The Peru Gazette

Angling meets community at popular salmon pool in Plattsburgh

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It’s not a permanent closure, and the board has issued a call to raise approximately $350,000 needed to revive operations.

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Von Elbe moves next to the duet battle rounds, where he’ll be pitted against another performer 

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2025 Art Festival Photo Provided

2025 Arts Festival photo provided. Allison Arnold helps at many community events!

2025 Arts Festival Photo Provided

AdkAction and the Keeseville Free Library are pleased to announce that the Keeseville Community Arts Festival, a beloved celebration of arts and community, will transition to new leadership beginning in 2026. The Library will now serve as the lead organizer of the event, with AdkAction providing support throughout the transition year.

The 2026 Keeseville Community Arts Festival will take place with a week of community events leading up to the main festival day on Saturday, July 18, 2026, also marking the 100th anniversary of the Keeseville Free Library.

The festival, first launched by AdkAction in 2018, began as a plein air painting event and has since grown into a dynamic, multi-day celebration that brings together over 40 artists, local businesses, and over 500 community members and visitors each year. Survey feedback from the 2025 festival showed overwhelming community pride and excitement, with attendees praising the event for its art, people, and ability to strengthen Keeseville’s identity.

“AdkAction has always seen part of its role as incubating ideas and piloting projects that can grow into sustainable, community-led initiatives,” said Sawyer Bailey, Executive Director of AdkAction. “The Keeseville Community Arts Festival is a perfect example of that model in action. We are thrilled to be passing the festival into the capable hands of the Keeseville Free Library, which will give it the dedicated, local leadership it deserves. In 2026, AdkAction will continue to act as a co-pilot and pit crew, ensuring a smooth transition while opening up space for us to take on new challenges facing the Adirondacks.”

The Keeseville Free Library sees the festival as a natural fit for its mission to serve as a hub for learning, culture, and connection.

“We are excited and honored to take the lead on the Keeseville Community Arts Festival,” said Robyn Pray, Director of the Keeseville Free Library. “This event has already brought so much joy and vitality to our community, and we look forward to building on that momentum. We invite all community members to join us in shaping the next chapter of the festival.”

The Library will host a volunteer meeting on October 29th to engage residents, artists, and local organizations interested in contributing to the planning process. For more information about this meeting, visit AdkAction.org/Art or the Keeseville Free Library’s Facebook page.

Diana Zais, AdkAction Board Member and Arts Festival lead, reflected on the transition: “I’ve watched the Keeseville Community Arts Festival grow from a small plein air gathering into a full-blown community event. It’s been inspiring to see its impact on Keeseville, and I’m committed to ensuring that the festival continues to thrive in its new home at the Library.”

The Keeseville Community Arts Festival has become a hallmark of creative placemaking in the Adirondacks, bringing color, connection, and opportunity to a village with a deep cultural heritage and bright future. Together, AdkAction and the Keeseville Free Library are committed to ensuring the festival continues to flourish as a reflection of all that makes Keeseville special.

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November 15, 9:30 am to 1:30 pm, Clinton County Historical Association Museum, 98 Ohio Avenue, Old Base, Plattsburgh

With a few stitches in the right spot, and some instructions by those in the ‘know’, you can make a shirt or a shift for your Revolutionary War outfit during this America250 Event Workshop.  Workshop leader Sharon Bell will provide you with the materials, tools and instructions. What you don’t finish, you can finish at home.   The workshop is free with all materials supplied but preregistration by October 24^th is a must. To register call 518-561-0340 or email director@clintoncountyhistorical.org.

This workshop is sponsored by the Clinton County America250 Committee under the leadership of the Clinton County Historical Society with funding from a 2025 Special Programs Grant from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership.  For more America250 events, go to www.goadirondack.com or www.adcoastcultural.org or www.battleofvalcour.com .  For more information about the American250 commemoration, contact Geri Favreau at 518/561-0340.

TOWN OF PERU

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. APPROVAL June  2025 minutes
5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing
6. APPLICATIONS:

1. P2025-0014 Site Plan Review;Food Truck, Michele Belanger, 280.1-5-6,  2 Gorman Way

2. P2025-0015 Merge, Forrence Orchards Inc, 268.-1-49 & 268.-1-35.1, 307 Route 22B                     

ANY FURTHER BUSINESS

Sketch plan review  Davey Drive,  Brent Whitcomb

CEO REPORT

ADJOURNMENT

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CCC News Release of 10/08/25 – PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Clinton Community College’s successful Advancing Success in Associate Pathways (ASAP) program was highlighted during a special event Wednesday, a program featuring students highlighting how it has helped them achieve and accomplish their goals.

