The Peru Gazette The Peru Gazette | Peru Gazette

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today announced $922,561 in grants through the U.S. Department of Education’s Upward Bound program will be awarded to SUNY Plattsburgh and Adirondack Community College.

“Today, I am announcing over $900,000 in taxpayer dollars will return to our district to support these excellent higher education institutions as they equip the next generation of students for postsecondary success,” Stefanik said. “The Upward Bound program provides critical support for students preparing for higher education, and this funding will go a long way to help students in our district succeed.”

A breakdown of the funding can be seen below:

$312,480 for SUNY Plattsburgh’s Adirondack Schools’ Upward Bound Program, which will serve 63 students at seven high schools in the region

$297,601 for Adirondack Community College’s Rural Upward Bound Program, which will serve 60 students at eight high schools in the region

$312,480 for Adirondack Community College’s Upward Bound Program, which will serve 63 students at five high schools in the region

These grants are the first year of funding in what will be a five year grant for the Upward Bound Program at these institutions.

Upward Bound provides fundamental support to prepare students to enroll in and graduate from institutions of postsecondary education. The program serves high school students from low-income families and families in which neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree and supports participants with academic tutoring, postsecondary education counseling, financial aid information, and other support in their preparation for college entrance.

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Adirondack Region News, Education News, Northern NY News.
Comments: none

New congressional map for N.Y. sets stage for major clashes in Democratic primaries

Source: New congressional map for N.Y. sets stage for major clashes in Democratic primaries

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Congressional News, Political News, State Government News.
Comments: none

State task force created in 2020 to prevent mass shootings hasn’t held a single meeting | Local News | buffalonews.com

Source: State task force created in 2020 to prevent mass shootings hasn’t held a single meeting | Local News | buffalonews.com

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Law Enforcement News, State Government News.
Comments: none

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen menu for Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Vegetable

Rice

Bread

Dessert

Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru.

All are welcome at our table.

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Community Events, Peru News.
Comments: none

State finds Vail Resorts’ failure to replace equipment contributed to Stowe zipline employee’s death – VTDigger

Source: State finds Vail Resorts’ failure to replace equipment contributed to Stowe zipline employee’s death – VTDigger

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Business News, Regional NY-VT News.
Comments: none

Some Jif peanut butter sold in NY recalled after link to salmonella cases – syracuse.com

Source: Some Jif peanut butter sold in NY recalled after link to salmonella cases – syracuse.com

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Business News, Heathcare News, National News.
Comments: none

Peru Town Board Public Hearing Monday

AGENDA – PUBLIC HEARING

202-b PROCEEDINGS (Click here for Peru Gazette details)

MAY 23, 2021, 5:45 PM

Call Meeting To Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

MOTION: To Open the Public Hearing.

DISCUSSION: Community Input and Questions

MOTION: To Close the Public Hearing.

MOTION: Adjourn

Posted: May 23rd, 2022 under Town Board News, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
Comments: none

Philadelphia Airport (PHL) offers travelers many options

Beginning July 1 Plattsburgh International Airport will offer daily direct flights to Philadelphia via Contour Airlines which has a partnership with American Airlines. Passengers boarding in Plattsburgh can check baggage directly to American Airlines’ many destinations. Of course, Delta, Spirit, Southwest, and Frontier Airlines also offer service from Philadelphia.

Here are today’s American Airlines departures.

https://www.philadelphia-airport.com/phl-departures…

Philadelphia Airport (PHL) facts: Click here for facts on PHL

Posted: May 21st, 2022 under Business News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Upstate New York.
Comments: none

A thought-provoking message from Sister Debbie Blow, Executive Director from the North Country Mission of Hope.

Good day everyone,

There always seems to be plenty of information to share as to what is happening in the Mission of Hope, so let’s begin. I think you’ll find this news/notes quite full of info.

1. Ukraine humanitarian aid:

First, while I don’t have the exact figure yet, we have gone well over the $60,000 mark for our monetary collection which is being used to assist orphans, disabled, women and children who are all refugees in the Lviv area of Ukraine and some over the border in Poland. The Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate have sent numerous messages of gratitude. May you all be blessed for your generosity. I was asked this week if we are still accepting funds and the answer is yes. Just please mark your donations with Ukraine.

