The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan (Please share) Peru – Public Libraries! Does anyone use libraries when people can find almost any publication online? In Peru, NY the answer is YES! Many people use and appreciate the Peru Free Library’s books, media, and services. For example, last year, the library’s printed and digital media circulated 11,628 times, […]

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Saranac Community is grief-stricken Click here for the Sun Community News story 

“Learning what has happened and how this has occurred, it can be a little uplifting that there are still people who want to be human, who want to help others.” Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

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NYSP News Release – The New York State Police will crack down on impaired and reckless driving during Super Bowl weekend. The special STOP-DWI enforcement campaign, funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, will include increased patrols and sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify, and arrest impaired drivers, as well as underage drinker enforcement. The enforcement […]

$665K raised, including $113K by NYS employees United Way of the Adirondack Region, Inc. has completed its 2023 Fundraising Campaign to help support high-priority health and human service programs in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties. The annual campaign is conducted primarily during the fall months and concludes in February of each year. This year’s campaign […]

Faculty Association News Release 2/10/23 Clinton Community College’s teaching and non-teaching faculty have been without a salary increase for six years, and attempts to negotiate have been unsuccessful since 2017.  In October 2022, the College Board was informed that the Faculty Association (FA) sought mediation, resolution, and progress toward a fair and equitable contract.  Currently, […]

Free program offers information about AED use, fire safety, narcan administration, Stop the Bleed and more PLATTSBURGH, NY (02/08/2023) —  “Staying Alive: Responding to Emergencies” is a free community event planned for Saturday, February 18 at the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The […]

Beekmantown Sr HS (BSH) 50.0 Peru Sr HS (PSH) 21.0 102: Matthew Desotell (BSH) over Alyn Capen (PSH) (Fall 1:49) 110: Caleb Starke (PSH) over   (BSH) (For.) 118: Ian Sylvester (PSH) over   (BSH) (For.) 126: Jacob Lagree (BSH) over Seanan Edwards (PSH) (Fall 3:05) 132: Jacob Magiera (BSH) over Cory Winch (PSH) (Fall 5:17) 138: […]

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Plattsburgh, NY – 02/06/2023: The North Country Chamber of Commerce, Clinton Community College, and Lincoln Electric are pleased to announce that registration is now open for a free welding training program. The training will run for three weeks (Monday-Friday, 7:30 am – 3:30 pm each day) from April 24th through May 12th and includes 120 […]

About 50 Vermont national guard soldiers were deployed to the Middle East and Southwest Asia Saturday. Click here for the WCAX story 

Click below to view Peru Town Board Minutes from June 22, 2022 – December 29, 2022 2022-06-13-RM 2022-06-21-EM 2022-06-22-RM 2022-07-11-RM 2022-07-25-RM 2022-08-08-RM 2022-08-22-RM 2022-09-12-RM 2022-09-19-SM 2022-09-26-RM 2022-10-13-RM 2022-10-24-RM 2022-11-07-RM 2022-11-21-RM 2022-12-12-RM 2022-12-12-RM 2022-12-29-RM  

The League of Women Voters of the North Country invites interested readers to join a six-week reading and discussion group on Place and Story made possible through a grant from Humanities New York. The three titles chosen by the League from the list developed by award-winning author and environmentalist Rick Bass will stimulate discussion about […]

Thanks to Jodie Bonville for sharing the celebration at the end of Wednesday’s Peru-Ticonderoga basketball game on Senior Night. The Nighthawks won 51-39. Click here and wait for a second; the video should appear. IMG_6290

Peru – When most people think of the JCEO Outreach Center, they think of a “food shelf.” But, the people attending the Peru Democratic Party’s first Community Learning Series at the Peru Free Library learned that it’s much more than a food shelf. Peru JCEO Outreach Coordinator, April Wright, was the guest speaker. Marque Moffett […]

Thanks to Jodie Bonville for allowing the Gazette to post her Facebook video of the victory celebration following last night’s Peru Varsity Basketball win over Ticonderoga. It was also Senior Night. Congratulations Nighthawks! Click here to view on Facebook. 

We are reducing our operation Saturday related to the extreme cold forecasted. As a result, Peru Convenience will remain open 9-4 to accommodate other nearby closures.

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By John T. Ryan  Peru – As of January 1, 2023, Robert Desotell is the new owner of Liberty’s Garage. Virtually all of Liberty’s vehicle service customers know Robert; he has worked at Liberty’s since he was fifteen, beginning as a part-time employee while attending Saranac High School. After high school graduation in 2005, he […]

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