The Peru Gazette

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand and U.S. Congressman Bill Owens announced that the Adirondack Regional Airport will receive a $967,110 U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant for improvements to the airport’s terminal that will help it meet Transportation Security Administration (TSA) safety standards. The grant will also fund renovations to the […]

Great Lakes Seaway Trail, NY-PA – Travelers interested in America’s War of 1812 history now have a new 72-page, richly-illustrated guidebook to lead them to historic sites in New York and Pennsylvania. Seaway Trail, Inc., Sackets Harbor, NY, has published Waterways of War: The War of 1812, A Traveler’s Guide to the War of 1812 […]

By John T. Ryan The highlight of today’s Battle of Plattsburgh Celebration was the parade which began at 1 PM. A very large crowd lined City Hall Place for the almost two hour parade. This year’s parade theme was “The Canadian Connection.”  It featured many bagpipe bands, community organizations and our own Peru Central High […]

Friday, September 13, 2013 – The Peru Gazette was able to record a historical moment this afternoon as Father Alan Shnob placed a sign outside the St. Augustine’s Crate and Christmas Thrift Store . The store will open for the first time at 9 AM tomorrow. Shoppers will find Christmas items, household items, children’s items […]

During the next few weeks New York’s towns will be preparing their 2014 fiscal year budgets. Peru Town Supervisor Peter Glushko was kind enough to give the Peru Gazette a copy of two articles which recently appeared in the Association of Towns magazine. One article is titled “Town Budget Process” and the other is titled […]

Click here for Applefest 2013 flyer

Campus Notebook: ‘Developing’ label disheartens teacher – Times Union.

NanoCollege ups the chip fab ante – Times Union.

By John T. Ryan Livingood’s Restaurant, one of the City of Plattsburgh’s most popular downtown eateries, plans to open its doors in Peru. The Town of Peru Planning Board approved the site plan filed by Jessica and Matthew Ray at its Wednesday, September 11, 2013 meeting. The Rays plan to open Livingoods’s Restaurant and Brewery […]

Watertown Daily Times | Watertown First Amendment flap ends with a compromise and a staring contest.

Brown’s Raid At Fort Ticonderoga This Weekend – The Adirondack Almanack – The Adirondack Almanack.

A New Rail Trail? The Plattsburgh to Saranac Lake RR By Bike – The Adirondack Almanack 

By John T. Ryan Following the Monday, July 9, 2013 Town Board meeting The Peru Gazette asked Town Counselor Kregg Bruno if he was going to run for the office of Peru Town Supervisor in the November elections. Bruno responded, “I am not running for the office of Peru Town Supervisor. The current supervisor is doing […]

Enrollment  declines present financial challenges for most Upstate New York School Districts Ticonderoga School District Audit

North Country Prisons: Hard Times in ‘Siberia’ – The Adirondack Almanack – The Adirondack Almanack.

Study: Wetlands Key to Revitalizing Acid Streams – The Adirondack Almanack – The Adirondack Almanack.

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Associations of Northern New York will hold free workshops on the new federal healthcare insurance options at six regional sites starting September 24 sessions in Plattsburgh and Westport. Sessions will be offered September 25 in Malone and Canton and on September 26 in Watertown and Lowville. Specially trained Extension Educators Kirk […]

Part II of III:  A 3,300 mile journey of discovery through Nevada, Arizona, California and Utah Click here for Part II photos. Click here for Part I photos. By John & Jean Ryan Utah’s capitol Salt Lake City, founded by Mormons who still have a strong presence there, was our next stop. We toured Temple Square, […]

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Story Corrected 7:35 AM – Monday 9, 2013. Neither Kimberly Davis nor Susan Polhemus have the Conservative Party endorsement. By John T. Ryan Peru’s registered Independence and Conservative Party voters will have a chance to express their preferences for candidates on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in Clinton County’s primary elections. Balloting will take place at […]

Chipotle confirms Plattsburgh Consumer Square location » Local News » Press-Republican.

To help the Northern New York apple industry with a farm gate value of $16 million, the farmer-driven Northern New York Agricultural Development Program is funding orchard improvement research and grower education focused on improving fruit quality through systems management, precision orchard thinning, and precision irrigation techniques.    “Controlling the final fruit number on an […]

Regular Mtg Agenda Sept92013

PLATTSBURGH, NY— Today, Congressman Bill Owens congratulated Clinton Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh for earning national recognition from Washington Monthly. The publication ranked Clinton Community College 49th on its Best Community Colleges List. SUNY Plattsburgh ranked as the 10th “Best Bang for the Buck” for Master’s Universities and 30th under the All Schools list in the same category. “I […]

First-graders and Mesopotamia? New York’s model lesson plan asks too much, critics say | syracuse.com.