The Peru Gazette

Longer stays and increased visitor spending drive year-round economic benefits   LAKE PLACID, NY (October 28, 2026) – The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), the destination marketing and management organization based in New York’s Adirondack Park, reports that visitor spending across Essex, Hamilton, and Franklin counties is on track for a record year in […]

Prohibits use of live bait in all but 146 waters  The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced proposed regulations to protect populations of Adirondack brook trout, New York’s state fish. The proposals simplify harvest regulations for Adirondack brook trout ponds and prohibit the use of live baitfish in the Adirondack Park […]

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New York Focus Summary New York’s next governor will inherit a state prison system troubled by interconnected challenges: aging facilities, staffing woes, deaths behind bars, and chronic violence by both prisoners and guards, as well as ongoing policy battles in the courts and the state legislature. Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul and her underdog opponent, Republican […]

By John T. Ryan  North Country libraries are centerpieces of our small communities; that’s certainly true here in Peru, where we take great pride in the Peru Free Library. Our library, like 32 similar libraries in the tri-county area, relies on a less visible entity, CEFLS, the Clinton, Essex, Franklin Library System, to provide its […]

(PLATTSBURGH, NY – October 22, 2026) Strand Center for the Arts is thrilled to be partnering with the Clinton County Office for the Aging in a series of pop-up visual art workshops. These workshops are free to participants and feature mediums such as collage, ceramics, and watercolor. Creative Aging Pop-Ups are an ongoing collaboration between the Clinton County […]

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State funding will support conservation and improvements to public access and wayfinding at the Twin Valleys property in Lewis, New York LEWIS, N.Y. — October 27, 2026 — Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has been awarded a $75,000 grant through New York State’s Conservation Partnership Program (CPP) to support conservation and the development of Twin Valleys […]

October 26, 2026 – CVPH News Release, Plattsburgh, NY – When people come to the hospital, they’re often facing more than a medical challenge. They may be carrying fear, uncertainty or circumstances that make an already difficult situation even harder. For one patient at University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, those […]

More appointments, shorter waits at AHMC and CVPH 10/26/26 – CVPH News Release – Malone/Plattsburgh, NY – Patients across the North Country are gaining faster access to X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan and mammography services, thanks to expanded imaging capacity at Alice Hyde Medical Center (AHMC) and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), both part of the […]

October 26, 2026 – The New York State Police, in conjunction with the Clinton County District Attorney’s Office, are actively investigating multiple larceny complaints involving Chad M. Snow, age 45, of Peru. Investigators are asking anyone who has hired Snow to perform work on their home or property and paid for services that were never […]

Roman Catholic Community of St. Alexander and St. Joseph Parish, Clinton County — $125,000, JCEO — $118,396 October 26, 2026 – Governor Kathy Hochul today announced  $8.3 million in capital grants for 59 food banks and emergency food assistance organizations across New York State through the New York Providing Local Access to Essential Sustenance (NY […]

Baked Haddock  Rice Vegetable 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!

CLINTON COUNTY, NY – Clinton County celebrated its past and looked toward its future on October 23 at the John H. Zurlo County Government Center, opening time capsule boxes preserved for five decades and sealing a new capsule to be opened on October 23, 2076. Held during America’s 250th anniversary year, the ceremony brought together […]

Peru, NY, October 24, 2026 – Our community welcomes thousands of Canadian visitors, especially at this time of year. They love our local food. Hundreds of Canada Geese stopped by an Adirondack Farms’ cornfield this morning.

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other State agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. During the first nine months of 2026, Forest […]

Governor Hochul News Release, October 21, 2026 – Governor Kathy Hochul today signed commonsense gun safety legislation to expand firearm safe storage requirements and prevent individuals prohibited from possessing guns from purchasing ammunition. Governor Hochul signed these bills at the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence annual benefit dinner on the fifth anniversary of the death […]

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Get ready for the 2nd Annual Sock Hop-a free community dance and concert featuring Frankie & The Moonlighters at the Peru Memorial VFW Post 309, 710 ST-22B, Peru, NY! All are welcome to come swing and twist the night away to fabulous 50s-60s music. Frank Whitelaw leads this amazing group of musicians – and they […]