The Peru Gazette

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By John T. Ryan

Peru VFW Post 3009 continues its community service programs with a “Spooktacular Haunted House & Costume Party on Saturday, October 30^th and Sunday, October 31^st. Adult witching hours are from sunset-sunrise on Saturday and children ghouling hours are from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Enjoy ghouling games, a haunted house, dancing and a costume contest both nights. Frightening food will be served at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Congressman Owens News Release

PLATTSBURGH – Today, Congressman Bill Owens announced that $55 million is being allocated for small business loans for New York job creators.  The funding is provided through the recently passed Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297), which was supported by Owens in September. States are required to demonstrate a minimum of $10 in new private lending for every $1 in federal funding. Accordingly, the $55 million investment from the federal government is expected to support more than $550 million in additional private lending for New York State. Read more »

The Post Standard reports

The Peru Youth Commission will be having an informational meeting on Wednesday October 20 at the town hall from 7:00pm – 7:30pm. Anyone interested in joining this year’s ski club or anyone having any questions about the program should attend this meeting.

The Peru High School held its Homecoming Weekend Parade this afternoon.  The skies cleared and the steady rain stopped just as the parade began. Hopefully the improving weather was a good omen for the Indians’ football game with PHS today. Click here for parade photos

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By John T. Ryan

Anyone interested in local history will be treated to a very special event on Friday, October 22^nd and Saturday October 23^rd. Lincoln and Ann Sunderland will be opening their home for guided tours. It’s an opportunity that won’t happen again for a long time, if ever. Known as the Keese Homestead, the home has close connections to Peru’s early Quaker settlement. Richard Keese, for whom Keeseville was named, settled at the home’s location in the 1790s. His son Peter built the home in 1837. There is evidence that Peter Keese was involved in the Underground Railroad and the house may have been used as a station to conceal slaves on their way to Canada.

Tours will be conducted from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. The cost is $5.00 per person; children 6 and under will be admitted free of charge. There will also be a Chinese auction. All proceeds will go to the Peru Community Church Ladies Guild to benefit the varied programs they support. Free cider and snacks will be served after the tour.

Directions:
Take exit 35 off Interstate 87.  Turn west (toward Peru) on Rt 442 (Bear Swamp Rd).  At the T where Bear Swamp meets Rt 22, turn Left (south). Drive about 3 miles.  turn Right on Arthur Rd.  Drive 1 mile, turn Right on Union Rd.  Drive 500 ft, turn Left on Harkness Rd.  The big stone house on the corner of Union Rd and Harkness Rd is the Keese Homestead.

NPR reports (A wonderful story of the American spirit – listen rather read)

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The Press Republican reports

The Press Republican reports

If you’re a chicken pie (chicken and biscuit) lover you have a lot to look forward to this coming Sunday, October 17^th at the Harkness Methodist Church. A chicken pie dinner will be served by experts. The church members have been serving it for about 100 years.

The meal will begin at 4 p.m. and continue until all are served. The prices are $8.00 adults; $7.00 for seniors; $4.00 for Children 6 to 12; and no charge for pre-schoolers. Take-outs are available.

There’s one other way to help make this event a success. You can bring a can of food for the local food shelf.

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The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

The Alice T. Miner Museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 2010! It has been a long journey for the museum Board, staff, and volunteers, and we wanted to share this great news with you.

The State and National Registers promote heritage tourism and appreciation of historic resources. The benefits to The Alice for inclusion on the Registers include: Read more »

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By John T. Ryan

The Peru Town Board was in Executive Session discussing unspecified personnel issues for almost 90 minutes at its Thursday, October 7, 2010 meeting. In public session the Board discussed acceptance of the new federally-funded School Street sidewalk. The contractor (Tracy Trombley Construction) tamped the sidewalk using a vibrating machine. Mechanical tamping is prohibited under the terms of the federal specifications. The matter has been referred to the N.Y.S. Department of Transportation. The Board is hopeful that the D.O.T. will approve the sidewalk.

In other actions/reports:

The Board set meeting times and dates for its budget workshops.

• Wednesday, October 13th – Highway Department
• Monday, October 18^th – General, i.e. Town Hall, Board, etc. The workshop will begin with a presentation by Tish Biesemeyer of Burnham Financial Services on the outlook for health insurance costs.
• Thursday, October 21^st – Water and Sewer
• Wednesday, October 27^th – Final Budget Workshop to discuss any remaining issues

Learned that the Laphams Mills Park fence should be completed no later than Monday, October 11^th.

Supervisor Peter Glushko reported that a model dog licensing law has been received. The counselors will review that law before passing any new local ordinance.

Approved an $80 ad in The North Countryman newspaper for the paper’s annual fire department tribute edition.

Discussed the $24,961 NYS Records Management Grant which the town was recently awarded. Two individuals have expressed interest in performing the records management work; however, the Board feels an obligation to award the grant to the individual who wrote the grant and comes highly recommended. Fifty-percent of the grant monies should be received in about four weeks.

Grant writer Adele Douglas advised the board that an 80-20 recreational trail grant has been advertised. It could fund an excavating machine which could be used for both park and trail work. The rental cost for this machine is $2,500 per month and the town anticipates about six months of future work. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell will investigate the cost of a new machine to determine if applying for the grant is feasible.

Supervisor Peter Glushko reported a typographical error in the tentative budget. An $80,000 figure in the mailing expense account should have been $10,000 reducing the total amount to be raised by taxes to $794,000.