The Peru Gazette

The Watertown Times reports

The Town of Peru’s Highway Department will be going back to their regular hours of operation
 
7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday starting today, 10/27/09.
 

The Press Republican reports

See the Peru Central School website for more information

Public Hearing on Water-Sewer District Extension at 6:30 p.m. followed by Regular Meeting 

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 26, 2009 @ 7:00 PM Read more »

The Press Republican reports

By John T. Ryan

An Editorial

If you are a Peru resident who doesn’t care for the taste of chlorinated water or you’ve been concerned about those periodic Town of Peru warning letters regarding disinfection by-products you may have gone to local unmonitored “springs” and filled your containers with that great tasting “spring” water. My advice is to stop!  After many months of procrastination, I brought a sample of the “spring” water I’ve been consuming to a local lab for testing. While the water tested negative for ecoli bacteria, it tested positive for coliform bacteria and the lab advised me to immediately stop drinking the water unless it was boiled. I took a second sample to the lab and received the same laboratory report. The water came from the popular “spring” a few hundred feet from the Harkness Methodist Church. The water is not safe to drink. Read more »

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The Post Standard reports

By John T. Ryan

The Town of Peru Zoning Board of Appeals approved five of its six agenda items on October 21, 2009.  One item was tabled because the person filing the application was not present. 

 The Board:

• Approved Raymond Desso’s application for an area variance for the construction of a garage at 15 Locust Drive. 
• Approved George Knight’s special permitted use application for three apartment units at his 2998 Main St. property opposite Stewarts. Knight presented drawings depicting parking for six vehicles. Dr. Charles Dilzer spoke and was highly complimentary of the work Knight has done in restoring this building and the adjacent home known as the Fitzpatrick property. The board approved the Knight’s plan which still must go before the Planning Board for site plan review.
• Approved a variance request for Karen Duval at the corner of Red Fox Lane and the Blake Rd. Duval needed to adjust lot lines between two adjacent properties.
• Approved Eric Duquette’s application to operate a catering business as a home occupation at his home at 325 Route 22B (the former Green residence). Duquette plans to remove the outdoor boiler on the property, an old garage and various additions that have been made to the rear of the 1800’s era home. He said the home will be restored to the look it had in the 1960’s and will be brought up to code. His family-operated business will cater very small events such as birthday parties. His wife is trained in home economics and hopes to host evening classes for small groups.
• Approved an area variance requested by Ralph Ciocca for his Dashnaw Rd. subdivision. The variance will give Ciocca a 50-foot road access to two lots on the large property.
• Tabled a non-conforming use application for an office at 3691 Rt. 22 filed by Tam Phung.

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports

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NCPR reports

The Times Union reports

By Adele Douglas

If you’ve driven by the old Heyworth Village location and wondered what was happening down there, it’s just another example of the town’s crews being hard at work. Chad Frechette of the Highway Department is filling-in around the base of the 1836 Heyworth building.  The lovely new red roof on the building (color selection by Carol Allen) was partly paid for by a grant through Senator Little’s office.

Mike Farrell, Chad Frechette, Brian Duprey, Tom Rock, Orville Keyes and Scott Houser have been on-site over the past couple of weeks as part of the town’s contribution to an Environmental Protection Fund grant project to develop the site for passive recreation and historic interpretation.  Click here to see the Heyworth/Mason Park Plan

So far town crews have trimmed trees, set-out silt fence, removed the old asphalt and cleared out around the base of the building to allow mason Ed Reynolds to re-point the lower section of the building. 

It’s thanks to Mike Farrell and the Highway Department crews, and Greg Timmons and his Water and Sewer and Parks crews, who make many of these grant funded projects possible.  By fitting the work on these special projects into their regular schedules it allows the town to use their hours and the use of town equipment as a match for state or federal grant funds, instead of cash.  Another example of this is the playground project at Little Ausable Park that was completed a couple of years ago.  

Matt Houser and Mike Hanlon putting together the 500+ piece puzzle that became the new playset at Little Ausable Park.

Town crews will also be helping with the new School St sidewalk and the Little Ausable River Trail, both planned for construction next year. Thank you gentlemen for working so hard and saving us money while we get some great projects accomplished!

NCPR reports

The adirondack almanack reports

A new business officially opened in our community on October 19 and according to co-owner David Gordon, “People will be moving in starting tomorrow.” High Peaks Self Storage is located at 18 Dashnaw Rd. just off the Bear Swamp Rd. at Exit 35 of the Adirondack Northway. David Gordon and Rick Quero are the co-owners of the 94-unit facility. The two 140-foot buildings can be sub-divided into 10’ x 10’, 10’ x20’, 10’ x 30’ and even up to 10’ x 40’ storage units. Gordon said, “It all depends on people’s needs.”  This is a good time to move in because space is available and “Grand Opening” discounts are being offered.

Gordon said he expects to attract a wide range of customers. He sees the facility providing storage for many types of recreational vehicles such as boats, snowmobiles and jet skis. Many people use self-storage facilities to store automobiles. He’s hopeful that Canadians who fly out of the Clinton County International Airport and spend the winter in Florida may want to keep their vehicle under cover at a reasonable cost.  Many college students need more storage space as do people who live in apartments. Gordon said, “Our facility has eight and one-half foot doors which is a foot and a half higher than anyone else. You can drive a work van inside and it’s great for boat storage.”

Gordon and Quero already have plans to add thirty-two more units once these two buildings are filled.

The PostStar reports

The PostStar reports

High density apple orchards trained to the Tall Spindle system can produce six times more apples than older style orchards during the first five years and produce almost double the yield when the orchard is mature.
 
The Northern New York Agricultural Development Program and New York Farm Viability Institute are funding research to evaluate the opportunity for regional apple growers to modernize their orchards with this high-density orchard system. Read more »

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