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Some Peru 2026 tax rates increase while others decrease

Corrected 11/15/25 at 3:10 p.m. Residents utilizing water and sewer services will see a slight decrease.  My first post did not take the water & sewer rate deceases into account. Taxes will increase for residents outside those districts.  By John T Ryan  Peru – The Peru town board has been formulating the town’s 2026 town […]

Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia – Tuesday, Nov. 18 at Peru VFW

Peru Community Church is sponsoring a Community Art Project

Hello Peru! We have an exciting opportunity for all Peru residents! Peru Community Church is sponsoring a Community Art Project. The Subject is: “HOPE – what brightens your day?” PCC will provide a 12 x 12 inch canvas – YOU provide the Art. Pick up your free canvas on Saturday, 11/1 from 9-12 at PCC […]

Peru Drama Club will present Hadestown: Teen Edition on December 5th-6th with a cast of 15 students from grades 8 through 12.

The story of this musical follows the poor but hopeful young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice in a world grappling with hardship and doubt. When Eurydice is tempted by an offer of comfort and security, she signs away her life to work in the industrial Hadestown. Orpheus journeys to the underworld to win her back with […]

Longtime Peru businessman Mark Jarvis passes away

Click here for the Hamilton Funeral Home Obituary

CVPH, Monday, Nov. 17 Blood Drive

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Drive, Monday, November 17, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. CVPH uses all blood collected in our local trl-county region. Your neighbors appreciate and need your support. St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 coordinates the blood drive.

Observe Veterans Day, 11 a.m. at the Peru Memorial VFW Post 309

Peru Town Board Meeting of November 10, 2025.

Peru, NY, November 10, 2025 – Supervisor Craig Randall began the meeting leading a moment of silence honoring Town Justice Jim Kirby who passed away on October 29. Randall thanked Justice Kirby for his service to the Town of Peru. Click here to view the meeting video 

Unless unanticipated changes happen, here are the Town of Peru 2025 election winners

Plattsburgh, NY, November 10, 2025  – While a few more absentee ballots may arrive on or before November 12, the Clinton County Board of Elections does not anticipate any changes in the 2025 unofficial election results. As of 11:54 AM today, the unofficial winners in the Town of Peru are: Town Supervisor – Craig Randall […]

St. Augustine’s Community Meal Menu for Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Chili 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!

It’s time to sign up for the Turkey Trot

The Peru Lions Club will again be hosting this year’s 48th Annual John P. Adams Memorial Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th.  As in the past, this is a family run event with participants of all levels and features both a 5K and 10K run starting at 9:00 a.m. The trot begins and ends […]

Peru wins Section VII Girls Swim Championship

The Section VII Girls Swim Championship goes to Peru! Following a great day in the pool, the Nighthawks came away with a meet-leading 389 points. Here are all the team scores. 1. Peru 389 2. AuSable 249 3. Plattsburgh 170 4. Moriah 88 5. Beekmantown 22

Agenda – Peru Town Board Regular Meeting of Nov. 10, 2025 @ 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; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of October 27; Public Hearing for Local Law #2 of 2025 of November 5, […]

AGENDA -Planning Board , WEDNESDAY, November 12, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL October 2025 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: P2025-0018 2-Lot Minor Subdivision, Lauren Waldron, 280.-2-15.1, 637 Telegraph Rd ANY FURTHER BUSINESS CEO REPORT ADJOURNMENT

All-Electric New Buildings Law takes effect on December 31

By John T Ryan New York State’s goal of achieving zero on-site greenhouse gas emissions means significant changes will take effect on December 31, 2025.  There are some exemptions, but they are very few.   The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), signed into law on June 18, 2019, mandates the State achieve a […]

A mutual love of animals yields a family and a solar grazing farm

By John T Ryan November 5, 2025 , Peru, NY –  By now, many area residents are familiar with the Hamilton family solar farm (Hamilsun Solar) adjacent to Mannix Road. If they have keen eyesight, they probably have observed sheep roaming between the farm’s solar panels. Kristen Carpenter and Keagan Wood, who operate Cherry Hill […]

County-Wide and Town of Peru Unofficial Voting Results With 100% of Districts Reporting

These totals DO NOT include Absentee and Affidavit Ballots Member of Assembly 115th Candidate Michael S. Cashman, Cross-Endorsed Candidate Democratic/Working Families, Percentage 51.54% – Votes 11,322 Candidate Brent M. Davison, Cross Endorsed Candidate Republican/Conservative, Percentage 48.42% – Votes 10,636 Candidate Write In, Percentage0.05%, Votes10 District Attorney Candidate Andrew Wylie, Democratic, Percentage 99.15%, Votes 15,844 Candidate […]

Town of Peru Unofficial In-Person Vote Totals

November 4, 2025 – These totals are unofficial and DO NOT include 270 Early Voting Ballots, Affidavit Ballots, and Absentee Ballots.   Peru voters cast 1,704 in-person ballots today. Town Supervisor  Republican Craig Randall – 752 Write ins – 2 Superintendent of Highways Democrat Chip Blair – 482 Republican Michael Farrell – 562 Write ins […]

Peru Central School District Recognizes Art Teacher Greg Badger.

We would like to recognize Middle School Art Teacher Greg Badger for his outstanding work in creating the beautiful mural now displayed on the side of our building beneath the District Office sign. The mural depicts Peru’s first school building, which was developed during the Great Depression. Construction took place between January 1938 and November […]

Election Day Voting is fast and efficient

Peru, NY, November 4, 2025 – As of 12:11 p.m. voters had cast 711 ballots at St. Augustine’s Parish Center. The Clinton County Board of Elections reports that 270 Peru voters participated in Early Voting. The Peru Gazette plans to post in-person voting results as soon as possible after the polls close at 9 p.m. […]

Election Day, Tuesday, November 4 

Peru’s in-person voting takes place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972.  Voters cast ballots for several NYS Supreme Count, NYS Assembly. Clinton County, Town of Peru Elective Offices and for a NYS Constitutional Amendment on the reverse side of the ballot.  Here are Peru’s […]

Peru Blood Drive on November 17

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Drive, Monday, November 17, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. CVPH uses all blood collected in our local trl-county region.  Your neighbors appreciate and need your support. St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 coordinates the blood drive.  

St. Augustine’s Community Meal Menu for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Chicken’n Biscuits  Salad  Fruit  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!

Peru VFW Veterans Day Service, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. – All welcome!

Adirondack Blood Center Plans Several Community Drives in November

Patients from area hospitals benefit every donation collected  Plattsburgh, NY –Every unit of donated blood can help up to three North Country residents and the Adirondack Blood Donor Center is calling on the community to join them in supporting the health and wellbeing of their family, friends and neighbors by donating or sponsoring blood drive. […]