The Peru Gazette

State Police also detained and later arrested a Plattsburgh man on an active arrest warrant thanks to the investigation

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Editor’s Note – More names will undoubtedly be added to this list.

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As of Wednesday, January 3, 2024, the JCEO will be staffing its office in the Peru Town Hall. Personnel shortages resulted in the office being closed for the past few weeks. Rihanna Warren will be the new Peru JCEO Coordinator.

The board will advertise bids to replace a small bridge on Cook Rd. Only one contractor bid last year with a bid higher than the town had budgeted. This year the board is hopeful that more bidders will come forward this year. The recent heavy rains washed out the bridge, forcing the Highway Superintendent to hire Fuller Contracting to perform temporary repairs. The bridge serves only one homeowner.  The bid opening is scheduled for January 29 at 10 a.m.

Longtime planning and zoning board members were reappointed to the following positions:
Richard Williams, as Planning Board Chairman
Ryan Davies, as Planning Board Vice-Chairman
James Falvo, as Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals
Sean Lukas, as Vice-Chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals

Thursday’s meeting was Councilman Rick Barber’s last board meeting. He did not seek reelection. Barber plans to continue serving as a County’s America 250 Committee member. Barber said NY state plans to construct a pathway and install benches at the Peru Dock, which overlooks the site of the Battle of Valcour, the Revolutionary War’s first battle. The state asked Barber if Peru would do the excavation work needed for the path. Peru will also install an aluminum flagpole. The state’s plan includes moving the two existing monuments a short distance. Barber thinks it might not be necessary to move the monuments. See discussion on the video beginning at the 23:10 mark and ending at the 31:00 mark.

The board appointed three staff members to the position of Deputy Town Clerk
Judy Akey #1 Deputy Town Clerk
Pam Barber – #2 Deputy Town Clerk
Christine Crawford #3 Deputy Town Clerk

Supervisor Brandy McDonald thanked everyone who contributed and assisted with his Christmas toy drive. He said the program served over 200 children this year.

In other actions, the board:

• Scheduled the 2024 Organizational Meeting for Monday, January 8, 2023, followed by the regular meeting at 7 p.m.
• Approved its 2024 meeting schedule.
• Approved end-of-fiscal-year fund transfers from budget line items with a surplus to budget line items with a deficit. The transfers totaled about $83,000.

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It was very difficult to limit to 65 photos. 

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Photos taken near the River Rd. in west Peru.

We’ve received reports of patchy freezing drizzle across the region this afternoon. As road temperatures cool below freezing this evening, additional freezing drizzle or light snow may coat area roadways. Please keep in mind the changing road conditions.

New York is #1

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Clinton, Essex and Warren co. received a combined total of nearly $4M

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CVPH program encourages all those who are eligible to donate in the New Year 

Peru drive Monday, January 29 

PLATTSBURGH, NY (12/28/2023) – The Adirondack Regional Blood Center, a program of the University of Vermont Health Network – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH) encourages all those who are eligible, to kick off the New Year by donating blood at one of its January community drives or by dropping in at the Center, located at 85 Plaza Blvd.

To donate blood, potential donors must be at least 17 years-old (16 years-old with written parental/guardian consent), in generally good health and weigh at least 110 pounds. A screening questionnaire addressing personal medical, social and travel history must be completed prior to donating.  A donor card or another form of identification is also required. Donors must wait 56 days between donations.

The January blood drive schedule is as follows:

• Tuesday, January 2, West Chazy Fire Department, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 3, Massena Memorial Hospital, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Friday, January 5, Curtis Lumber, Plattsburgh, 8 to 11 a.m.
• Monday, January 8, Willsboro Fire Department, 3 to 6 p.m.
• Thursday, January 11, Fort Covington Adult Center, 2 to 5 p.m.
• Monday, January 15, Champlain EMS Station, Route 11, 3 to 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 16, Miner Institute Chazy, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 17, BHSN, Route 22B, Morrisonville, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Thursday, January 18, Elizabethtown Community Hospital, 1 to 4 p.m.
• Monday, January 22, Adirondack Medical Center, Redfield Room, Saranac Lake, noon to 4 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 16, Brushton-Moira American Legion, 4 to 7 p.m.
• Monday, January 29, St. Augustine Parish Center, Peru, 3 to 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, January 30, Malone Callfiremen Station, 2 to 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, January 31, Franklin Academy, Malone, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Jessica A. Chase reportedly drove at troopers responding to a welfare check

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