The Peru Gazette

Albany, May 20, 2026 – Senator Dan Stec (R,C-Queensbury) today welcomed Northeastern Clinton High School junior Megan Williams and Beekmantown Central School junior Calum Anderson to Albany as part of the League of Women Voters’ 2026 Students Inside Albany Conference. The pair are two of just 60 students statewide selected for the conference, spent the […]

May 19, 2026, Peru, NY — This afternoon at Peru High School, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Memorial Post 309 and its Auxiliary recognized two talented student artists from Peru High School for their outstanding achievements in the VFW Auxiliary National’s Annual 3-D Patriotic Art contest. Magdalena Manley and Adalyn Gertsch were both honored for […]

By John T Ryan  Picture it: nearly 300 high school juniors and seniors, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The silence spoke volumes on Friday, May 1, as students watched local firefighters, EMS crews, and Clinton County Stop DWI transform the campus into a powerful, living lesson. Project Prom was more than an […]

Hopes to fill gap left by closure of Y’s Bright Beginnings Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Albany, April 23, 2026 – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Amanda Lefton today announced DEC’s annual youth turkey hunting weekend will take place April 25-26. The youth turkey hunt, for junior hunters ages 12-15, is open across upstate New York and Suffolk County. “Connecting young hunters with adult mentors provides a […]

By John T Ryan On Wednesday, April 22, Stacey Bruce, Vice-President of Leonard Bus Sales, presented Sarah Guay with a $1,000 Scholarship Award for her “A Day in the Life of a School Bus. ‘First Odyssey’ painting. High school juniors and seniors from across New York State competed for the scholarship. Sarah’s winning entry will […]

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Peru, April 18, 2026 – Peru Lions Club and Peru PTO Community volunteers came to Rulfs Orchard Saturday morning to participate in the 2026 Community Green Up Day.  Lions Club President Dave Dalton estimates that 50 adults and youth were given street and road assignments throughout the community.  Dalton and other Lions Club members handed […]

Gavin LaValley of Northeastern Clinton Central School hopes to advance to the next round of the America’s Favorite Student competition. The winner will meet Bill Nye, appear in Reader’s Digest, and take home $20,000. He needs the community’s help to stay in the running and move on to the next round! Everyone has the chance […]

Serve as Assistant Recreation Director for Baseball/Softball and Summer Programs  This is a paid position  Job Description: Maintain a working relationship with coaches for Baseball/Softball and Summer programs. Equipment distribution and intake processing. Maintain visibility throughout the season at various home games. Provide support for summer recreation leaders and act as a liaison between summer […]

Freezing rain is expected in portions of eastern Vermont tonight with total ice accumulations ranging from a glaze to around one tenth of an inch. Winds are also expected to gust as high as 25-45 mph late tonight into Friday. Slow down and use caution while traveling.

Surprise surprise! Our summer camp registration is opening April 1st (and no, that is not a joke)!! Our awesome teaching artists and education team has been hard and work finalizing this summers curriculum, and we couldn’t be more excited to finally share it with you all! So mark your calendars for April 1st at 10am, […]

The Saturday, March 21, Press-Republican has an excellent in-depth story on City school issues  Click here for the MSN story 

Plattsburgh, NY, March 20, 2026  — Following the allegations of physical abuse, the Plattsburgh YMCA has taken decisive personnel actions. The employment of the individual directly involved was terminated following the initial allegation. Since then, the Plattsburgh YMCA Board of Directors has terminated the employment of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the […]

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AuSable Valley sees itself as a canary in the coal mine, which should be a warning to other Adirondack communities. Click here for the Adirondack Explorer story 

By John T Ryan  Peru – “Gee” and “Haw.” Those are the commands mushers use to tell their sled dogs to turn right and left. Until March 7, many local families and kids had never heard those words—at least, not until Karen Land brought her exciting world of sled dogs to a Peru Free Library […]

Plattsburgh YMCA “Statement* We were deeply saddened and disturbed to learn of allegations of physical abuse and inappropriate discipline by a now-former employee against children in our Bright Beginnings Childcare Center. We’ve since terminated this person’s employment and are cooperating fully with state and local authorities as they investigate the situation. While investigating these allegations, […]

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Participants must identify 10 or more birds  Click here for the Adirondack Almanac story 

The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) is seeking submissions for its fourth annual print publication of its Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology. Teens ages 13-19 living in the North Country of New York State are eligible to submit their creative writing for consideration in the anthology, which will be published in the spring of […]

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