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Clinton County Democratic Chairman Martin Mannix addressed Town of Peru Democrats last week and spoke optimistically about his party’s chances in the fall elections.  Today the Press Republican is reporting that Mannix has announced that he is running for Clinton County Treasurer.

By John T. Ryan Sales statistics released on April 26, 2009 by the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR), Inc. point to a somewhat brighter local sales trend with the sales decline slowing and seasonal sales increasing. March sales were only 14.7% behind last year’s March sales. NYSAR chief executive office Duncan R. MacKenzie […]

By John T. Ryan On March 29, 2009 the Press Republican reported the arrest of Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel on what the Press Republican reporter referred to as a “slew of official-misconduct charges.”  The Peru Gazette visited the offices of the Clinton County Court Clerk to review the March 25, 2009 Clinton County Grand […]

Peru Central School District remains open, despite the confirmation of swine flu cases in a private school in Queens, New York City.   Parents are asked, however, to prepare for possible closures if the new virus continues to spread. Like other school districts, Peru Central and local health officials are working together to monitor the situation. Parents will be […]

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Charter Cable scheduling is a problem according to Gagnon 

By Carol Sorai-Rusco The Elmore SPCA will be holding its second membership drive at Champlain Centres this Saturday, April 25 from 10-7.  Members of the Clinton Community College Honor Society will be selling raffle tickets for a beautiful handmade butterfly pattern quilt during the membership drive.  Proceeds from the membership drive and the quilt raffle […]

Bishop Robert Cunningham will lead Diocese of Syracuse

See the Press Republican’s online report

By John T. Ryan  It’s very clear that the Sunday, April 19, 2009 fundraiser for Tyler Haudberg and his family was a tremendous success.  People from all over the North Country crowded the Peru VFW throughout the afternoon.  Lisa Gonyo, one of the event organizers, said she was overwhelmed by the community’s response. Hundreds of […]

By John T. Ryan An enthusiastic Clinton County Democratic Party Chairman Martin Mannix spoke to a Town of Peru Democratic Party meeting on Thursday, April 16th at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. Noting President Barrack Obama’s election and the fact that a Democrat carried overwhelmingly Republican Essex County in the recent Congressional Special Election Mannix said,  […]

By Don McBrayer Peru Resident Don McBrayer helped out with the Tea Party held at Trinity Park on April 15, 2009 in Plattsburgh and submitted this report. There were many local voices who expressed concern about taxes and the growth of the federal government in Trinity Park yesterday.  Ron Wood Sr., Cortland Wood, and Carl Kokes performed […]

Thanks to information from a frien our homepage is now linked to the National Weather Service rather than to Yahoo Weather. The National Weather Service site gives a concise seven-day forecast and one-click detailed data. Just look under our community links on the right side of the homepage for “Peru Weather.”

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at the Peru Town Hall at 7 p.m. Code Enforcement Office Paul Blaine states that Patricia Pugh of 15 Campsite Rd. is seeking an area variance for a 16’ X 17’ shelter for […]

Easter eggs represent the new life of the people springing from the Resurrection of Christ and a large number of children turned out for this morning’s Easter Egg Hunt at St. Augustine’s Church. The Easter Bunny arrived at the end of the 10:30 Mass and led the children to the parish center where the eggs were […]

  By John T. Ryan On Easter Sunday, April 12th, St. Augustine’s Parish will hold its 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt after 10:30 Mass.  Follow the Easter Bunny over to the Parish Center for the Easter Egg Hunt. There will be two age groups: 5 and under and 6 to 10. The event is sponsored by […]

Rev. Alan Shnob, Pastor of St. Augustine’s Parish congratulates Maryann Keenan and Larry Ewald Sr., recipients of the 2009 Golden Rose Award in recognition of their many years of dedicated service to the parish.  They received their awards at a recent Sunday Mass. 

The Peru Gazette previously published a story on the April 19th fundraiser at the Peru VFW to benefit Peru resident Tyler Haudberg and his family.  The Press Republican published a similar story on March 30th. Hopefully everyone in our town will turn out in a spirit of unity to support this family in need!

By John T. Ryan The New York State Association of Realtors released its February 2009 existing single family home sales survey on March 26, 2009.  Clinton County’s sales totals declined 40.6% from February of 2008 with nineteen homes sold in 2009 compared to thirty-two homes sold last year. Statewide sales were down by 26.8% during […]

According to a front page story in the March 27th Clinton County Free Trader Today the Peru Free Library has received a $67,000 grant that will fund installation of solar panels, repairs to the roof, replacement of  the furnace and front sidewalk.  Read the story

By Rodney Brown Updated March 28, 2009. (A link to the Draft Open Space Plan appears at the end of Mr. Brown’s story) On Tuesday, March 31st at 7:00pm the Committee to Implement the Comprehensive Plan, along with consultant Nan Stolzenberg of Community Planning and Environmental Associates, will present a draft document titled “Town of […]

By Rachel Daly  To be back in Nicaragua this year was quite a feeling. We arrived in the middle of the night on an antiquated but functioning bus, and as the compound came into view, there was comfort just in seeing it again. I was ready to be back with the Nicaraguan people I had […]

  By John T. Ryan On April 22, 2009 Tyler Haudberg will be celebrating his third birthday. Unfortunately, he won’t be celebrating it at his parent’s home on the Union Road here in Peru. Instead, he’ll probably still be in the Boston Children’s Hospital where he’s being evaluated for a double lung and heart transplant. […]

By John T. Ryan It’s official – on March 19th  the Peru Gazette reached 10,000 site visits.  We went online on September 17, 2008 and recently we’ve been averaging 65 to 70 daily site visits. People from twenty-nine countries and forty-seven states have viewed our pages.  While local people are our most regular readers, people […]