The Peru Gazette

  Washington, DC – Congressman Bill Owens announced this week he has joined a bipartisan effort between the House and Senate to increase the threshold at which low-value shipments can enter the United States free from tariffs, also known as a “de minimis” threshold. Owens is an original co-sponsor of the “Low Value Shipment Regulatory […]

Argentina’s Cardinal Bergoglio Is The New Pope; He Will Be ‘Francis’ : The Two-Way : NPR.

          The State Senate today approved legislation that would allow towns to set maximum speed limits on local roads.  Currently, cities, villages and towns with populations of 50,000 or greater can do so without New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) approval.              “It’s an arbitrary […]

Town of Peru Youth Commission will be holding their registration for all Summer Activities, including Baseball/Softball/T-Ball and Fall Soccer on Friday April 12 from 6-9 PM and Saturday 9-Noon downstairs at the Peru Town Hall. Youth Participating in the Baseball/Softball Program need to reside within the Town of Peru and provide a birth certificate.  There will be […]

Police: 4 killed in upstate N.Y. shootings | National News – WPTZ Home.

Watertown Daily Times | Police seek information for Potsdam fraternity sexual assault investigation.

Watertown Daily Times | January 2013 unemployment shows no improvement from 2012.

Watertown Daily Times | Jefferson County assistant district attorney charged with DWI.

Area jobless rate rises – Times Union.

Marijuana law becomes part of budget talks – Times Union.

Border, Medicare among local sequester concerns » Local News » Press-Republican.

Judge refuses to block tougher NY gun law » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

By John T. Ryan On March 11th the Peru Town Board continued its effort to recognize Peru Boy Scout Troop 49’s Eagle Scouts.  Eleven Troop 49 scouts have achieved the Eagle Scout rank in the last two years and four additional scouts are working towards the Eagle rank. Nathan Fuller achieved the Eagle Scout rank […]

Feds bust up $100M NC crop insurance fraud ring – Yahoo! News.

Agenda 03.13-9

March 24, 5:00.pm.  Slavery to Citizenship:  a story of the impact of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barack Obama on ordinary African Americans by Jackie Madison, President of the North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association.  Peru Free Library, 3024 Rte 22, Peru.  Free and open to the public.

VA defies gun statute – Times Union.

Gun-control laws create ‘stampede’ of weapon buying – City & Region – The Buffalo News.

Colin Gillis missing for one year » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

Change smoke-, carbon-monoxide-detector batteries » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

Plattsburgh, NY — The Walk of Hope & Spring Festival, Saturday, May 25th, 9:30am to 2:00pm at Trinity Park is registering walkers, donors, and volunteers at www.alsraisinghope.org. Participants will raise funds and awareness to end all neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and Huntington’s. Plan on a day of family fun, food and live music […]

IRVING, TX (03/07/2013)(readMedia)– The following local students have been named to the University of Dallas Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester for earning a semester grade point average of 3.5 or higher: Rachel  Daly,  a senior  English major from  Peru, NY Samantha  Mulcahy,  a senior   from  Peru, NY The University of Dallas is a […]

New York breaks job creation record | syracuse.com.

Snowmobile dreams – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com | News,

Ad’k airport reports a ‘good year’ in 2012 – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com