The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan Clinton County existing home sales slowed significantly in November according to figures released Tuesday by the New York State Association of Realtors. Clinton County’s sales were relatively strong through August, but since then they have declined steadily. Median home prices also declined compared to last year.

Perugazette.com extends Christmas greetings to everyone in the Peru community. We hope you and your families are enjoying a Blessed and Joyous Christmas.

By Theresa Higgins-Witkiewicz We lost our home and all of our belongings in a house fire at 64 Elm Street in Peru in October. (October Story) We were in shock and grief stricken, not knowing how we would ever recover.  Since the fire, the outpouring of support we have received is almost unbelievable. 

By John T. Ryan People and families in need of good quality clothing should make a visit to St. Augustine Church’s St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. (See Photos) The store has greatly expanded its hours of operation and is constantly replenishing its offerings. Pastor Father Alan Shnob explained,

Submitted by Carol Ruscoe, Elmore SPCA Board Member Garvey Hyundai, located on the Tom Miller Road in Plattsburgh, has given the Elmore SPCA shelter animals a very special Christmas gift! Through the end of this month,

By John T. Ryan (See more photos) Peru Central School Primary and Intermediate School teachers and staff showed their appreciation to the district’s school bus drivers Thursday morning, December 18. They greeted the drivers with home-baked cookies, Christmas carols and warm smiles. Snowflakes fell gently as the drivers pulled up to discharge children and received […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Fire Department will host a CVPH Medical Center Blood Drive on Monday, December 15, 2008 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is your chance to give someone a very special gift during a very special season.

By John T. Ryan Posted December 6, 2008 The St. Augustine’s Christmas Craft Fair (Photos here) is underway today at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. There are almost fifty people displaying their beautiful wares. The St. Vincent De Paul Society also has hundreds of available clothing items. It’s not too late to attend. The fair will […]

By John T. Ryan The Clinton County Board of Elections has certified the November 4, 2008 elections. Family Court Judge, Peru native and resident Timothy Lawliss was Peru’s biggest vote-getter. President-Elect Barrack Obama also did very well in our community.

By John T. Ryan The Peru Gazette made its online debut on September 17, 2008. Between October 16th (the day we started counting) and November 30th the Gazette was visited 3060 times (about 67 visits daily) by 1,041 visitors. The site was viewed in ten countries and thirty-seven states.

This story was aired by North Country Public Radio on October 6th. Reporter Brian Mann visited Northern Orchards and the Peru Community Church. It’s a great, timeless story! (Story)

Robert Howard submitted these photos of the Peru Gazebo and its beautiful Christmas decorations

Here’s a last minute reminder – Please consider shopping at the Peru Aubuchon today (Sunday) and tell all your friends and neighbors to do the same. Manager Steve Duell is donating 10% of weekend sales to the Peru walking trail fund. He’s even planning a hot dog cook-out with proceeds to go to the trail […]

(Photos) By John T. Ryan There was a huge turnout at Saturday evening’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Little Au Sable River Park Gazebo and sponsored by the Peru Youth Commission.

By John T. Ryan The Peru Lions Club hosted its 31st Annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day with 385 participants. The Lions raised about $4,000 which they’ll use to fund their many local community service programs. The Press Republican published photos and listed the finishing times in today’s paper.

By John T. Ryan Today is Thanksgiving and it’s a good time for this story. Everyone got a turkey! Tuesday the Gazette published a story stating that the Peru JCEO food shelf needed additional turkeys and several readers responded.

By John T. Ryan Clinton County existing home sales decreased by 22.6% in October 2008 compared to October 2007 while median home prices held firm decreasing by only 0.2%

Posted November 25, 2008 by John T. Ryan The Gazette visited the Peru JCEO Foodshelf this morning and discovered that the foodshelf is short eight Thanksgiving turkeys. If more turkeys aren’t donated, eight families will have to look elsewhere. Can any of our readers help out? The turkeys average 10 to 15 pounds. The foodshelf […]

Posted November 22, 2008 About three weeks ago the Gazette published a story about Peru residents Joanne Kennedy and Lori Clark, Joanne’s daughter Jennie and four of their friends climbing Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. Last week Mt. Kilimanjaro was in the national news when Ann Curry of the Today Show attempted to climb the mountain, but […]

Submitted by Adele Douglas, Co-Chair of the Little Au Sable River Trail Fundraising Committee Hi Everyone, Please plan to do all your Holiday Hardware shopping at the Peru Aubuchon next weekend (Nov 29th and 30th) and tell all your friends and neighbors to do the same. Manager Steve has offered to donate 10% of weekend […]

Posted November 16, 2008 The Plattsburgh Comfort Inn and several businesses in the Comfort Inn complex were destroyed by fire on Saturday, November 15th. Peru resident Don McBrayer installs carpets for a living and he had just installed new carpet in 87 of the Inn’s 107 rooms. He snapped these photos on his cell phone. […]

Posted on November 15, 2008 by John T. Ryan Last Sunday, November 9, 2008 was a historic day at the Peru Community Church as Rev. Dr. Robert E. Svenson

Posted November 14, 2008 This is an email received from Robert Cronin, Chair of the Peru Democratic Party

Posted November 14, 2008 In a few weeks Peru should have an animal hospital in the center of the community. Plattsburgh Animal Hospital plans to open a facility at 692 Bear Swamp Road in a building that was purchased from Key Chevrolet. Dr. Joseph Church told the Gazette that he and Dr. Tom Brown would […]

Expected state cutbacks are impacting Peru Central (click here)