The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan At about the same time that Forrence Orchards workers were completing their workday, another harvest was beginning adjacent to the apple orchard.

By John T. Ryan Peru Central School was recognized as a College For Every Student (CFES) “School of Distinction” at the Tuesday, September 10, 2012 Board of Education meeting. CFES Program Director Steve Boyce (left) presented a banner to High School Principal Chris Mazella and faculty members (L-R) Jeanne Caron, Lisa Crain and Rosemary Manchester.

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Click here to download June 6, 2012 Planning Board Meeting Minutes

By John T. Ryan The Fiscal Oversight Report is not the only bad news the Peru Town Board has received from the State Comptroller.  The Comptroller also manages town and state employee retirement funds. At the September 10, 2012 Board meeting, town counselors were informed that the town’s annual employee retirement expenses would be increasing […]

By John T. Ryan Town Supervisor Peter Glushko reported at the Town Board’s September 10, 2012 meeting that the Office of New York State Comptroller had published its Fiscal Oversight Report for the Town of Peru. The State Comptroller’s audit was for the period January 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012. The Peru Gazette reviewed […]

Snowmobile fire ignites barn » Local News » Press-Republican.

Chazy Elementary earns national honor » Local News » Press-Republican.

Republican State & Local Primary Election Thursday, September 13 Noon – 9PM St. Augustine’s Parish Center 3030 Main Street Peru, NY Only Registered Republicans can vote in this Primary

Health officials promote public vaccines for pertussis » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

“We all know polls are merely snapshots in time. Siena was in the field during the Democratic National Convention, so it’s laughable to think three nights of wall-to-wall television coverage didn’t have a bearing on these numbers.

2nd Annual Kids Fair & Festival @ Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum Sept 22 & 23 from 10:00am to 4:00pm WANTED: All kids for a great time. 

NY21 Poll: Owens leads Doheny by 13 points | NCPR News.

Teacher Grading Off to Uneven Start – WSJ.com.

AGENDA ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 7:00 p.m., Peru Town Hall

Watertown Daily Times | Two Fort Drum soldiers honored with Distinguished Flying Cross.

Peru VFW Post 309 Ladies Auxiliary Fall Flea Market Saturday September 22 & Sunday September 23 9am-2pm

There’s still time to register for the 3rd Annual Leo P. Bourgeois Memorial Golf Tournament to be held on Friday, September 28th to raise funds for the scholarship in his name. 

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, September 10, 2012, 7:00 PM

West Chazy man hits jackpot » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

In the Adirondacks, a development battle pits neighbor against neighbor | syracuse.com.

The Peru Gazette is pleased to reprint an article published in the September 2012 Peru Community Church newsletter in which Mrs. Bruni Michaud tells a wonderful story about Jamaica and its people.   Mrs. Michaud and her husband Dr. Alan Michaud, D.D.S. traveled to Jamaica as members of the Peru Community Church’s Jamaican Mission team. […]

Where nothing good grows.

State: Local city schools among worst performers; suburban districts among the best – Times Union.

Living History At Fort Ticonderoga This Weekend | The Adirondack Almanack.