The Peru Gazette

Peru, November 7, 2022 – This week is your last chance to see the 13 Sundays Outdoor Art Exhibit at the Peru Free Library. Over the course of the 13 Sundays between Memorial Day and Labor Day, these local artists and photographers meet at a local venue to put their artistic skills to work. Overlooking […]

October 29, 2022 – Please forgive the Peru Gazette for this late report. Thank you to Ali and Eddie Webbinaro for videoing and photographing the historical event and sending it to the Gazette. On October 9, 2022, as the Peru Town Market opened, Councilman Rick Barber rang the Heyworth Mason Park Bell. Barber, a Heyworth […]

9 a.m. Oct. 15, 2022 – Youth Commission Brian Marino thanked coaches, parents, former Recreation Director John Flynn, Interim Recreation Director Kristen Marino, youth commission members, the field maintenance staff, and everyone responsible for the program’s success. Three hundred eighty children participated on mite, mini-mite, and peewee soccer teams.  

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October 11, 2022, Peru – The 2022 general election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Peru voters can cast ballots in contests for Governor/ Lt. Governor, Comptroller, Attorney General, United States Senator, State Supreme Court Justice, Representative in Congress, State Senator, Member of the NYS Assembly, […]

10/8/22 Peru – Babbie Farm and Rural Learning Museum – David Babble and Ross Goodyear describe all the work that went into bringing a sawmill for the southern Adirondacks, constructing a beautiful building to house it and getting it operational for Saturday’s ribbon-cutting. Congratulations to the Babbie family, the museum’s board of directors, and the […]

October 8, 2022, Peru – It’s a great weekend to visit the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum. It’s “Harvest Time” today and tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. This morning the museum conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the Grand Opening of the Babbie Museum Sawmill & Lumber Company. Volunteers trucked the nearly 100-year-old […]

“History was made at the Apple Bowl on Friday night…Maggie Garrow debuted as the first female kicker in Peru’s program history.” Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Eighty percent of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured. The first step to prevention is awareness. The second is early detection through vision screening. Around the world, Lions partner with medical professionals and community leaders to screen young children, primary school students, and adults to identify those at risk for vision loss. The […]

By John T. Ryan (Please Share) Peru Oct. 4, 2022 – Students filled the Peru High School Auditorium this morning for a surprise presentation. Harbor Freight Tools For Schools named Peru High School technology teacher Leif Sorgule a $50,000 National Teaching Prize winner. Sorgule is one of only twenty teachers nationwide receiving the award. As […]

Meet the Honorees The Thirteenth Annual Peru Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner will be Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Living Goods Restaurant, Bear Swamp Road, Peru, NY 12972.  There will be a 6:00 PM Social Hour and a 7:00 PM Dinner. Price $35.00 per person.  Please RSVP by Monday, September 26, 2022. Please make checks […]

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Editor’s Note  – Music static issues resulted in having to insert new music at 8:24 p.m. on September 20, 2022. Peru – Thanks to the many people who attended, community support, the wonderful weather, and the many volunteers, the 2022 Applefest was a success. Approximately 125 volunteers contribute time and talents to make it happen. […]

Congratulations to the Babbie Rural and Farm Learning Museum for winning the BEST IN SHOW AWARD in the 2022 Applefest Parade.

Photos by Jim Falvo supplemented with a few taken from the east side of Main Street by John Ryan

  By John T. Ryan  Peru – Most Peru residents love expansive Heyworth Mason Park with its walking trail, dog park, town market, stage, bell tower, and Sunday evening concerts. But, over the past several days, people have noticed another upgrade. Paintings depicting Peru’s history have replaced the deteriorating plywood in the historic Heyworth building. […]

Thank you to Janet Duprey, Honor Flight Director of Programs, for compiling and providing these biographies.  Bios Flight #41 – September 3, 2022 John Aldous U.S. Army 1967-1970 Vietnam After basic training, John attended Counter Intelligence Agent School in Maryland.  In Vietnam in 1968, he was in a jeep accident and spent weeks in a […]

 Waterville, Maine: The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill sophomore runner Jenna Swyers, Peru, N.Y., Peru High School, has been named the conference’s Women’s Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week for the week ending Sunday, September 4. Swyers becomes the first Fighting Tiger women’s cross country runner to earn NAC Runner-of-the-Week honors in program history. […]

By John T. Ryan  Peru – The Peru Town Board appointed Kristen Marino as Interim Recreation Director at its August 22, 2022, board meeting. Marino will hold the position until the board hires a replacement for retired Recreation Director John Flynn. Marino previously served as assistant recreation director. She told the board she is a […]

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Donlan Wealth Management is pleased to present… The Thirty Second Annual Run for Jon When: Saturday, August 27th, 2022 Registration 3:30 – 4:45 pm Events start at 5:00 pm What: 5:00 pm- 0.5-mile Kids Fun Run 5:20 pm- 2.5-mile cross country Run 1.25 mile non-competitive Walk Where: Forrence Orchards, Mannix Rd. Peru, NY 12972   Last […]

By John T Ryan Peru – Many of Heyworth Mason Park’s visitors are already asking, “What’s the significance of that bell tower and bell?” Town of Peru Parks personnel put the fifteen-foot high tower and bell in place this past Tuesday, August 10th.  The bell atop the tower recalls a time in Peru’s mid-19th century […]

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53 NLSD dancers performed at Minskoff Theatre and met national icons Click here for the Sun Community News story