The Peru Gazette

Source: Essex County reports zero COVID cases | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

“A list of facilities to be closed is expected to be made public this week by DOCCS, an agency controlled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The governor has repeatedly said that prisons should not be viewed as a “jobs program.” ‘“Everyone is waiting with baited breath,” said Michael Powers, president of the NYSCOPBA union. John Roberts, […]

Source: ‘Still on the farm’: NY State Police struggles to diversify

Source: For 40 years D&D Meats and community have supported each other | Sun Community News WEST CHAZY | For 40 years, D & D Meats has prided itself on being a mom and pop grocery where they not only know your name, but also what you prefer on your sub, the ages o

Source: No. Co. unemployment shrinking compared to pandemic year | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: State Police’s Troop B marks 100-year anniversary in June | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Last call for NY’s indoor dining curfew – syracuse.com

May 28, 2021 – Tweet by Emily Russell reporter for the North Country Public Radio “NYS is expected to announce more #prison closures soon. Nearly all North Country correctional facilities are well below capacity, including: Adirondack: 15% Moriah Shock: 25% Altona: 30% Bare Hill: 40% Ogdensburg: 35%”

Source: Why did the chicken wing get so expensive? | Local News | pressrepublican.com

May 28, 2021 – A horizontal drill is drilling under the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center driveway this morning. A 10-inch diameter inch bit is burrowing under the asphalt. A smaller bit preceded it. An 8-inch polyurethane sewer pipe will eventually be installed. Horizontal drilling is expensive but causes much less disruption than digging up […]

“We are hopeful to have this completed within a few days,” Mrs. Dunster’s co-CEOs Blair and Rosalyn Hyslop said in a statement, “to quickly get employees back to work and products back on the shelves.” Source: Canadian baker Mrs. Dunster’s to buy Koffee Kup, Vermont Bread – VTDigger

At its May 24, 2021 regular meeting the Peru Town Board:  Conducted a 20-minute discussion with four members of the Peru Youth Commission. Youth Commission Chairman Greg Mills recently submitted his resignation and Councilmen Rick Barber and Jim Douglass have both bowed out as the town board’s liaison to the commission. Councilmen Melvin Irwin and […]

Source: Syracuse native Eric Carle, author of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ dies at age 91 – syracuse.com

Source: New York’s latest vaccine incentive: A raffle for free SUNY, CUNY education

Thanks to the Clinton County Historical Association for this photo of the AuSable Chasm Bridge. The bridge is a historic steel arch bridge with a concrete and stone-faced approach. It’s on US Route 9 over the Ausable River. The website historicbridges.org states that the main span is 126 feet in length with two approaches resulting […]

Source: Applauding the Plattsburgh Compact – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: NY prepares to give out $3.5B to renters and small businesses hit by pandemic – syracuse.com

Source: Covid in NY: New cases fall to new low since September – syracuse.com

Source: Syracuse officials tackle ‘crisis of violent culture’ after 2 teens killed: Adults at fault for kids killing kids – syracuse.com

On November 11, 1930, thousands of Plattsburgh’s citizens turned out for the dedication of the city’s newest bridge. The Bridge Street Stone Arch Bridge replaced an aging and inelegant steel strut bridge to join the beautiful City Hall and McDonough Monument as iconic structures in Plattsburgh. Join Roger Black on Monday, June 17th at 6:30 […]

Source: Plattsburgh’s new YMCA location to open July 1 | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Back in November the YMCA was in negotiations with the City of Plattsburgh about leasing the City Recreation Center at the U.S. Oval.

Source: Solar storms are back, threatening life on Earth as we know it – syracuse.com

“When she wanted something for her district, she made sure everybody in our state Capitol knew what it was and that she was going to get it,” Hochul said. “She never let politics or party interfere with her ability to get the job done and to represent the people, not just of her district, but […]

By John T. Ryan  One of Peru’s oldest businesses is under new ownership and has a new name. Swain’s Liquor Store is now Livations (not Libations; Livations). On May 1, 2021, Scott Hite and Mary Ann Cayea became the new owners. Bonnie Trost owned and operated the store since May 19, 2015. Marge and Don […]

Source: All-female ambulance crew makes Burlington Fire Department history