The Peru Gazette

Massive contribution boosts Cornerstone Campaign projects Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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Sweethearts and Heroes News Release PERU, NY — Peru and Ticonderoga high school students gathered here recently for a special mini-summit that included a joint podcast recording and other inspiring activities that swirled around HOPE (Hold On, Possibilities Exist). On Wednesday, Dec. 18, 14 Ticonderoga students and their teachers, Kate Crammond and Sarah Ellsworth, went […]

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 […]

By John T Ryan  Peru, NY, December 30, 2024 – At this morning’s Town Board meeting, a C&S Engineering Project Status Report of the Telegraph Road bridge project elicited an opinion no one wanted to hear. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell told the board today, “The mussel study set the project back. With bid-letting scheduled for […]

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Tuesday, December 24, 2024 – Sunday evening Steve Collier was the pianist for the Ecumenical Choir. Today, he’s bringing more goodwill to passers-by along Main Street with is sausaphone. Steve said, “My grandfather played this sausaphone.  He passed it on to my father and my father passed it on to me”  

Legislation aimed at helping to get assistance and information to EPIC participants CLICK HERE FOR THE SUN COMMUNITY NEWS STORY 

Different regulatory environments in the two states have led to contrasting situations on either side of Lake Champlain. Click here for the VTDigger story 

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PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/20/2024) – Christine Porter worried about what each passing hour could bring as her mother battled a life-threatening illness in the ICU at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). While she’ll never forget the fear she felt during her mother’s stay in the hospital, Porter also says […]

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Peru, NY December 18, 2024 –  North Country goodwill has been visible the last several days at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. JCEO Community Outreach personnel have been preparing Clinton County Christmas Bureau Christmas gifts for delivery to JCEO Outreach Centers throughout Clinton County. JCEO Director of Community Outreach Lisa Goodrow said 550 households applied this […]

Peru, NY December 17, 2024 –  A rapidly spreading fire destroyed Lance and Veronika Falcon’s 436 Calkins Road home on Monday, December 16. Fortunately, the Falcons escaped the inferno and saved their animals. Unfortunately, the fire leveled their log frame home. When the Peru Gazette arrived, the Peru Fire Department and several other departments were […]

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!

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Community thrilled with full-service grocery, deli open in the village Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The most recent edition spotlights the biggest innovators and groundbreakers in government, business, academia and advocacy circles who are creating jobs and improving the wellbeing of all New York. The recognition cited our work in developing the Quebec-New York economic relationship and in the creation of a growing cluster of Transportation Equipment and Aerospace manufacturers […]

CCC News Release – Plattsburgh, NY — Clinton Community College (CCC) has been shaped by countless people over the years, making it the invaluable resource it is today for the North Country. But every so often, someone comes along who doesn’t just leave their mark—they leave a legacy. That’s exactly what Mike Zerrahn has done. […]

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 […]