The college’s ASAP program supports Pell and TAP grant-eligible students, providing multiple resources to reduce barriers to successful full-time studies, including a cost of attendance awards after accounting for financial aid, travel and textbook expenses. The program also supports comprehensive personalized advisement services, academic support assistance, and career development activities.

” The ASAP program has provided critically needed funding so we can have staff dedicated to more frequent contact with students to support and guide them from enrollment to graduation,” said Chrisa O’Connell, ASAP Program Director and Academic Advising Coordinator at Clinton. “Students set foot on campus already belonging to a peer group and having identified people to go to in the program for help with whatever they need.”

“Most students also say the financial assistance from ASAP is a great benefit to removing barriers such as textbook costs and transportation. Students tell us that they feel seen and important as part of the ASAP program, which gives us a great sense of pride in what we are doing.”

ASAP’s structured pathways help students gain and maintain academic momentum and create support for students to help dramatically increase completion time for degrees. Supported by the governor and state legislature, ASAP was funded and models a program first advanced by the City University of New York.

“The ASAP program is a big reason why I am graduating, said Joshua Hunter, a recent graduate and student athlete now at Penn State Abington. “They made sure I stayed on track and got any kind of help I needed.”

The college’s program is among the leaders of other ASAP programs in the state system with 66.7 percent of students meeting the on-track to graduate benchmark, based on the total credits accumulated and the term of entry into the program.

To learn more about Clinton Community College and the ASAP program, go to clinton.edu or call 518-562-4128

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This year’s fall foliage hasn’t been as colorful as some years due to a number of factors, including the drought.

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1. Call Meeting to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call 

4. MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO);

5. MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of September 22 and Special Meeting of October 2, 2025

6. Community Input. 

7. DISCUSSION: Update from AES Engineering Nathan Bull on Peru WWTP Upgrade Project.

8. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval to Sign Amendment #1 to Owner-Engineer Agreement by AES Northeast

9. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of Work Change Directive GC-CD.01 Effluent Manhole/PTA Footing

10. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval to Grant Supervisor Randall Execute Work Change Directive Prior to Board Approval for Project Efficiency

11. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Approval of John W. Danforth Company Pay App. #3 for Peru WWTP Project. 

12. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Approval of Murnane Building Contractors Pay App. #3 for Peru WWTP Project. 

13. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Approval of Triangle Electrical Systems Pay App. #5 for Peru WWTP Project. 

14. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Approval of John W. Danforth Company Pay App. #3 for Peru WWTP Project. 

15. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approval to Sign Endyne Proposal/Agreement for the Pilot Testing Program for the Peru Water Treatment Plant.

16. DISCUSSION: Telegraph Road Culvert Project Engineering Update.

17. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  Hiring of Surveyor for McGarr Rd Dispute.

18. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approve Sale of 2002 E 350 Service Van

19. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Approve Sale of 2006 Ford F350 Truck

20. DISCUSSION: Other Business: Council Comments

21. DISCUSSION: Other Business: Department Head Comments.

22. DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

23. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Pay October 2025 Bills.

24. MOTION: Adjourn to Executive Session.

25. MOTION: Return from Executive Session. 

26. MOTION: Adjourn Meeting.

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Sept. 28 – [PLATTSBURGH, NY] – North Country Honor Flight is proud to announce its upcoming Flights 66 and 67 on Saturday, October 4, 2025, honoring North Country veterans with a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Washington, D.C.

This dual mission marks a monumental accomplishment — more than 1,000 North Country veterans will have flown with North Country Honor Flight since its founding. These October flights represent the last send-offs of the 2025 season, capping a remarkable year of honoring those who served.

The day begins with a patriotic send-off ceremony at 7:00 a.m. at the U.S. Oval, where family, friends, and community members are invited to gather in support of these heroes. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early and take part in this moving tradition.

This flight is made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of the CVPH Foundation, whose support helps ensure that every veteran travels free of charge to see their memorials.

North Country Honor Flight is a 100% volunteer-led nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring America’s veterans by flying them free of charge to visit their memorials in Washington, D.C. The trips provide an opportunity for veterans to reflect, remember, and receive the recognition they have long deserved.

The community is reminded that this is the FINAL send-off ceremony of the 2025 season—a chance to come together and show our veterans that their service and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

For more information on upcoming flights, or ways to support the mission, please visit www.northcountryhonorflight.org.

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 – A typical fall Saturday morning at Rulf’s Orchard. The Woodley family from Champlain stopped by as have many others.

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025 – A typical ANY Saturday morning at Dunkin Donuts on the Bear Swamp Rd.

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By John T Ryan 

Warning: Some readers and video viewers may find the wording on Mr. Guynup’s shirt objectionable. 

