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Town Board Special Meeting on Thursday, March 23

  The Town of Peru Town Board has scheduled a Special Meeting Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 5:15 PM at the Peru Town Hall.  The purpose of the meeting will be Executive Session to interview candidates for the Recreation Director position.

State police investigate school bus crash in Peru, NY

20 students were on board a school bus when it was struck at an intersection on state route 22 Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Communication with the public addressed and culvert replacement to be costly

By John T. Ryan  Communication failures and costly culvert replacements were primary topics at the Monday, March 13, 2023, Peru Town Board Meeting.  Moore Drive resident Robert Annis told the board that on March 1, he called the town highway garage twice to report that a highway department snowplow had knocked down his and his […]

Local students shine at CVES Regional Spelling Bee

From Peru, Charlotte Isecke won Grade 8 Champion and Vincenzo Francesconi won Grade 7 Champion. Top honors by Beekmantown, Northeastern Clinton, Peru, Plattsburgh and Boquet Valley students Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Peru Library closed between 1:30 and 2:30 this week.

Sit down, relax and let the Knights make you dinner

Enjoy Thursday’s St. Pat’s Dinner and Irsh Dancers at the Peru VFW

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Beef Stew Salad Bread Dessert Served take-out only, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Agustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972

AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING MARCH 13, 2023,  6:00 PM

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports)  MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of February 27, 2023. Community Input RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Accept Peru Town Court Internal Audit for […]

Radioactive material in our waste! Just one of the surprising facts revealed at Community Learning Series presentation

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, […]

Medical assist equipment free of charge

By John T. Ryan Peru & Plattsburgh – It’s not uncommon for people, especially seniors, to need a medical assistance device on a short-term basis. Fortunately, at least three local organizations offer them free of charge, typically for up to sixty days. If people know they need a device for a more extended period, a […]

Highlights of the Peru Town Board’s meeting of February 27, 2023

By John T. Ryan The board will soon interview the four candidates for the open recreation director position. Kristen Marino has been the interim director since last August 22, 2022. She is one of the applicants. The board also: Approved change order #2 for Luck Construction’s Elm Street sewer project work. The change order reduced […]

Tea Time with the Beauty and The Beast

Peru School Seeks Board Candidates

The Peru Central School District is seeking candidates to fill two (2) vacant, at-large seats on the Board of Education, due to the upcoming expiration of the terms of Ms. Sarah Mitchell and Ms. Linda Morgan (appointed to fill vacant seat previously held by Mr. Thurber). The individual receiving the highest number of votes will […]

Good News: Stewart’s Holiday Match Checks are in the Mail

1,938 checks totaling more than $2 million March 7, 2023— Stewart’s Holiday Match funding has been allocated and checks have been sent to nonprofit organizations impacting children. This year, the Stewart’s Shops Holiday Match Program will benefit 1,938 nonprofits. From Thanksgiving Day through Christmas Day, customers donated over $1 million to the program, which was […]

Peru Drama Club presents Beauty and the Beast – March 9-11, 2023

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Here’s your chance to learn more about Peru’s roadsalt reduction program

Budget Workshop #1 for Peru Board of Education

The Peru Central School Board of Education will gather Tuesday, March 7th at 6 PM in the High School Community Room for their first 23-24 budget workshop.  At this workshop, the School Board is expected to: Review the budget timeline Examine current year projections Review tax levy limit calculation Receive overview of preliminary revenues Discuss […]

Friday afternoon fire destroys one Forrence Orchard barn, but firefighters save several adjoining barns

March 3, 2023 – Peru and firefighters from several other departments are on the scene of a barn fire this afternoon at Forrence Orchards south of the Peru hamlet. The firefighters have been able to save several adjoining barns. A Forrence employee noticed the fire at about 1:20 this afternoon. The barn was used for […]

Peru’s Drive in Monday, March 27, 3 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center CVPH program supplies blood, blood products to hospitals across our region  PLATTSBURGH, NY (3/03/2023) – The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), is conducting several blood drives open […]

Police ID victim in fatal crash on Route 3 in Plattsburgh

Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Peru Daisy Scouts selling cookies at Stewart’s on Saturday, March 4 from 11 am to 3 pm

Peru Library closed 1:30 to 2:30 Tues. – Friday March 14-31

AGENDA – Zoning Board of Appeals WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 @ 7:00 PM

McIntosh Drive pool variance on the agenda TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of Dec 21, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: Z2023-078        Area Variance for Pool                                    […]

Hall of Fame Nominations Requested

The Peru Central School District Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for potential candidates.  The District Hall of Fame is designed to recognize individuals who have made a significant impact on our school or achieved an outstanding contribution(s) to society as a graduate of Peru CSD. The candidate must have attended, been employed, served, or […]