The Peru Gazette

Clinton County sales of existing single family homes declined by 11.9% in July 2010 compared to July 2009 according to figures compiled by the NYS Association of Realtors. Median prices declined by 16.9%.

By John T. Ryan

Beginning July 23^rd Peru residents traveling by Forrence Orchard’s River Road warehouse noticed piles of sand being dumped along the warehouse’s east side and many wondered what was happening. Four weeks later passersby can easily see that the warehouse is undergoing a major expansion. In fact Forrence’s are constructing a 60 ft. x 195 ft. or almost 12,000 square foot addition which will house a new apple packing line. They hope to be operating by the end of October. David Gordon is the general contractor.

Seth Forrence said his family is investing in the future. He explained, “The new packing machine will be more adapted to packing larger apples such as Cortland and Honeycrisp. It still can pack Macs, but we’ll be able to pack various varieties and have them immediately ready for the marketplace.” While all apples leave Forrence’s by the tractor-trailer load, one truck may contain several varieties. The new machine will easily pack three pallets of one variety, five pallets of another variety, etc. Forrence said he anticipated having to hire more packing personnel saying, “We hope to stimulate jobs in the local economy.” Forrence’s Route 22 packing house will continue in full operation.

Forrence Orchards harvests between 500,000 and 600,000 bushels of apples annually on their 1200 acre farm. That’s between 20 and 24 million pounds of apples or between 500 and 600 forty-foot tractor trailer loads. Their primary varieties are McIntosh, Honeycrisp and Cortland. Two hundred and five Jamaican men are arriving over the next few days to pick Forrence Orchard’s 2010 crop. Seth Forrence says, “The crop isn’t as large as last year’s, but it’s a very nice crop.”

Leon Blair, Chairman of the Town of Peru Zoning Board of Appeals, called the meeting of July 21, 2010 to order at 7:00 pm.

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See “Run for Jon” 2007 Photos

By Donald McBrayer

The Peru Town Board held its regular meeting at 7:00 PM on August 23rd.
Everyone, except Sue Polhemus who was excused, was in attendance.
An audio recording of the meeting can be found at:
http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/TBM-08-23-10.WAV

The Agenda contained 21 items including: Read more »

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AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING August 23, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Read more »

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Congressman Owens Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Bill Owens today praised new implementations of H.R. 627, the CARD Act, which contains several strict protections for consumers – banning unfair interest rate increases and forbidding abusive fees and penalties by credit card companies.  Additional consumer protections under this legislation will go into effect this Sunday, August 22 under the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights. Read more »

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NYSDOT TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE MEETINGS AS WORK BEGINS ON
ROUTE 3 TRAVEL CORRIDOR UNIT MANAGEMENT PLAN

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency today announced that a series of open house public information meetings have been scheduled in communities along the Route 3 corridor through the Adirondack Park, as the Department kicks off the Route 3 Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan (TCUMP). Read more »

The Town of Peru Boil Water Order for the Calkins Rd., Barney Downs Rd, Reservoir Rd., Morgan., Hillside, Summit, Pinewood, Oakdale Drives and Old Town Rd.  has been lifted by the Clinton County Health Department.

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