The Peru Gazette

From the Peru Central School District Please note that two (2) absentee ballots were mailed to residents of specific routes serviced by the Peru, Schuyler Falls, Morrisonville and Plattsburgh post offices.  If you have more than two (2) qualified voters in your household, please contact the District Office via email (sprovost@perucsd.org) or phone (643-6002) to […]

Project Removing Railroad Bridge over the Interstate 87  The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists that crews are scheduled to begin demolition operations on a railroad bridge crossing I-87 in the Town of Plattsburgh, Clinton County on Tuesday, June 2 with work expected to be complete by Wednesday, June 10. As part […]

There are two (2) vacant, at-large seats on the Board of Education, due to the expiration of the terms of Ms. Cynthia Mills and Mr. Steven Peters. Eight residents are seeking election to full five-year terms from July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2025. The eight candidates are Kelley Beauharnois, Dan Cayea, Jim Falvo, Sarah […]

There are two (2) vacant, at-large seats on the Board of Education, due to the expiration of the terms of Ms. Cynthia Mills and Mr. Steven Peters. Eight residents are seeking election to full five-year terms from July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2025. The eight candidates are Kelley Beauharnois, Dan Cayea, Jim Falvo, Sarah […]

By John T. Ryan Peru – Almost everyone is frustrated that the COVID-19 pandemic is depriving 2020 graduating classes the traditional pomp and circumstance of a formal graduation ceremony. This morning Peru High School Principal Matt Berry, several staff members, and parents were doing their part to honor the seniors. They placed individual large photo […]

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PLATTSBURGH – Four faculty and staff members at SUNY Plattsburgh have been recognized by the SUNY Board of Trustees and Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson with the 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.   Those selected are held as role models within the State University of New York community.   They included Karen Glushko, adjunct lecturer, psychology: […]

Thanks to Donna Downs for sending photos of the Town of Peru personnel putting up the Veterans’ Banners today. The Peru Gazette will try to get a few more photos tomorrow.

Peru – The Peru Knights of Columbus Food For Families food drive only needs about 100 pounds to meet its 1,000-pound goal. The Knights would like to make the goal this week.   If you are able, please drop your donations in the baskets just inside St. Augustine’s Church. The Knights will deliver them to […]

By John T. Ryan  May 18th – Beginning today and for the next two weeks the Peru Town Hall is open for appointments. Supervisor Brandy McDonald said two to three employees will always be in the Town Hall. Zoning/Planning Codes Officer Bub Guynup will be gone for limited periods when he is performing property inspections. […]

Police say three teens were riding a 2019 Mahindra Retriever UTV on a dirt trail when it flipped onto the passenger side. Emily Hayden, 17, was partially thrown and pinned under the vehicle and died from her injuries. Police say Emily Coons, 13, was driving. Coons and Madison Laporte,12, were both sent to the hospital […]

The Dalton Rashad Criss Memorial Scholarship nearly has the funds needed to become endowed and perpetual. The son of Peru residents Dexter and Barbara Criss, Dalton, 18, passed away Aug. 20, 2019, following an automobile accident. Dalton’s influence on the North Country left a memorable legacy this scholarship will continue. Source: Reflecting Dalton: Scholarship to […]

PERU, N.Y. — Tyler and Emily Jarvis are tractor pullers, whose love story started underneath the hood. Advertisement “We met many moons ago right after high school when I graduated, I worked for her grandparents in the body shop, I actually painted one of my tractors there,” Tyler Jarvis said. Source: Our Sports Your Story: […]

Peru – The 34th Annual St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Bill McBride Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for June 19th at Adirondack and Country Club has been canceled because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  The Peru Knights thank all past tournament sponsors and participants and look forward to hosting the tournament in 2021. If conditions […]

  By John T. Ryan  Over the past several days members of the Peru, Plattsburgh and Chazy Lions Clubs have been delivering danishes and donuts to essential personnel at Meadowbrook Healthcare, the Villas Home, the Clinton County Nursing Home and the Plattsburgh Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Peru Lions Club Acting President David Dalton commented, “ […]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the ANNUAL MEETING of the inhabitants of the Peru Central School District, Peru, New York, will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, and will be held remotely; there will be no physical polling sites.  Voting on said annual budget vote and school board election will take place entirely by […]

N O T I C E ! BOIL WATER ORDER FROM SCHOOL ST, JENKINS, BIRCHWOOD, WOODLAND, BLOOMFIELD, WINDING BROOK, MCINTOSH, HOLDEN, LOCUST, BUTTON BROOK, MCDONALD PLACE, MASON, ELMORE & MAIDEN LANE               SERVED BY PERU WATER DISTRICT NY0900216 MUST BE BOILED TO ENSURE SAFETY THIS DIRECTIVE TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS SATISFACTORY […]

Over the last four days the Peru community delivered 108 pounds of much-needed food to St. Augustine’s Church for the Peru JCEO Food Shelf.   Combined with last week’s donations the donated total is 533 pounds collected or 53.3% of the 1000 pound goal. When 1,000 pounds have been donated, the Peru Knights of Columbus […]

By John T. Ryan Peru, NY May 10, 2020 – Neighbors, friends, brother Knights of Columbus, and the Peru Fire Department gave longtime Peru resident Deacon George Benson a grand send-off yesterday. They gathered along the Jabez Allen Rd. to wave and shout good-bye as George left home and passed by riding in his son […]

PERU — Matthew Guski graduated from basic training for the U.S. Navy, March 27. His mother Honora Frechette and his family were not able to attend his ceremony. Witnessing this wonderful and outstanding achievement was denied because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which is preventing family and friends from seeing their loved ones graduate. Guski’s […]

Peru – This past Wednesday, May 6th, Bob Manchester and Bob Herforth delivered 339 pounds of food and beverages to the Peru JCEO Food Shelf bringing the K of C’s ongoing food drive total to 424 pounds. If the 1,000-pound goal can be achieved over the next several days the Peru Knights of Columbus Council […]