The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru’s 257 registered Independence Party members and 29 Conservative Party members were the only eligible voters in Tuesday’s primary elections, therefore a light turnout was expected and a light turnout it was. Only five Conservatives and twenty Independence Party members came to the polls. All the Independence Party […]

Agenda, September 17, 2009 Town Board Meeting

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board take one step forward at its August 24, 2009 meeting. They voted to reestablish the position of Deputy Town Supervisor. If this position is filled by a sitting counselor or by an appointed individual the Board would in a position to move forward with a town budget. […]

The Press Republican

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 24, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan There will be a primary election on September 15th in Peru involving the town justice and two-year town counselor positions, but there will not be many voters because only registered members of the Conservative and Independence parties will be voting. Three men are competing for the two town justice positions on […]

By Donald McBrayer This summer’s Gazebo Concert series is wrapped up for the season. For the past several weeks our Sunday evenings have been filled with the music of many very talented local musicians. Their performances at the Gazebo provided a great opportunity for families to get out a bit (even when it rained), and spend […]

By John T. Ryan As previously reported, the Peru Town Board did not reach a decision on the appointment of either a supervisor or counselor at its August 10th meeting. Jeff Meyers of the Press Republican filed a detailed story covering the Board’s deliberations. The large number of residents in attendance witnessed Counselors Peter Glushko […]

The Press Republican reports

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board failed to reach agreement on the appointment of either a supervisor or a counselor at its Monday, August 10, 2009 meeting. Discussion centered on the appointment of a board member. Counselors Peter Glushko and Brandy McDonald generally favored people with previous town board experience while Counselor Tom […]

By Donald McBrayer



 The Town Council held an Emergency Board Meeting on Monday August 3rd in order to authorize someone to sign upcoming payroll checks.
 Counselor Tom Powers chaired the meeting and informed the public that no public input would be allowed. Town Attorney Donald Biggs suggested someone be appointed for the purpose of signing […]

The Press Republican reports

  By John T. Ryan Counselor Peter Glushko chaired the Town Board meeting of Monday, July 27, 2009 in the absence of Town Supervisor Donald Covel. Security at the Little Ausable River Park was one of the primary subjects of discussion.  The Town Council has asked Greg Timmons to investigate how much a surveillance system […]

     Matt Houser (left) and Chris Martineau – Peru Water and Sewer Department The Town of Peru Water and Sewer Department personnel are installing new water meters in many parts of the district during the next two to three months. Personnel will all have Town of Peru identification and will be wearing Town of Peru […]

By John T. Ryan (the nature of count #8 was corrected on July 28, 2009) The jury returned its verdict at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2009 in the case of the State of New York against Donald Covel, The verdict was guilty on count #1 attempted official misconduct; guilty on counts 5,6 and […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING JULY 27, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

The Press Republican reports 

The Press Republican reports

By Brandy McDonald  Time and Place:  7:00 PM  Thursday July 16th, 2009 St Augustine’s School Building It is at these meetings from now until election day that important decisions will be made and actions will be taken. Your input is needed. We are very fortunate that we have an excellent selection of candidates.  The best […]

This messsage has been posted on the Town of Peru website Our condolences and prayers go out to the family and many friends of Bernard Rock  who has recently passed away. Bernard was a former two-term member of the Peru Town Council and  lifetime member of the Peru Fire Department, of which he was Chief for […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING  JULY 13, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel’s trial will begin at 9:30 a.m. on July 20th in Clinton County Court. Covel was indicted by a Clinton County Grand Jury in March 2009 on eight misdemeanor charges. The charges included seven counts of official misconduct and one count of obstruction of governmental administration in the […]

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Republican Caucus was held on July 2 at 7:00PM in the St. Augustine Parish Center and was chaired by Keith Matott. Individuals nominating candidates had up to three minutes to make their introduction, while individuals nominated had up to five minutes to address the attendees. There were 201 registered Republicans […]

By Donald McBrayer  The new Town Website is up and running. Donald McBrayer is now the Town of Peru’s website administrator and has just finished a month-long project of completely rebuilding the Town of Peru website from the ground up. The new site was approved by the Town Board this past Monday evening, and went online […]

Reported by Donald McBrayer  Town Board Meeting for 6-22-2009   6:30 PM Public Hearing on Amended OWB Law (version 3 <http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/towndocs/OWB_Version_3.pdf> ) The amended law includes several minor changes including: