The Peru Gazette

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Fred Beck of Peru, NY is a team member  POTSDAM, NY (08/27/2025)– Clarkson University’s Rocketry Team achieved an impressive 21st-place finish out of more than 90 universities at the International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC). The team’s rocket reached an altitude of 10,350 feet, surpassing the competition’s target of 10,000 feet. This milestone demonstrates both precision […]

Plattsburgh, NY – 8/27/2025 – The Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau is proud to announce that Clinton County’s tourism industry continues to demonstrate its strength and importance to the regional economy, according to the newly released Economic Impact of Tourism in New York 2024 report prepared by Tourism Economics for I Love NY. In 2024, visitor […]

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By John T Ryan  Peru, NY – The Peru Town Board conducted a brief 35-minute meeting on Monday, August 25. Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass chaired the meeting. The board authorized spending just over $242,000 in the town’s Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program (CHIPS) monies to pave the Allen Hill Road from the Rod […]

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Chicken Stuffing Casserole  Salad  Bread  Dessert  Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972  All are invited and welcome!

Peru, NY, August 23, 2025 – Many people supported the 2025 Run For Jon. There’s always a happy atmosphere with kids and adults all having a great time. Here are several Peru Gazette photos. Thanks to everyone for your cooperation. Click here for view photos 

Peru, NY Message from Jenna Mulbury – Wildfire Gala harvest has begin today at Northern Orchard. Other early varieties like Zestar!, Ginger Gold, Paula Red, and Premier Honeycrisp will be following soon before the fall McIntosh harvest begins in the early days of September. Customers will soon see our old Model A Ford trucks out […]

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U.S. Border Patrol News Release Alien smuggling is incredibly dangerous, and it puts the public and our agents in grave danger when callous smugglers attempt to carelessly flee the border at high speeds. The smuggler driving this car was carrying five people that had illegally entered the U.S. when it flipped causing multiple injuries near […]

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By John T Ryan August 18, 2025, Plattsburgh – Since opening in 1976, the large office building at 137 Margaret Street has been the Clinton County Government Center. As of about 10:45 this morning, it is the John H. Zurlo Government Center. The Clinton County Legislature has decided to dedicate the building to John Zurlo, […]

Jonnell Rose, former Treasurer of the Vernon Center Fire Department, pled guilty to stealing more than $300,000 from the department, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Oneida County District Attorney Todd Carville, and New York State Police Superintendent Steven G. James announced today. Rose pled guilty to grand larceny in the second degree. “Jonnell Rose betrayed […]

Scams Claim Customer Owes Fines for Traffic Tickets or for E-ZPass Fees ‘Spoofed’ Websites Are Designed to Look Like Official DMV or Toll Collection Web Pages Governor Kathy Hochul  alerted New Yorkers to the newest efforts to steal their personal information by people pretending to be the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles or […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of July 28, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION:   AES Northeast to Give Update on […]

Federal Cuts and a Weaker Economic Forecast Could Create Budget Gaps Not Seen Since Global Financial Crisis The state’s Financial Plan shows a growing structural budget deficit with a cumulative three-year budget gap of $34.3 billion, as forecasted by the Division of the Budget (DOB). When accounting for recent federal actions, the gaps as a […]

All offices are for a Four-Year term of Office.  Clinton County  County Clerk  Democratic – Brandi Lloyd Republican – Jerika Manning District Attorney  Democratic – Andrew Wylie Republican  – No Nominee Treasurer  Democratic – Randy Lozier Republican – Chad Deans Town of Peru  Town Supervisor   Democratic – No Nominee Republican – Craig Randall Town […]

August 7, 2025, Peru, NY – The Town of Peru Republican Party Chairman Melvin Irwin reports that Peru Republicans are supporting the following candidates for town offices.  All are four-year terms of office. Town Supervisor – Craig Randall (Randall is currently serving the unexpired term of Brandy McDonald, who resigned from the office last year.) […]

August 7, 2025 – Michael Chessman News Release  PLATTSBURGH, NY — Michael S. Cashman, Town Supervisor of Plattsburgh and longtime North Country public servant, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the special election to fill the 115th Assembly District seat being vacated by Assemblyman Billy Jones. “After thoughtful consideration and conversations with […]

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Clinton Community College News Release – August 5, 2025 – PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, whose strong community leadership and steady business advocacy have marked his nearly nine years in the New York legislature, has been named Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Workforce Development at Clinton Community College. In his new role, […]

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