The Peru Gazette

By Donald McBrayer The Regular Town Board Meeting was held on Monday, December 28 at 7 P.M. In attendance was Supervisor Peter Glushko, Councilors Tom Powers, Brandy McDonald, and James Douglass, and Town Clerk Kathleen Flynn. Town Attorney Don Biggs and Councilor Kregg Bruno were absent. This meeting marked the final Town Board Meeting for […]

The Watertown Times reports

The Press Republican reports

The Times Union reports

The adirondack almanack reports

On November 21, 2009 Ernest E. Rock of the Hallock Hill Road passed away at age 84. A retired corrections officer and farmer, Ernie was a World War II Navy veteran serving as an aircraft carrier tail gunner. At Ernie’s funeral his daughter Rebecca Drollette read a letter which Ernie, at age 18, wrote home […]

A Syracuse woman was just arrested for driving drunk with a person under 18 years of age in her vehicle. This is a felony under a recently passed NYS law referred to as Leandra’s Law. Many people seem unaware of this law so the Gazette is publishing these pertinent links: NY Daily News Story      Post-Standard […]

The adirondack almanack reports

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

On August 7th, 2009 Peru Town Historian Ron Allen and his wife Carol presided over the dedication of historical markers for Peru Landing and Port Jackson. The dedication ceremonies at the Valcour Conference Center took place at the exact place where Port Jackson was located. It was the point where many of our ancestors arrived in […]

By John T. Ryan The Zoning Board of Appeals had acted on its agenda December 16, 2009 when Board Chairman Walter Russell announced that he will resign as Board Chairman effective January 1, 2010.  Reading from a letter addressed to Town Supervisor Peter Glushko Russell said, “It has been my great pleasure to serve on […]

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports (Includes a great photo representation)

By Adele Douglas You no longer need to drive to Staples to make color copies.  There’s a new color copier in town, at the Peru Free Library. Color copies will cost you 50 cents, black and white copies 10 cents.  You can either bring in your print job or send it from the six public […]

The Press Republican reports

The Watertown Daily Times reports (Interesting story in light of today’s Press Republican supplement on Clinton County agriculture)

By John T. Ryan (Undated 12/20/09)  One of Peru’s longest serving elected officials will be stepping down from his position on December 31st. Town Justice Peter Keenan will be retiring after twenty-four years of service to our community. Keenan was first elected in 1985 and was Peru’s only elected Democrat for about fifteen of those […]

The Peru Music Booster Club will be hosting a Holiday Gift Wrapping Event on Thursday, December 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. 

The Post-Standard reports (A great story on the rewards and pitfalls of extracting New York’s natural gas)

The Times Union reports 

The Post-Standard reports

The Post-Standard reports

By John T. Ryan  The Clinton County Board of Elections has certified the 2009 election results. Fifty-five percent (2,293) of Peru’s registered voters (4,128 as of September 2009) turned out at the polls, an extremely high turnout for an off-year election. A normal voter turnout would be in the forty to forty-five percent range. Here […]

The Watertown Times reports

Burlington FreePress.com reports 

VFW Post 309: BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER A Special Meeting will be held 1800HR, 16 DEC 2009 for the purpose of electing a TRUSTEE.  Location of meeting will be VFW Post 309, 710 Pleasant St, Peru NY 12972