Peru Tire Roundup, May 29, 1-4 PM
Posted: May 22nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, County Government News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Posted: May 22nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, County Government News, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Recreation opportunities, Upstate New York.
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Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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By John T Ryan
Summary of Peru Town Board’s May 12, 2025 Meeting
Paving Bruce Drive was scheduled for Wednesday, May 14. Once that’s complete the highway department plans to pave Telegraph Rood from the road closure point north to the Bear Swamp Road. The board approved financing for a Highway Department 2025 Western Star plow truck for $352,946 utilizing $152,946 in available funds and issuing a bond not exceeding $200,000. Highway Department Superintendent Michael Farrell says plow truck replacement costs doubled over the last past few years with a three to four year waiting period.
Courtney Tetreault reported that on or about Saturday, May 3, vandals defaced the Sullivan Park entrance sign, damaged a Sullivan Park picnic table and bench, and severely damaged metal signs at Little Ausable River Park. Town Supervisor Craig Randall said the repair cost to the Sullivan Park sign is 3,000. A Peru-based company, Artisan Sign and Design, donated the sign to the town in June 2021. Randall said the town will press charges when one or more persons are apprehended.
NYS Police have scheduled a ceremony to rename the Carpenter’s Flat Bridge for the late NYS Trooper Christopher Garrow for Heyworth Mason Park on May 30 at 11 a.m.
Town Historian Helen Nerska will conduct a Peru History Tour on Saturday, May 31. It will leave the town hall at 10 a.m. The board verbally agreed to Nerska’s request to donate 1st Baptist Church congregation documents to the Town of Ausable. The church began on Fuller Road in Peru, but moved to Ausable. Peru collected many records over the years.
Recreation Director Kristen Marino reported many participating teams in summer programs, including three peewee baseball teams, three grasshopper baseball teams, two grasshopper softball teams, two peewee softball teams, plus T-Ball.
Mrs. Marino still needs a pickleball instructor, a tennis instructor, and an assistant recreation director. Opening days are May 23 -24. The Clinton County Youth Bureau will conduct an umpire clinic at Lapham Mills Park on May 23.
The board also:
Approved signing a customer agreement with Hamilsun Solar with an anticipated saving of 7% of the town’s total electricity charges. Savings are estimated at $7,000 annually.
Tabled a six-month contract with White Knight Kennels as the town’s dangerous dog facility. The exact cost could not be determined because there appeared to be a wording error in the proposed contract.
Approved purchase of mechanical parts for closing the former wastewater lagoon adjacent to the Brand Hollow Road.
Approved using some or all of the town’s remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) monies of $138,041 to repair or replace manhole repairs and/or replacement.
Approved purchase of playground mulch for $4,764.
Approved purchase of a 40 ft. Commex metal storage box for $4,240 to store items displaced during the wastewater treatment plant upgrade project.
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Code Enforcement, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Recreation opportunities, Town Board News, Youth News.
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Joseph Stemper is a member of VFW Post 125 in Plattsburgh.
Joseph Stemper is a member of VFW Post 125 in Plattsburgh.
Judy LeFevre, President of Peru VFW Post 309 Auxillary
Bill LeFevre, Past Commanter of Peru VFW Post 309
Lee Clemons, a member of Peru VFW Post 309
Peru, NY, Wednesday, May 21, 2025 – On Monday, May 26, 2025, many people will gather to participate in ceremonies and parades in observance of Memorial Day. Some will visit cemeteries to pay their respects at the graves of loved ones, and they will likely be struck by the sight of hundreds of American flags throughout the cemetery, including one placed at the graves of their loved ones. These flags do not just appear by chance. Members of veterans organizations and dedicated volunteers walk through nearly every local cemetery, ensuring that no veteran’s final resting place is overlooked. This morning, several VFW and VFW Auxiliary members, and other volunteers placed flags at St. Augustine’s Cemetery, while other VFW members provided similar support at cemeteries in surrounding areas.
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, National History, Northern NY News, Peru News, Veterans' News.
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The primary concern centers around a shift in nurse-to-patient ratios within four medical-surgical units
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, General News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Education News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru School News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the BBC Tuesday that 14,000 babies in Gaza are at risk of death in the next 48 hours without aid.
Posted: May 21st, 2025 under Congressional News, Heathcare News, National History, National News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Education News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru School News, Peru/Regional History.
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Peru, NY, May 25, 2025 – On or about Saturday, May 3, vandals defaced the Sullivan Park entrance sign, damaged a Sullivan Park picnic table and bench, and severely damaged metal signs at Little Ausable River Park. On Monday, May 6, at the Town Board meeting, the Town Supervisor Craig Randall said the repair cost to the Sullivan Park sign is 3,000. A Peru-based company, Artisan Sign and Design, donated the sign to the town in June 2021.
Today, Supervisor Randall said the incidents are still under investigation. Camera footage at Little Ausable River Park may be key in identifying the perpetrators. Randall has indicated the town will press charges.
Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Business News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
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Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Education News, Peru News, Peru School News.
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Peru, NY, May 20, 2025 – 340 bee hives from Forrence and Sullivan Orchards departed Peru today for home in Rome, NY. Forrence Orchard trees were fully blossomed when temperatures were in the high seventies and low eighties making it for ideal pollination conditions. Seth Forrence said, “It was a beautiful bloom, short and sweet, the best ever!”
Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Environmental News, Faces of Peru, General News, Peru/Regional History.
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Peru, NY, May 20, 2025 – The Little Ausable River Park is closed while new mulch is being installed Parks Superintendent Courtney Tetreault said he hopes to reopen the park by Friday.
Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Peru News, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
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Posted: May 20th, 2025 under Peru Library News, Peru News.
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