The Peru Gazette

Plattsburgh, NY- Connor Baehre, a high school junior from Peru Central School, has been selected to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany Conference sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation, Inc. Annika Pair from Northern Adirondack Central School has been chosen 1st alternate and Lino Caputo from Boquet Valley Central […]

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 6:30 PM in the High School Community Room. It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:30 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for open public session business at approximately […]

Nichole Lapier was hiding in an attic on the Laphams MIlls Road in Peru  Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The Peru Central School Board of Education will gather Thursday, April 3rd at 6 PM in the High School Community Room for their third public session budget workshop. The meeting is open to the public and current District, County, State and Federal COVID-19 safety procedures and protocols will be followed. The agenda will be available on […]

Breakfasts help pay for Knights’ programs like “Coats For Kids” at Peru Central. Peru—St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus will serve a “Pancakes Plus” Breakfast on Sunday, April 6, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The menu includes Pancakes, Waffles, French Toast, Fruit Sauce, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Home Fries, Real […]

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, April 21,  from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. The blood collected by the Donor Center provides more than 95% of the blood used at CVPH and other hospitals in Elizabethtown, Malone, Massena, Saranac Lake and Glens Falls. […]

  By John T Ryan  Peru, NY – March 31, 2025- Upgrading Peru’s wastewater treatment plant should begin soon. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) mandated most upgrades. After being granted two delays, Peru signed a consent order to have a shovel in the ground no later than July 1, 2025.  On […]

The Peru Town Board has scheduled a Special Meeting for Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting is to award the mechanical bid for the Peru Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project 25.04.08 Special Meeting Minutes

Spaghetti Salad  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!

The Peru Central School Board of Education will gather Thursday, April 3rd at 6 PM in the High School Community Room for their third public session budget workshop. The meeting is open to the public and current District, County, State and Federal COVID-19 safety procedures and protocols will be followed. The agenda will be available […]

By John T. Ryan  The Town of Peru is dealing with a troubling issue: thieves have stolen and damaged street and stop signs. At the town board meeting on Monday, March 24, Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell reported that one or more individuals have taken approximately 30 signs and 10 posts over the winter months. When […]

Blood donations support health of patients in several North Country hospitals  PLATTSBURGH, NY (03/27/2025) –The Adirondack Regional Blood Donor Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), has planned 18 community blood drives in April and continues to welcome walk in donors at its Donor Center as […]

March 26, 2025, 6:30 PM  Please do not leave any tips on Facebook.The New York State Police in Troop B, are attempting to locate Robert C. Baker, age 60, of Peru, NY, reported missing out of Plattsburgh, NY. Baker is approximately 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs approximately 130 lbs, slightly bald with gray hair, […]

Just so you know, the March 27th budget workshop has been canceled.

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 […]

Turkey Gravy, Stuffing, 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!

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of March 10, 2025, and Special Meeting of March 18, 2025.  Community Input.  RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of Clinton County Youth Bureau Contract. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval to Loan Money from the General Fund for the Temporary Partial Payment of the 2025 […]

Stew Fruit 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!

The Peru Town Board has scheduled a Special Meeting for Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at 4:00 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The purpose of the meeting will be to award bids for a wastewater treatment upgrade and purchase a 2025 dump truck.

By John T Ryan If all goes as planned, the 7 Jenkins Street tennis courts will soon be private property.  At its Monday, March 10 meeting, the town board declared the property surplus and will list it for sale as soon as the market value is determined. In 2016, residents proposed repairing the courts for […]

A cast of 28 dedicated students will bring the stage to life March 20-22 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

By John T Ryan Peru, NY – March 11, 2025 – “We do what we have fun doing.” That’s how Peru Town Historian Helen Nerska and volunteers Chris Mullen and Jackie Madison describe their work at the Peru historian’s office. The women, including Nerska, are unpaid volunteers who love local history and want to share […]