The Peru Gazette

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By John T. Ryan The past several days were undoubtedly memorable for Reverend Dr. Robert Svenson. Last Friday evening the Peru Community Church hosted a Recognition Dinner to honor his service as their pastor. Sunday he delivered his last sermon at the church and Monday he officially retired after forty-two years of ministry. Anyone attending […]

5th Annual Kids Fair and Festival – September 12-13, 2015 – Hours 10am – 4pm. Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum, 250 River Rd., Peru, NY 12972. Old time games including hopscotch, sack races, corn box, bobbing for apples, pumpkin tic tac toe, egg races, bean bag toss; stagecoach and Thomas the Train rides; hayrides; […]

A Northern New York Agricultural Development Program project report encourages farmers to consider the benefits of tile drainage to both crop production and environmental stewardship. The research is especially timely as farms face changes to the environmental standards they are required to meet and at a time when federal and state funding is available for […]

Today was the 25th anniversary of the Run For Jon. In 1990, 13 year-old Jonathan Evans was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Soon after his diagnosis, two long time friends of the Evans family, Mark Elmore and Scott Woodward, organized the first Run for Jon to raise money to help pay for expenses […]

Learn all about today’s farms today at Maplegrand/Irwin Farms, 135 Jarvis Rd. in Peru. You still have time. The program ends at 3 p.m. Here are a few Peru Gazette photos. It was a pleasure seeing Mrs. Bert Irwin out and about. It’s a beautiful day to visit one our region’s most beautiful farms. It’s a […]

August 29, 2015 – There was a very large turnout at the August 28, 2015 Recognition Dinner for retiring Peru Community Church Pastor Reverend Dr. Robert Svenson. It was a joyous evening as members of the clergy, church members and Reverend “Bob’s” friends thanked him for his service over the past twelve years. The evening […]

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today (August 29, 2015) Maplegrand Farms/Irwin Farm,135 Jarvis Road in Peru will host farm tours, agricultural exhibits, hayrides, a machinery lineup, a children’s activity center with coloring and activity books, local vendors, bouncy house, cheese, wine and maple tastings. A BBQ lunch will be available for purchase.

Jessy Jolicoeur, owner of Oval Craft Brewing, says his brewery is set to open around Christmastime at the U.S. Oval Source: Brewery coming to Plattsburgh’s U.S. Oval | Local News – WPTZ Home

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY-21) staff will be on hand with the NY-21 Mobile Office at the Saranac Town Hall on Tuesday, September 22nd from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Town Hall is located at 3662 Route 3 in Saranac, 12981. Congresswoman Stefanik’s mobile office hours will be updated on her website here. For a […]

My name is Nancy, and I am working with a group of unbelievably generous people who are putting on a huge Benefit this coming Sunday, 8/30, for Au Sable Forks native, current Peru resident Nate Bushey (my son), who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic melanoma to the brain, lungs and lymph nodes.  We […]

The Strand Center for the Arts (SCA) proudly announces the grand reopening of the beautifully restored Strand Center Theatre on Saturday, September 26th, 2015 with WELL-STRUNG, The Singing String Quartet WELL-STRUNG features classical musicians who sing, putting their own spin on the music of Mozart, Ravel, Beethoven, Taylor Swift, Green Day, Katy Perry and more.  […]

By John T. Ryan Peru’s Rehoboth Homestead is well known as a Community Supported Agriculture (C.S.A.) farm where members come for fresh, organically grown produce. However, the C.S.A.’s operator Beth Spaugh-Barber would like everyone to know that you don’t have to be a member to purchase items at her Route 9 farmstand located just one […]

The Peru Lions Club will be hosting its 21th Annual Stanley Hughes Golf Classic on Sunday, September 13th at The Barracks Golf Club at 12:00 p.m. The tournament is a four-person scramble with a team handicap of 40+.  Cash prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.  There will also be prizes for closest […]

This morning, August 22, 2015, The Peru Gazette took two hours to visit three beautiful places along Route 9 beginning at the Peru Dock, then the  veranda at Clinton Community College and the Plattsburgh Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market. We don’t think it will take you long to discover why we enjoyed out brief trip. Peru […]

The GE lab, which will focus on packaging silicon carbide chips for use in power devices, will be part of the $500 million manufacturing consortium that GE and SUNY Poly created last year, which is setting up a pilot manufacturing line at SUNY Poly’s Albany campus. The GE lab will look at how to package […]

AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, August 24, 2015@ 7:00 PM  Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the August 10, 2015 Regular Board Meeting. Community Input DISCUSSION: Surveillance Cameras for Walking Trail.  DISCUSSION: Retainer Wall in Heyworth Mason Park.  DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Fund Transfers. DISCUSSION: Holden Avenue Update. DISCUSSION: Unison Update. […]

Left to right: Kennedy Patnode-Gebo, Kalli, Patnode-Gebo, Kelsey Patnode-Gebo, James Gebo Jr., Marybeth Patnode-Gebo stand next to the manhole where inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped. The Strand Center for the Arts will be showcasing a new series of documentary photography centered on the Dannemora prison break by artist Damian Battinelli. This exhibit, titled “The Escape,” […]

The 6th Annual Leo P. Bourgeois Memorial Golf Tournament will take place Friday, October 2nd at the Adirondack Golf & Country Club in Peru. Mr. Bourgeois was a long standing and much revered guidance counselor at Peru Central School. To honor his legacy, PCS alumni founded the golf tournament in 2011 to fund a scholarship […]

The Strand Center for the Arts is excited to announce that they will be hosting an art sale and auction on Saturday, August 29, 2015. This will be a one night only event that will take place in the Main Gallery at The Strand Center for the Arts on 23 Brinkerhoff Street in Plattsburgh. The […]

The Clinton County Coalition To Prevent Suicide and the Suicide Prevention Center presents: QPR: Question, Persuade, Refer (http://www.qprinstitute.com/) The QPR mission is to save lives and reduce suicidal behaviors by providing innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help […]

The 25th annual Run For Jon to raise for the North Country families with children in medical crisis will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday, August 29th at Forrence Orchards on the Mannix Road in Peru. Registration for the 2.5 mile cross-country run, 1.25 mile non-competitive walk and Kids Fun Run (approximately 1/2 mile) will […]

The 6th Annual Peru Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner is scheduled for Saturday, October 3rd at the American Legion Restaurant, 162 Quarry Road in Plattsburgh. There will be a social hour at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. This year’s inductees include: Bob Bruno (48), Peter Keenan Sr. (48), Brent Banker (80), Theresa […]

Peru Central’s Board of Education will be holding a special meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 3:00 PM in the Jr/Sr High School Community Room. The Board is expected to immediately proceed into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing particular individuals being considered for employment.  No other school board or school district business […]