The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan Town of Peru Democrats nominated their candidates for the fall elections at their June 18, 2009 party caucus. Party faithful drafted Party Chairman Brandy McDonald as their nominee for Town Supervisor. McDonald said, “I have a full time job. I”ll have to think about it. If I decide not to run […]

By Brandy McDonald The Peru Democratic Party Caucus will be held on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 . The Caucus will start at 7:00PM The location will be at the St Augustine’s School Gym , Peru, NY

By John T. Ryan Responding to complaints voiced by residents of Winding Brook Drive the Peru Town Board agreed to investigate removing the double yellow lines that the Town Highway Department recently applied to the town street.  The actions were taken at the Board’s June 8, 2009 meeting. 

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING  June 8, 2009 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board conducted its scheduled Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the outdoor Wood Boiler Law which they passed in September 2008. The Board proposed dropping Definition 3. B. as it relates to commercial enterprises and Prohibition 5. 2) which prohibited an outdoor wood boiler within 750 feet of […]

By John T. Ryan Highway Superintendent Mike Farrell learned some of the challenges of elective office at the Town Board’s May 28, 2009 meeting.  On or about May 21st the town highway department applied double yellow lines to Winding Brook Road and the newly named Bloomfield Drive.  

PUBLIC HEARING AMENDED OWB LAW MAY 28, 2009 @ 6:30 PM AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING MAY 28, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan On May 1, 2009 Linda Covel was granted an Occupancy Permit by the Town of Peru to bottle water at her bottling plant on the Mannix Road. Code Enforcement Officer Paul Blaine performed the final inspection on April 28th and Mrs. Covel picked up the permit on May 1st. Covel will […]

By John T. Ryan The major news at the Town Board’s May 11th meeting was the level of interest in filling the position that opened up when Cortland Forrence resigned his seat on the Town Board. Six Peru residents submitted a letter of interest and resume to the Town Board and will be interviewed for […]

By John T. Ryan On March 29, 2009 the Press Republican reported the arrest of Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel on what the Press Republican reporter referred to as a “slew of official-misconduct charges.”  The Peru Gazette visited the offices of the Clinton County Court Clerk to review the March 25, 2009 Clinton County Grand […]

By Donald McBrayer  The April 27, 2009 Town Board Meeting adjourned about 8:45 and covered several topics. Mr. Biggs and Mr. Forrence were not present. About twenty people attended the meeting. Community input included a noise complaint where the board decided to have Town Attorney Donald Biggs look over the current noise ordinance so more […]

  AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING April 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM

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By John T. Ryan It has been several years since the Peru Town Board went out to bid for liability insurance coverage. They decided to do so this year and the town will be saving almost $15,000 and receiving increased insurance coverage.  The Counselors opened bids at their March 23rd meeting, studied the issue for a week […]

On Sunday March 29, 2009, the Press Republican reported on its front page that Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel has been arrested on seven new official  misconduct charges and one charge of obstruction of governmental administration.  The charges were not unexpected. They relate to a September 2008 indictment and Mr. Covel’s refusal to plead guilty to […]

By John T. Ryan (Corrected March 31, 2009 – The March 30 Board Workshop involved the recently passed Work Boiler Law not the proposed outdoor burning law.) Counselor Cortland Forrence’s announcement that he will be resigning in a few weeks overshadowed other important business at the Town Board’s March 23, 2009 meeting.  After several weeks […]

By John T. Ryan Peru Town Counselor Cortland Forrence surprised the few people remaining at the end of the March 23, 2009 Council meeting when he announced that he would be leaving the Council sometime this year. Forrence said, “I don’t have the time to keep up the schedule of meetings that are necessary to […]

By John T. Ryan Posted March 11, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. and updated 1:09 p.m.  A correction was made on March 12, 2009 at 6:55 a.m. Mr. Healy’s is concerned with brush being piled adjacent to his property and being a fire hazard, rather than limbs overhanging his building.  The Peru Town Board conducted its […]

By John T. Ryan Four residents voiced asked questions or voiced opinions at the March 9, 2009 Public Hearing on the proposed Open Burning Law for the Town of Peru. John Ryan said he believed an article about the law’s provisions should have appeared in the Press Republican in addition to the required printing on […]

The Peru Water Department has requested that the Peru Gazette publish this notice: VIOLATION NOTICE The Town of Peru has to sample quarterly for total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids to comply with the disinfection by-products rule for E.P.A. and New York State. Test results for the 4th quarter of 2008 exceeded the allowable maximum contaminant […]

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru may have an open burning law in place within the next few weeks. The Peru Town Board at its February 23, 2009 meeting

By John T. Ryan  Here are the primary agenda items published by Town Supervisor Donald Covel for the February 23, 2009 Peru Town Board Meeting:

Submitted by Adele Douglas The Committee to Implement the Comprehensive Plan welcomes the public at all its meetings. The Committee usually meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 6:30 in the Town Hall.  Meeting dates for the next month will be confirmed on the calendar in the Town Hall.

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board meeting of Monday, February 9, 2009 centered on insurance cost reduction and a proposed open burning law. Supervisor Donald Covel was excused and Counselor Peter Glushko presided.