The Peru Gazette

The Peru Youth Commission will be holding sign ups for all Town of Peru Youth on Friday March 20th from 6-9 pm and Saturday March 21 at from 9 – noon. Sign ups will include Baseball, Softball, Summer Activities and Fall Soccer. Employment opportunities will also be offered for youth ages 14. -18. All youth […]

New York’s 2014 voter turnout 49th best in the US – Times Union.

Albany – Assemblywoman Janet Duprey (R,I – Peru) today reiterated her support for a more open and transparent state government in light of an ethics reform agreement between Gov. Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie. Duprey, a longtime advocate for ethics reform, was appointed to a bipartisan search committee earlier this year for an executive […]

Form the Office of Superintendent of Schools  The Peru Central School Board of Education will gather Tuesday, March 24th at 6 PM in the Jr/Sr High School Community Room for their fourth public session budget workshop. At its budget workshop, the School Board is expected to: Review Budget Timeline. Receive a series of Recommendations from […]

Flames consume Giroux’s Poultry barn in Chazy – Press-Republican: News.

Fujitsu Frontech branch headed to TN – Press-Republican: News.

Shared Responsibilities – 1st Place Winner Nature/Wildlife Category – Professional Division, Best in Show – Professional Division, and People’s Choice Award for the 2014 Annual Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s Through The Lens Juried Photography Exhibit By John T. Ryan “The Jewels of Lake Champlain,” “Snowy Owl,” Minimalist Sunrise,” and “Shared Responsibilities” are just four of the […]

Capitol Confidential » Latest inspection turns up railroad tanker defects.

PLATTSBURGH, NY – The Strand Center for the Arts is proud to announce that its Annual High School & Middle School Exhibition will be opening in the SCA Main Gallery at 23 Brinkerhoff Street in Plattsburgh. The opening reception for this exhibition will be held March 20th, 2015 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The exhibition […]

From the United Way of the Adirondack Region At the United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. Annual Meeting and Recognition Dinner on Friday, March 13th, 2015, Hope Coryer was the recipient of the 31th Annual Dorothy & Alan Booth Distinguished Citizen Award. She is truly deserving of this most coveted award. There is hardly […]

From the Office of the Superintendent of the Peru Central School Does education meet the needs of the 21st century workplace? Students will be able to find out on Thursday, March 19, 2015, when seniors and juniors from Peru and Beekmantown Central School Districts embark on a new opportunity for post-secondary career planning. The Career […]

The Peru School District Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) is tentatively scheduled to meet in the Jr/Sr High School Community Room at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, March 17th. In addition to these informational sessions, the BAC will be invited to share their recommendations with the School Board on Tuesday, March 24th during a public budget development […]

From the Office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Washington – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) applauded the announcement that Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Canadian Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney today signed the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, and Air Transport Preclearance Between the Government of the United States of […]

Thera-Pets, Inc. will begin the Jonathon’s Journey program for children with special needs on Sunday, April 15th from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. The group will meet every Sunday for nine weeks, excluding Memorial Day Weekend, at the Butternut Ridge Farm, 648 Calkins Road, Peru. Jonathon’s Journey is a newly structured program that still gives the […]

  L-R Nathan Kennedy, Abigail St. Louis, Gabrielle Dion, Shauna Fliss, Megan Mazzella, Chris Mazzella  By John T. Ryan The North Country Mission of Hope’s February 17-24 mission to Nicaragua included nine high school students and adults who either live in Peru or attend Peru High School. They included Chris Mazzella, Megan Mazzella, Shauna Fliss, […]

Trooper Donald Fredenburg dies at NY State Police Academy – Times Union.

Cuomo raising campaign cash again | Capital New York.

By John T. Ryan Highway safety was the primary topic at the Monday, March 9, 2015 Peru Town Board meeting. The board appears to be determined to do its best to curtail accidents at the Brand Hollow Road – Military Turnpike Extension intersection. The board will request that the Clinton County Highway Department conduct a […]

Saturday, March 14, 2015  3 to 6 PM at St. Augustine’s Parish Center  Corned beef, cabbage, ham and all the trimmings. $9.00 adults, $4.00 child 4-12, 3 and under Free. Traditional Irish music, songs and dance. Sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of the America’s. 

4th Sunday Breakfast,  Peru Memorial VFW 710 Pleasant St, Rte 22B Peru, NY 12972 March 22, 2015 @ 9:00 a.m. – Noon Bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits & sausage gravy, corned beef hash, pancakes with “real” maple syrup, juice and coffee. ONLY $8.00 Proceeds to benefit Veterans and their families.

Medaille College in Buffalo has named Steffany Farrell of Peru to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2014 semester. Students who take a minimum of 12 credit hours and who earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for all credit hours carried during that semester are placed on the Dean’s List. With campuses […]

The Clinton County Health Department and the Action for Health Consortium are working to increase healthy opportunities for Clinton County residents. We’d like to better understand what people want and need for the local trails in Clinton County. We ask you to take our 5-minute survey (see link below). Answers will help us carry out […]

One dead in Dannemora house fire – Press-Republican: Local News.

L-R Rob Wright, Supervisor Peter Glushko, Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell and Counselman Donald McBrayer traveled to Albany Wednesday, March 4th, to lobby for increased state highway aid or CHIPS monies. Capitol Confidential » Lawmakers call for more local road funding in state budget.