The Peru Gazette

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The Peru Central School District is seeking candidates to fill two (2) at-large seats on the Board of Education, due to the upcoming expiration of the terms of Ms. Sarah Graves and Mr. Steven Peters. The three-year term for each seat runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028. The Petition for Nomination of […]

Due to the inclement weather, the library will open at noon today, Thursday, February 13. 

Additionally, any household that has qualified for Section 8, SNAP, SSI, Medicaid, or HEAP benefits automatically qualifies. On Saturday, February 8, the Peru Free Library conducted the first of its 2025 Community Learning Series programs. Mark Hamilton described the HamilSun Solar Project and its many benefits, especially to low—and moderate-income households. Thank you to Marque […]

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 – 10:30 A.M. – 1 P.M. Join the Peru Free Library Community Learning Series. Interested in Community Solar? This is the event for you. Learn about the HamilSun solar farm right here in Peru. Bring your NYSEG bill to sign up at the library if you have a low to moderate income. […]

We know socializing not only staves off feelings of loneliness but also helps sharpen memory and cognitive skills, increases your sense of happiness and well-being, and may even help you live longer. We are happy to provide this opportunity for community interaction.

Peru, NY  At the Peru Town Board’s Thursday, October 10 meeting, the board presented a 2025 preliminary budget exceeding the 2% tax cap by $114,000. Six days later, at a Wednesday, October 16 workshop, Supervisor Craig Randall announced that after lowering budgeted contingency spending, including a more accurate sales tax estimate, utilizing fund balances, and […]

By John T Ryan Peru, NY –  A person familiar to hundreds of Peru and area residents will soon depart from the institution she’s led for the past 21 1/2 years. Becky Pace,  Director of the Peru Free Library, is retiring effective September 25, 2024. Becky considered retiring last spring, but she delayed for a […]

The Peru Free Library Board of Trustees is expressing its deep gratitude to Becky Pace, who is retiring at the end of September after 21 years of dedicated service as the library’s director. Under Becky’s leadership, solar panels were installed on the roof, professional theatre, storytellers and musicians performed for the children of Peru, art […]

On June 3, 2023, over twenty-eight local libraries are participating in a Library Crawl in our region. The Library Crawl is designed for local families to (re)discover libraries in our area. Many libraries will have activities targeted at children, while others will be open for participants to visit. Participants are encouraged to visit as many […]

In recognition of George Washington’s birthday, on February 22, the Valcour Battle Chapter SAR conducted our 2nd annual book donation to expand local public library collections of Revolutionary War scholarship. Local author Don Wickman’s book Strong Ground: Mount Independence and the American Revolution, published in 2017, was this year’s selection. Located on Lake Champlain in […]

By Marque Moffett What do you get when you mix some elbow grease, lunchtime Googling sessions, science, ingenuity, math, and a few training workshops? According to Peru Highway Superintendent Mike Farrell, when the mix happens at Peru’s Highway Department, you get considerable savings to taxpayers and significant environmental gains.   Mike Farrell and Deputy Superintendent […]

By Marque Moffett Perhaps it sounds strange to purposely leave one’s house on a Monday evening to go sit in a folding chair at the library and learn about garbage. But that is exactly what about a dozen people chose to do.  By all accounts, they were very glad they did! On Monday, Feb 27th, […]