The Peru Gazette

The Watertown Daily Times reports    (Good story about officers taking downstate promotions with little hope of returning to the North Country.)

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports See Blog update

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports 

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

This morning, February, 23, 2010, the Holy See announced that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Reverend Terry LaValley, currently Diocesan Administrator of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, as the fourteenth Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg to succeed the Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham, Bishop of Syracuse, NY

Owens Unveils New Congressional Website WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today announced the launch of his new Congressional website.  “My four district offices and our location in Washington have served a great number of Upstate New Yorkers, and I am glad to see a place on the internet where everyone back home can contact me […]

The Watertown Daily Times reports

Legislation goes into effect today, enacts unprecedented consumer protection WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today praised the implementation of H.R. 627, the CARD Act, which contains several strict protections for consumers – banning unfair interest rate increases and forbidding abusive fees and penalties by credit card companies.     “This is an important step toward […]

The Time Union reports (Good column on the state parks closure issue. The author points out that parks did not even close during the Great Depression.)

The Times Union reports (A great story about the fiscal cuts to the state-wide park system)

The Times Union reports 

The Post-Standard reports (Very interesting story on a bitterly divided community)

North Country Public Radio reports

Children in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade are invited to join in Peru Community Church’s Wednesday cooking classes. They will be held on March 3,10, 17 and 24 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Fellowship Center kitchen. The cost is $5.00 per child. Class size is limited and pre-registration is required. Call 643- […]

The Peru Community Church hosts its 4th annual Mardi Gras on Tuesday, February 16th from 2 to 6 p.m. A chili dinner will be served at at a cost of only $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children. There will be games, crafts, music and a cake-walk. Proceeds will benefit the church youth programs.

The adirondack almanack reports

The adirondack almanack reports

St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest Chairman Brian Mulcahy with the winners of the Council 7273 competition conducted on Sunday, January 31st in Peru.  The winners (L-R) Emily O’Connor (13), Samantha Bashaw (12), Lucas Frenyea (11) and Connor Sargeant (10) will advance to the district competition to be conducted on February 21st at […]

The adirondack almanack reports (An excellent resource for Clinton Prison history)

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

Plattsburgh’s first interpretive panel celebrating the Anti-Slavery movement will be dedicated at 5 pm on February 16, 2010. The unveiling will take place in front of the main entrance to the First Presbyterian Church at 34 Brinkerhoff Street. Interim pastor Virginia Murray and North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association president, Don Papson, will be joined […]

AP reports

The Post-Standard reports

The Times Union reports 

The Watertown Times reports