The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan
The Peru-Keeseville Ecumenical Choir will perform next Saturday, December 13th at St. Augustine’s Church in Peru and on Sunday, December 14th at St. John the Baptist Church in Keeseville. Admission is free of charge and the concerts begin at 7 p.m.

By John T. Ryan

The Clinton County Board of Elections has certified the November 4, 2008 elections. Family Court Judge, Peru native and resident Timothy Lawliss was Peru’s biggest vote-getter. President-Elect Barrack Obama also did very well in our community. Read more »

By John T. Ryan

The Peru Gazette made its online debut on September 17, 2008. Between October 16th (the day we started counting) and November 30th the Gazette was visited 3060 times (about 67 visits daily) by 1,041 visitors. The site was viewed in ten countries and thirty-seven states. Read more »

This story was aired by North Country Public Radio on October 6th. Reporter Brian Mann visited Northern Orchards and the Peru Community Church. It’s a great, timeless story! (Story)

Robert Howard submitted these photos of the Peru Gazebo and its beautiful Christmas decorations

Submitted by Diane Haight of the Peru Community Church

The Vermont Bluegrass Gospel Project will be performing at the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center on Friday, December 12th, at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15 for general admission.

Here’s a last minute reminder – Please consider shopping at the Peru Aubuchon today (Sunday) and tell all your friends and neighbors to do the same. Manager Steve Duell is donating 10% of weekend sales to the Peru walking trail fund. He’s even planning a hot dog cook-out with proceeds to go to the trail fund. So go hungry (and dress warmly).

(Photos) By John T. Ryan

There was a huge turnout at Saturday evening’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Little Au Sable River Park Gazebo and sponsored by the Peru Youth Commission. Read more »

By John T. Ryan

The Peru Town Board had a light agenda at its November 24th meeting. Outdoor wood boilers were the subject of a twenty-minute discussion. As he had done at the board’s November 10th meeting, resident Dennis Mason Read more »

By John T. Ryan

The Peru Lions Club hosted its 31st Annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day with 385 participants. The Lions raised about $4,000 which they’ll use to fund their many local community service programs. The Press Republican published photos and listed the finishing times in today’s paper.

Pat Holmes is the Peru JCEO Outreach Coordinator

Today is Thanksgiving and it’s a good time for this story. Everyone got a turkey! Tuesday the Gazette published a story stating that the Peru JCEO food shelf needed additional turkeys and several readers responded. Read more »

By John T. Ryan

Clinton County existing home sales decreased by 22.6% in October 2008 compared to October 2007 while median home prices held firm decreasing by only 0.2% Read more »

Posted November 25, 2008 by John T. Ryan

The Gazette visited the Peru JCEO Foodshelf this morning and discovered that the foodshelf is short eight Thanksgiving turkeys. If more turkeys aren’t donated, eight families will have to look elsewhere. Can any of our readers help out? The turkeys average 10 to 15 pounds. The foodshelf is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located in the basement of the Peru Town Hall. The phone number is 643-8455.

Our foodshelf story will be posted in the next several hours. You’ll find it very uplifting!

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AGENDA
PERU PLANNING BOARD
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Read more »

AGENDA
PERU ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Wednesday December 17, 2008 Read more »

Posted November 22, 2008

About three weeks ago the Gazette published a story about Peru residents Joanne Kennedy and Lori Clark, Joanne’s daughter Jennie and four of their friends climbing Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. Last week Mt. Kilimanjaro was in the national news when Ann Curry of the Today Show attempted to climb the mountain, but stopped short of the summit. Given all the publicity, the Gazette asked Joanne Kennedy to email us several more beautiful photos. If you enjoy these, please take the time to view Joanne’s slideshow to music.

Submitted by Adele Douglas, Co-Chair of the Little Au Sable River Trail Fundraising Committee

Hi Everyone,
Please plan to do all your Holiday Hardware shopping at the Peru Aubuchon next weekend (Nov 29th and 30th) and tell all your friends and neighbors to do the same. Manager Steve has offered to donate 10% of weekend sales to the trail fund. Read more »

Posted November 20, 2008 by John T. Ryan

Peru Hardware at 2971 Main St. is undoubtedly one of our community’s oldest businesses. Percy and Lula Brown opened the store’s doors in 1946. Their son Doug and his wife Helen took over in 1963. In 1985 Doug and Helen’s daughter Wendy and her husband Bob Silverman purchased the business and operate it today. Read more »

Posted November 19, 2008 by John T. Ryan

The Peru Town Board unanimously passed the town’s 2009 final budget at a November 18, 2008 Special Town Board Meeting. The Board cut preliminary budget expenditures by approximately $100,000 Read more »

Click here to review the complete audit report

Posted November 16, 2008

The Plattsburgh Comfort Inn and several businesses in the Comfort Inn complex were destroyed by fire on Saturday, November 15th. Peru resident Don McBrayer installs carpets for a living and he had just installed new carpet in 87 of the Inn’s 107 rooms. He snapped these photos on his cell phone. This is the message that accompanied his email. Read more »

Posted on November 15, 2008 by John T. Ryan

Last Sunday, November 9, 2008 was a historic day at the Peru Community Church as Rev. Dr. Robert E. Svenson Read more »

Posted November 14, 2008
This is an email received from Robert Cronin, Chair of the Peru Democratic Party Read more »

Posted November 14, 2008

In a few weeks Peru should have an animal hospital in the center of the community. Plattsburgh Animal Hospital plans to open a facility at 692 Bear Swamp Road in a building that was purchased from Key Chevrolet. Dr. Joseph Church told the Gazette that he and Dr. Tom Brown would open the clinic as soon as renovation Read more »