has received $600,000 in the recently-passed New York State Budget for research to enhance the sustainability and profitability of farm businesses in the state’s six northernmost counties: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence. The Northern New York agricultural industry contributes nearly […]

Environmental Protection Fund gains $9 million » Local News » Press-Republican.

By John T. Ryan The final costs will exceed estimates by about 15% –$100,000–, but in a few weeks Peru residents should see work commencing on the Little Ausable River Walking Trail. The Peru Town Board at its March 24th meeting unanimously approved a bid of $809,799 from Steven E. Fuller Excavating of Keeseville. Three other […]

“The new enacted state budget addresses a number of priorities for me, including a reduction in the Gap Elimination Adjustment to help schools, extra funding to help municipalities fix roadways damaged by the harsh winter and tax relief for businesses and homeowners to help spur growth. My push was for increased Gap Elimination Adjustment restoration funding.  […]

BREAKING:State Announces Purchase of More Former Finch Lands – The Adirondack Almanack

Adirondack Insects: Extreme Cold And Climate Change – The Adirondack Almanack 

Capitol Confidential » This week on ‘NYN’: A highway through the North Country?.

Watertown Daily Times | Climate change reaching north country farms.

Learn About Maple Sugaring at Wild Center This Weekend – The Adirondack Almanack –

Stunned by Tragedy, a Village in Rural Quebec Turns Inward – NYTimes.com.

NWS report: Lake Champlain 99 percent frozen » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.