The Peru Gazette

At a Peru Town Board Special Meeting held on  October 22, 2013, 6:30 PM the following resolution was passed:  A RESOLUTION AWARDING FULLER ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT AT DRY MILL BROOK BID TO STEVE E. FULLER EXCAVATION, INC. WHEREAS, the Town Board has received certain bids in response to its request for same in connection with the Fuller Road Culvert […]

October 22, 2013  – Letter to Editor Peru Gazette Dear Editor: Friday, Oct. 11th was a beautiful warm autumn day for the 72 golfers who took to the tees for the 4th annual Leo Bourgeois Memorial Golf Tournament to raise money for Mr. B’s scholarship fund for Peru Central School seniors. Because of the generosity of sponsors, […]

Capitol Confidential » Rest easy New Yorkers, sale of Eurasian boar is now banned.

More burglary charges for two Peru residents » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

Seven Local Tech Companies Prove Vermont Can Lead the Nation | Seven Days.

GE still looking at “simplification” that could affect Schenectady – The Buzz: Business news.

Comptroller addresses NY’s “uneven” recovery | News from North Country Public Radio.

DiNapoli: Financial Challenges Remain for State Despite Progress, 10/15/13.

Lake George to Lake Champlain: The LaChute River Trail – The Adirondack Almanack

New York stacks the deck – The Observation Deck.

Farm cideries get boost in NY.

Moreland co-chair received donations from intel-gathering contractor | Capital New York.

A low-cost, easy-to-implement on-farm solution for controlling a highly destructive alfalfa pest is now expected to pay off for New York strawberry growers. The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program (NNYADP) has granted funds to Cornell University entomologist Elson Shields to evaluate the use of alfalfa snout beetle-controlling nematodes to manage two strawberry crop pests. 

Title: A LIVE RADIO MYSTERY THEATER PROGRAM Location: Peru Free Library Description: Monday, October 28th at 7:30pm. Fifteen members of the community, 55 and older, have been rehearsing with a theater professor from SUNY for the last eight weeks. Three short radio plays will be performed, complete with sound effects. Free and open to the […]

Empire State Development’s Board of Directors met today in New York City and approved $6.1 million in funding for projects that will create more than 70 new jobs and retain nearly 300 jobs throughout the Empire State. This funding will leverage over $244 million in additional investments to support business growth and lay the groundwork […]

Feds: Wormuth took $7,500 to write MMA letter – Times Union.

Correction 10/17/13: Corrected to read “Hazard Mitigation.” First post read “Flood Hazards.”  By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board has a full schedule this month as it formulates its 2014 fiscal year budget and holds its regular meetings and a public hearing on changes in the zoning law. At the Monday, October 14th meeting […]

Report on low wages brings outcry – Times Union.

Rockland D.A.: 123 property owners came clean in STAR amnesty | The Journal News | lohud.com | lohud.com.

Older state Supreme Court judges no longer able to collect salary and pension simultaneously – NY Daily News.

Tappan Zee Bridge milestone: Permanent work begins | The Journal News | lohud.com | lohud.com.

Moreland panel readies subpoenas for state lawmakers – Times Union.

Afternoon read: High emotion in Common Core debate « The In Box.