The Peru Gazette

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Peru wins Wrestling Match 

Peru Sr HS (PSH) 36.0 Ausable Valley Sr HS (AVSH) 34.0
110: Gavin Morrow (AVSH) over   (PSH) (For.) 118: Double Forfeit 126: Logan Trim (PSH) over Leland Pray (AVSH) (Fall 1:06) 132: Kadin Johnson (PSH) over Jonathan Fletcher (AVSH) (Fall 3:33) 138: Maxwell Jess (PSH) over   (AVSH) (For.) 145: Ethan Dickinson (PSH) over AJ Swetson (AVSH) (Fall 1:59) 152: Kollin Christensen (AVSH) over Dylan Sfera (PSH) (Fall 2:12) 160: Dominick LaPier (AVSH) over Nathan Mitchell (PSH) (MD 11-3) 172: Zach Bola (AVSH) over Ryan Robinson (PSH) (Fall 3:33) 189: Jack Hanson (PSH) over David  Rock (AVSH) (Fall 2:09) 215: Warren Pray (AVSH) over Bryce Wiggins (PSH) (Fall 5:27) 285: Parker Liberty (PSH) over Zachary McLean (AVSH) (Fall 4:14) 102: Jayden Burgess (AVSH) over   (PSH) (For.)

You can find more details regarding this dual using the following link.

https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/seasons/LoadBalance.jsp?pageName=DualMatches.jsp&dualId=6483571132

A Peru Gazette reader was kind enough to send these photos of cross country skiing on the Peru Walking Trail at about 1 p.m. today. 

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Sign posted on the Peru Tops window

The Peru Tops Store will close to transition to being a Grand Union beginning Sunday at 3 p.m. It will reopen on Sunday, February 13th.

Keene, N.H. — C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., an industry leader in supply chain solutions and wholesale grocery supply in the United States, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase 12 Tops Markets stores that have become available due to the Tops Markets merger with Price Chopper/Market 32. C&S will convert these 12 stores to Grand Union supermarkets.

“With our recent announcement of the purchase of Piggly Wiggly^® Midwest, this is another very exciting opportunity for C&S to further expand into the retail market. This is an important component of our growth and future success. The Grand Union stores will showcase C&S’s already successful retail strategies and be supported by our strong wholesale supply chain and programs to deliver solid retail performance,” said Rick Cohen, Executive Chairman, C&S Wholesale Grocers.

The Grand Union stores will be based in Cooperstown, Cortland, Norwich, Owego, Peru, Rome, Saranac Lake, Sherrill, Warrensburg and two locations in Watertown in New York, and Rutland, Vermont. The agreement is set to close in the coming weeks. The grand openings are planned for mid-January through mid-February 2022. GU Markets LLC, an affiliate of C&S Wholesale Grocers, will operate these stores. C&S will continue to recognize the union workforce at these locations.

“The Grand Union stores will offer competitive prices on a wide variety of fresh foods and an extensive assortment of brand name groceries, as well as our signature private brands. Each store will contain localized assortments to meet their shoppers’ needs,” said Bob Palmer, Chief Executive Officer, C&S Wholesale Grocers. “We are very excited to bring this iconic supermarket back to the communities it has fed for generations and continue our legacy of braggingly happy customers.”

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All Town of Peru Departments will be closed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Monday, February 7th for mandatory Training at the Peru Fire Department. 

DURHAM, NH (02/04/2022)– James Matthews of Peru, NY has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire for earning High Honors for the fall 2021 semester. Matthews is majoring in Theatre:Musical Theatre.

Students named to the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire are students who have earned recognition through their superior scholastic performance during a semester enrolled in a full-time course load (12 or more graded credits). Highest honors are awarded to students who earn a semester grade point average of 3.85 or better out of a possible 4.0. Students with a 3.65 to 3.84 average are awarded high honors and students whose grade point average is 3.5 through 3.64 are awarded honors.

The University of New Hampshire inspires innovation and transforms lives in our state, nation and world. More than 16,000 students from all 50 states and 71 countries engage with an award-winning faculty in top-ranked programs in business, engineering, law, health and human services, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study. A Carnegie Classification R1 institution, UNH partners with NASA, NOAA, NSF and NIH, and received $260 million in competitive external funding in FY21 to further explore and define the frontiers of land, sea and space.

To learn more about the opportunities at the University of New Hampshire visit: www.unh.edu.

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