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The editor is John Ryan at email: perugazette@gmail.com. The Peru Gazette is a free community, education and information website. It is non-commercial and does not accept paid advertising.

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The Post-Standard to reduce print edition delivery to three days a week in bold bet on stronger digital presence

The Post-Standard to reduce print edition delivery in bold bet on stronger digital presence | syracuse.com.

Do we need a big policy debate about local government in the North Country? Yes. « The In Box

Do we need a big policy debate about local government in the North Country? Yes. « The In Box.

Amid Budget Squeeze, N.Y. Sells Nursing Homes : NPR

Amid Budget Squeeze, N.Y. Sells Nursing Homes : NPR.

Lake Champlain: ‘good news and not such good news’

Click here for the Adirondack Almanack story 

Calls for Champlain Canal closure, new invasives law signed

Calls for Champlain Canal Closure, New Invasives Law Signed | The Adirondack Almanack.

Large donation gives CCC campaign a boost

Large donation gives CCC campaign a boost » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

VIOLATION NOTICE

The Town of Peru has to sample quarterly for total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids to comply with the disinfection by-products rule for E.P.A. and New York State. Test results for the 2nd quarter of 2012 exceeded the allowable maximum contaminant levels.

Relive agriculture’s past

A message from the Babbie Museum Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum is having their annual Hay & Grain Harvest Weekend on August 18th and 19th. Come and join us and watch us

Spiny flea impact on Lake Champlain unknown, under study

Spiny flea impact on Lake Champlain unknown, under study » Local News » Press-Republican.

Death at Ausable Chasm bridge

Death at Ausable Chasm bridge » Local News » Press-Republican.

Area farmers feeling effects of dry weather

Area farmers feeling effects of dry weather – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com 

Tops Friendly Markets to acquire Peru Grand Union and 20 others in Upstate NY and Vermont

WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. –Tops Friendly Markets, a leading full-service grocery retailer in western New York, central New York, and northwestern Pennsylvania, today announced that the company has entered into an agreement with GU Markets LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., to acquire 21 supermarkets located in upstate New York and Vermont.  

Storms blast region

Storms blast region – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com |

Park Agency applications continue to drop off

Park Agency applications continue to drop off – AdirondackDailyEnterprise.com |

Hindenburg: When Dirigibles Roamed North Country Skies

Hindenburg: When Dirigibles Roamed North Country Skies | The Adirondack Almanack.

The Adirondacks Go To War: 1861-1865

The Adirondacks Go To War: 1861-1865 | The Adirondack Almanack.

Renewed life and spirit at Mother Cabrini Shrine

By John T. Ryan Sixty-five years have passed since the Mother Cabrini Shrine in West Peru was dedicated on August 31, 1947 before an estimated 2,000 people. On Sunday, July 8, 2012 the Shrine was alive once again as hundreds of people

Town incurring significant legal expenses, no hydrofracking moratorium and farmers concerned over zoning changes

By John T. Ryan People attending the Town Board’s July 9, 2012 meeting learned that a road ownership dispute with the Kevin, Mike and Henry Dashnaw has cost the Town of Peru in excess of $35,000 in legal expenses and further expenses are expected.

Rules aimed at unmasking problem; Pharmacies add safeguardsafter Walgreens robbery

Rules aimed at unmasking problem » Local News » Press-Republican.

New pizza place may replace Papa John’s; Quiznos closed, too

New pizza place may replace Papa John’s; Quiznos closed, too » Local News » Press-Republican.

Fearing a zombie apocalypse? Saranac, NY home praised as fortress safe from zombies

Fearing a zombie apocalypse? Saranac, NY home praised as fortress safe from zombies | syracuse.com.

New tenant at Banker Road Industrial Park

New tenant at Banker Road Industrial Park » Local News » Press-Republican.

St. Mary’s School closing; Champlain’s loss will displace up to 70 students, 12 employees

St. Mary’s School closing » Local News » Press-Republican.

Peru history on display at Government Center

By John T. Ryan Peru’s history is on display this month in the lobby of the Clinton County Government Center.  Town Historians Ron and Carol Allen have several books, historical items and wonderful photos of Peru’s schools, businesses, residents and community on display for everyone to see.  Click here to see just a few of […]

Several conditions promoting increased blue-green algae in Lake Champlain

Several conditions promoting increased blue-green algae in Lake Champlain » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.