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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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Canadian Border Crossings are Hopping

From the North Country Chamber of Commerce  The Canadian license plates are crossing the borders and filling parking lots! We could not be happier to welcome our neighbors to the north back to the area and back to using Plattsburgh International Airport (PBG) for their travel needs! Just the other day, Canadian license plates made […]

Forced to live here, forced to leave: The twin injustices of I-81 in Syracuse and the demolition of the 15th Ward

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DiNapoli Audit Finds Lax Oversight of Medicaid Payments May Have Cost Taxpayers Nearly $300 Million

Audit Finds No Attempt to Recover $292 Million in Overpayments for Recipients With Third-Party Insurance Coverage July 13, 2022 Too often Medicaid pays medical bills that a third-party insurer should have covered, and not enough is being done to make sure Medicaid recovers that money, according to an audit by New York State Comptroller Thomas […]

DiNapoli: Tax Cap Set at 2% in 2023

Highest Inflation Since Start of Local Tax Cap Will Impact Local Governments July 13, 2022 Property tax levy growth will again be capped at 2% for 2023 for local governments that operate on a calendar-based fiscal year, according to data released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. This figure affects tax cap calculations for […]

David Glenn donates Gilliland research to Paine Memorial Library

Compiles records of early pioneer life in Essex and Clinton Counties  Clinton countiesClick here for the Sun Community News Story 

The James Webb Telescope’s First Photos Show Its Extraordinary Power

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Social Security increase for 2023 could reach double digits

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Clinton County Historical Association Presents: “A Tour of the Old Base Oval” with Jan Couture – Saturday, July 16, 10:30 am

Please join the Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) on Saturday, July 16th at 10:30 am for a narrated walking tour of the historic buildings surrounding the Old Base Oval in the City of Plattsburgh.   The Old Base Oval has been a part of the Military Base from the War of 1812 until the closing of […]

North Country at Work: the iron era of the J&J Rogers Company

The company that virtually built Au Sable Forks Click here for the NCPR story 

Two months after racist attack, Buffalo Tops to reopen Friday

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St Joseph’s Outreach Center

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Mayor’s Cup Regatta and Festival returns full-scale

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SUNY student uses medic experience for Ukraine First Aid kits

Paratrooper joins local efforts by Mission of Hope and Twinstate Technologies Click here for Sun Community News Story 

Gun applicants in NY will have to list social media accounts

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Clinton Community College welcomes new coaches

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A New Editor Takes the Reins of the Struggling ‘Burlington Free Press’

“At the end of March, the paper’s print circulation averaged 5,484 from Monday through Saturday, just a fraction of its 31,095 a decade earlier, according to a report from the Alliance for Audited Media. Sunday circulation has plummeted, too, from 40,708 to 7,152.” Click here for the Seven Days story

USPS To Hike Stamp Prices July 10 — Here’s What You’ll Pay

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Town of Peru to charge use fee for town park events

A RESOLUTION TO CHARGE A FEE FOR THE USE OF TOWN PARKS FOR EVENTS TO OFFSET THE COST OF ADDITIONAL MANPOWER AND CARE FOR THE GROUNDS AND PROPERTY. RESOLUTION NUMBER: 22.06.13-1 MOTION BY: Mr. Bruno SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglass WHEREAS, In order to adequately compensate for the management of the Peru Town Parks, the Town […]

Mariners name seven to Hall of Fame

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New York to apply tougher energy efficiency standards with new climate laws

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Suicide Prevention Lifeline changes to 988

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Suicide Preventioin Lifeline changes to 988

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A Northern New York hot dog named after Michigan gets its own national historic marker

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Peru Lions honor Marge and Jim McCarty for their dedicated service

By John T. Ryan Peru – On Sunday, July 3rd,  the Peru Lions Club dedicated the “McCarty Memorial Bench” at Heyworth-Mason Park.  The bench honors the late Marge and Jim McCarty for their long, dedicated service to the Peru Lions Club and the Peru community.  Members of the McCarty family were present to witness the […]

Clinton County Historical Association presents: People of Color in Lake Champlain’s North Country

By Jacqueline Madison President, North County Underground Railroad Historical Association July 5th – 6:00 pm House of Prayer, 63 Broad Street, Plattsburgh To quote our speaker: “We tend to focus on African Americans coming through this area heading to Canada for freedom.  But some blacks came to the area who were free or stayed in […]