The Peru Gazette

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Hunters harvested an estimated 203,427 deer during the 2017-18 hunting seasons, about 5% fewer than in 2016-17. The 2017-18 estimated deer take included 95,623 antlerless deer and 107,804 antlered bucks. Statewide, this represents a 10% decline in antlerless harvest and nearly identical buck harvest as in 2016. Two items of note from the season: hunters […]

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Five Dog Bites Since January 1 Not Everyone Agrees with Changing Town Sign Policy Arraignments Decline New Restrooms at Laphams Mills Park Being Considered Open Building Permits Being Closed New Building Permit Fees are in Effect  Other News Dog Control Officer Dave Drollette reported that there have been five dog bite incidents in the Town […]

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Burn Ban Decreased Spring Wildfires 37 Percent Since 2009 Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today reminds residents that with spring approaching and conditions for wildfires heightened, residential brush burning is prohibited March 16 through May 14 across New York State. “While many people associate wildfires with the western United States, the start […]

“Owner Robert Streeter has debarked to Cadyville, some 75 miles north of Ticonderoga, where he says he will launch new radio properties despite the cloud of controversy and unanswered questions left in the wake of his sudden departure.” Source: WIPS sudden exit leaves cloud of uncertainty, questions — and criminal investigation – Sun Community News […]

Political Parties Take Note   Source: Queensbury town supervisor, wife arrested on election law charges – Times Union

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Past Five Years are Safest on Record DEC Records Tree Stand Incidents for First Time The 2017 hunting seasons in New York saw the second-lowest number of hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) on record, 19, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. Also in 2017, at Commissioner Seggos’ direction, DEC started tracking tree […]

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From the Office of State Senator Betty Little  The State Senate today approved a bill that would allow towns to set speed limits without the need to seek permission from the State Department of Transportation.The measure’s sponsor, Senator Betty Little, said villages, cities and towns with populations greater than 50,000 may set their speed limits […]

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Highlights of the Peru Town Board February 12, 2018 Meeting Counselor Jim Langley expressed frustration that of the 114 arraignments conducted in Peru Town Court last year, 77 or 66% involved people arrested outside of the Town of Peru. Forty-one arraignments involved arrests in the Town of Plattsburgh (36%), 36 (31.5%) involved arrests in other […]