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AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING , MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Late Reports for June from Departments: (JCEO). MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of July 11, 2022. Community Input. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Speed Reduction Request for Calkins Rd. between Barney Downs Rd. and River Rd. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Approval to Sell the TS […]

AGENDA Planning Board , WEDNESDAY, August 10, 2022 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of July 13, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing  APPLICATIONS: 1.P2022-0017 2-Site Plan Approval with SEQRA   Ryan Darby   258.-1-18   Rock Rd                 Peru, NY 12972 2.P2022-021 Site Plan Approval  with SEQRA […]

Peru man mourned following UTV crash

Services will be held Thursday, July 21 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The Nighthawk Band will be playing 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 17th at Hayworth Mason Park. Enjoy!

Peru Historian and Dog Control Officer resignations accepted – Helen Allen Nerska appointed to historian position

Highlights of the Peru Town Board’s July 11, 2022 meeting By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board accepted the resignations of longtime Peru Town Historians Ron and Carol Allen at its Monday, July 11, 2022, meeting. Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass said Ron Allen was resigning for health reasons. Douglass said Allen has been passionate […]

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

Pot Luck Meal Carrots Bread Dessert Served take-out only, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main st., Peru. All are Welcome at our Table

Disney’s Moana Jr at the Heyworth-Mason Park on Saturday July 16, 6:30pm.

Looking for a fun night out? Adirondack Regional Theatre will present Disney’s Moana Jr at the Heyworth-Mason Park on Saturday July 16, 6:30pm. Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and performed by the ART Young Directors Series’ actors. Bring the family, admission is FREE though DONATIONS will be accepted. Hope to see you there

Run For Jon Returns

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Adirondack Farms second cut this morning, exactly 31 days after the first cut.

July 11, 2022 

The K.T.K. Band at 6 p.m. at Heyworth Mason Park. Bring your chair and enjoy!

Agenda – Peru Town Board Regular Meeting of Monday, July 11, 2022 at 6 p.m.

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 Town Board Regular Meeting of June 27, 2022. Community Input. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of P & […]

Peru CSD BOE Reorganization & Regular Monthly Meetings

The Peru School Board of Education will hold its reorganizational and regular monthly meetings on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 6:30 PM and 6:45 PM, respectively.  The meetings will be held in the High School Community Room.  For the regular meeting, it is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:45 […]

North Country Children’s Consignment Sale

Saturday at 9:00 AM SUNY Plattsburgh Fieldhouse The North Country Children’s consignment sale is happening this Saturday from 9am-3pm and is run by a teacher at Peru Middle School (Connie Blaine). The sale benefits the Peru Middle School. Volunteers can shop the sale early and there are still plenty of volunteer spots available for today/tomorrow […]

CVPH Peru blood donor drive on July 25

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, July 25th from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. All blood collected in used by our family, friends and neighbors in the Tri-County Clinton, Essex and Franklin region. Please mark your calendars for July 25th. 

Approved minutes of Peru Town Board’s June 21st Emergency Meeting

Click here to view minutes as posted on the Town’s website 

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 […]

Approved Minutes of Peru Town Board’s June 13, 2022 Meeting

Click here to review minutes posted on Town’s Website 

Mariners name seven to Hall of Fame

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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 […]

AGENDA – Peru Zoning Board of Appeals, WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL, APPROVAL of April 20, 2022 minutes, OPEN FLOOR APPLICATIONS:   Z2022-071 Area Variance   Jason Chamberlain 280.-2-19 707 Telegraph Rd Peru, NY 12972   Z2022-072 Special Use Permit with SEQRA   T-Mobile NorthEast LLC 276.-2-2 159 Peasleeville Rd Peru, NY 12972   ANY FURTHER BUSINESS   […]

AGENDA – Peru Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022, 6:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL, APPROVAL of June 8, 2022 minutes, OPEN FLOOR to public hearing   APPLICATIONS:   1.P2022-0018 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Kim Lawrance Jan Dahlen 270.-2-24 3493 State Route 9 Peru, NY 12972 2.P2022-019 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Linda Covel 267.-1-13.1 830/832 Mannix Rd Peru, NY […]

STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCES NORTH COUNTRY PROJECT TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS WITH DISABILITIES 

Includes 21 crossings along State Routes 22B and 442 in the hamlet of Peru in Clinton County New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez today announced that work will soon begin on a $1 million project that will provide sidewalk accessibility improvements at 70 pedestrian crossings in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Clinton County. […]

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, July 6th

Michigans Salad Yogurt Dessert Served take-out only 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972 All Are Welcome at Our Table!

Sister Debbie Blow stepping down as Executive Director of the North Country Mission of Hope

Good evening everyone, I’d like to begin with two short quotes:  “To everything there is a season, and a time for everything under the Heavens” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. And from the book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse comes this quote:  “Tears fall for a reason and they are your […]

Kids’s Art Camp – July 27,27,28

Kid’s Art Camp! Participants must register. Sign up through the library’s email: perulib@gmail.com or call 518-643-8618.