The Peru Gazette

Click here to watch the 2025 Peru Farmers Parade 

December 11, 2:30 pm, Meadowbrook Healthcare, 154 Prospect Avenue, Plattsburgh. A Photo Peek at Old Plattsburgh. Using photos from the CCHA collection, see ‘then and now’ photo comparisons of landmarks in downtown Plattsburgh.  Come and see what you might recognize and share stories of these special spots. December 11, 6:00 pm, Clinton County Historical Association 98 Ohio […]

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 November 24, 2025 Community Input.  DISCUSSION/MOTION: Approval of Luck Brothers Application for Payment […]

Remember the Acid Rain!  Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

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Budget 2026 Final 2026.    See a previous Peru Gazette Story on the 2026 Budget. 

By John T Ryan Doug Brown has a big birthday coming up on December 31, Birthday #105. Tomorrow, Friday, December 5, will also be a big day for Doug; he’ll be leading the Peru Tractor Parade as its Grand Marshal.  Most people know Doug as the longtime owner of Peru Hardware, a rural mail carrier, […]

By John T Ryan Highlights of Peru Town Board Meeting of November 24, 2025  Highway Superintendent  Michael Farrell said the town should be advertising for bids on the Telegraph Road culvert project in either December or January.  Farrell hopes work will start soon after the town awards the contract. Town of Plattsburgh Zoning/Codes Officer Steve […]

The 2025 Peru Tractor Parade will be held on Friday, December 5 beginning at 6:15 to 6:30 PM.  105-year-old Doug Brown will be the Grand Marshal. Make plans now! The Tractor Parade is one of Peru’s special events. At 5:30 PM retiring town councilman Jim Douglass will light the town’s Christmas Tree at the Little […]

News Release, Dec. 3, 2025, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Chair of House Republican Leadership, announced the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) has awarded more than $5.5 million in funding for projects across Upstate New York and the North Country, including investments in rural hospitals, school districts, and veterans. “I’m proud to […]

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Town of Bolton Warren County Wilderness Rescue: On November 29 at 7:55 p.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Warren County 911 about a hiker with chest pains approximately 1.5 miles in from the Clay Meadow trailhead in the Lake George Wild Forest. Four Forest Rangers and the Bolton Fire Department reached the 56-year-old from […]

I have been advised that Robin Caudell has had to cancel her December 4th Presentation at the Clinton County Historical Association – I apologize but this is beyond both Robin’s and my control.  Helen Nerska, Director Clinton County Historical Association.

New Yorkers can now begin applying for heating assistance through the Home Energy Assistance Program to help defray the high cost of heating their homes during the winter. The program, known as HEAP, can provide up to $996 to eligible households, depending on how they heat their home. “As temperatures have already begun to drop, […]

Applications Due April 1, 2026 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a second round of the County Infrastructure Grant Program, which will provide an additional $50 million to support small- and medium-sized county-led infrastructure projects. Modern infrastructure is fundamental to New York State’s economic vitality. By supporting small- and medium-scale projects, the state can maintain its […]

With only one job seeker for every 22 square miles, plenty of jobs remain open in Hamilton County towns Click here for the Adirondack Explorer Story 

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December 1, 2025 History Chat. Curtis Banker is a 101-year-old WWII and Korean War Veteran. Helen Nerska interviewed him at his daughter Carol Boudreau’s home. Carol is also very knowledgeable about Peasleeville families and local history. Chris Mullen and I (John Ryan) also posed a few questions to Mr. Banker. Go to the Town of […]

Adirondack Blood Donor Center offers many opportunities to give during December  Plattsburgh, NY – Adirondack Blood Donor Center officials are asking all eligible donors to add donating blood to their holiday to-do list this year. The need for blood and blood products is constant while donations traditionally decline during the holiday season, according to Laboratory […]

Plattsburgh, NY (12/1/2025): The North Country Chamber of Commerce has launched “We Know Canadians As…”, a heartfelt bi national campaign that celebrates the long standing, people to people bond between Northern New York and Canada. The campaign was introduced at a press conference this week and is now being shared broadly across both sides of […]

12/1/25 – News release from Cadyville resident Patricia Barnett  12/2/15≤ 8 a.m. – Barnett stated that 103 people had signed her petition in a 15-hour period.  North Country residents are renewing and formalizing concerns that were raised during the public hearings but remain unresolved following the Planning Board’s November 18 approval of the proposed DHS/HSI facility […]