Peru, NY – Following department reports Peru Town Supervisor commented on that the town board’s September 22, 2025 agenda was unusually brief. When he called on Code Enforcement Officer Bob Guynup the evening’s atmosphere changed. Guynup, who resigned his position effective September 30, stood up, removed an outer article of clothing to reveal a shirt labeled, “It’s OK. I’m  on 500 mg. of Fukitol.”

Guynup stated the following: “Thank you. You’ll get me out of here early. I’ve got some things I’d like to talk about. John, please get a closeup this (pointing to his shirt) OK. Thank you. So you asked me to conduct an exit interview and as we read the handbook it says the confidential secretary should be here. She’s here now so I’m OK with conducting it right now. OK. The first thing I’d like to talk about is I filed a harassment charge against Mrs. Miller back in July of 2024. I got a letter seven months later that said that, nah, we’re ok. Seven months ok! What I’m most upset about is the toxic behavior that’s still present to this day in this town hall and it stinks. A lot of people in the town don’t know about it, but it stinks, but they should know about it. OK. And with that anyone who would like to read the letter and my complaint it’s right here.” (At this point Mr. Guynup made a 15-second personal allegation against Mrs. Miller that is not related to her duties as town clerk; hence, the Gazette deleted his allegation from this story and the video.) Guynup continued, “Harassment doesn’t mean nothing. Good night.”  He then put his chair in the rack and exited the building. 

Asked for a comment yesterday, Dianne Miller stated, “I have sought legal counsel and will continue to review this matter with them and may comment at a later date.” 

Today Town Supervisor Craig Randall commented, “The Town Board acknowledges Mr. Guynup’s dissatisfaction regarding delay in its response to a harassment complaint filed by Mr. Guynup with the Town against its Town Clerk. The board did conduct an investigation of the complaint and took appropriate action based on its findings. The timing of its actions overlapped its former Supervisor and current Supervisor. The Town Board regrets that its action taken failed to resolve the working relationship between the two parties.”

In other meeting news: 

Resident John Kelley expressed concern about rising property taxes. Kelly said he owns five properties, and the taxes could exceed $30,000 if increased in 2026. Supervisor Craig Randall explained the budget formulation process, including board workshops when counselors examine each department’s 2026 spending requests. Randall said that his door is always open to answer questions and the workshops are open to the public. The workshop schedule is ported on the town website. 

A Liberty Road resident inquired about the town’s plans to pave the road, citing the presence of potholes. Superintendent of Highways Michael Farrell said Liberty Road isn’t on the 2026 paving schedule, but agreed to look over the road’s issues. There one home on Liberty Road with a second home under construction. 

Farrell also reported that NYSEG has rerouted electric power on both sides of the closed Telegraph Road culvert. He said the town should advertise for bids very soon, but he doesn’t anticipate construction beginning this year.

Luck Brothers won the bid award for a Fuller Road culvert with a bid $274,650. The culvert is between Lapham Mills and Bear Swamp Road—stakes and a ribbon mark the culvert.

Recreation Director Kristen Marino reported that eight Pee Wee and eight Mite teams are participating in soccer. She had to reduce the number of teams because she didn’t have enough coaches, adding that she will still  find a place for every child.  

The board appointed Daniel Hamilton to be a member of the Planning Board. His term of office ends December 31, 2031.

The Golden Apple Club received permission to meet monthly at no charge in the town hall’s lower floor. The club anticipates that about one-half of its meetings will be at other locations.

Governor Hochul News Release of 9/26/25 – As part of New York’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a coordinated set of actions to accelerate the deployment and construction of reliable and clean energy across New York State that will help stabilize energy prices. Recognizing the near-term need for power to meet increasing electricity demand as well as economic development needs and the importance of adapting to shifting federal policies, Governor Hochul is launching a new solicitation for renewable energy and directing state agencies to work together to responsibly advance shovel-ready renewable energy projects as quickly as possible. These efforts are designed to support New York ratepayers by using sunsetting federal clean energy tax credits to bring down costs.

“While the federal government takes us backward on energy policy, New York will not be thwarted in its commitment to clean energy. By directing our state agencies to move projects across the finish line, we are seizing every opportunity to leverage federal incentives, reduce costs for ratepayers, and build a more resilient, sustainable and reliable energy grid,” Governor Hochul said. “Together, these actions are expected to unlock billions in private investment, create thousands of good-paying jobs, and build a durable energy economy that benefits New Yorkers for decades to come.”

New York’s current pipeline of large-scale renewable energy is comprised of 102 solar, land-based wind, hydroelectric and offshore wind projects operating and under development that will deliver over 9.7 gigawatts of clean power to the grid when completed – enough energy to power over 3 million New York homes. The development of projects as a result of this solicitation is expected to spur over five billion dollars in clean energy investments and create more than 2,500 family-sustaining jobs in the energy economy across New York.

Jails and prisons across the state are facing many crises. Someone should tell the Commission of Correction

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