Second, we sent our second shipment to Ukraine out this past Wednesday. These items will be sent to Poland and then trucked across to Ukraine’s areas of greatest need. At this time, we are “in a holding pattern” for specific items for Ukraine except for the Enhanced Trauma Care Kits.

Finally, we are also facilitating and partnering a number of organizations with this special request. Funding is being accepted for this and we are already well over the $56,000 mark for the Trauma care kits. Again, any contribution you wish to send to this area of need must be flagged for Trauma kits.

Sadly, it’s easy to become almost numb to the horrors unfolding in Ukraine. And sadly, Ukraine is not the only area of our world dealing with war and crimes against civilians. I just don’t understand how humans can become so inhuman…it’s beyond my grasp. But thank God, we live in HOPE.

2. What’s happening in Nica, you wonder? It’s important that you know all of our programs and projects continue, but with daily fear and worry, due to the overall environment in this beautiful country. COVID continues to reign, political atmosphere is extremely difficult and food is both scarce and expensive.

If you were to ask me what is our single greatest need in Nicaragua these days, I would say “funds for food”!

If you are so inclined and able to assist with a donation in this area, please flag it “food”.

5. Home Shelters: This coming week, 10 more shelters will be built by families for families in Nica. And speaking of shelters, if anyone would want to give a unique gift for Father’s Day, a shelter for a family would be especially meaningful. Each shelter costs about $750 and they are assigned via triage for greatest need in the 13 barrios we serve. If interested, you can email me or just send a check with shelter on memo line.

6. Great news about eye exams. We can finally resume our eye exams at our Mission clinic in Nica and there are 2 scheduled for early June. This is a much needed service that was temporarily put on hold due to COVID safety concerns.

7. Buddhist Global Relief Grant: I am very pleased to share with you that this week, we received notification that the Mission was awarded a $20,000 grant to educate females in Nicaragua. We owe a debt of gratitude not only to BGR but also to Carol Herring who is our grant writer. What a blessing!

8. Want to learn a bit more about why I became a Religious Sister and the events that led up to my entering back in 1974?! If so, see Vocation issue article 2022 article which was in a recent issue of the North Country Catholic. By the way, the interview for this article took place weeks and weeks before my most recent cancer diagnosis, so you will find a glimpse of how I handled the first time back in 1998. Oddly enough, that year was the same year we founded the Mission of Hope. Hopefully, you will enjoy the article.

9. Color Run: Don’t forget to register for our annual Color Run at the end of June. If you want details, you can go to our FB page or reach out to Bonnie Black at bonblack@yahoo.com. We hope you will support this fun event which helps to fund our medical clinic in Nica.

Thought for the Week: Waiting is hard…..

We’ve all witnessed young children as they anxiously await Christmas or their birthday or a parent to come home from wherever, or a child waiting for a parent to pick them up after school. Each of us, in our own way, has waited to hear about a job application, a college we want to attend, or how our favorite sports team did late last night.

Cared for with loving hands

Stopped at Northern Orchard this morning to pick up an asparagus donation to the St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen. Couldn’t help but notice the beautiful plants on sale. Jenna Mulbury was busy watering to safeguard them against today’s expected high temperatures. These are just a few of the plants at Northern Orchards along the beautiful Union Rd. in Peru.

Posted: May 21st, 2022 under Agricultural News, Business News, Northern NY News, Peru News.
Comments: none

N.Y. announces historic $2B in child care subsidies | Sun Community News ALBANY

Source: N.Y. announces historic $2B in child care subsidies | Sun Community News ALBANY | With the largest investment in child care subsidies in New York history, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $2 billion to increase the number of families receiving child care financ

Posted: May 21st, 2022 under Heathcare News, State Government News.
Comments: none

PALERMO VILLA ISSUES VOLUNTARY MANUFACTURER RECALL OF PICS FROZEN PIZZERIA CHICKEN BACON RANCH PIZZA

(Schenectady, N.Y.) – Palermo Villa, Inc. is issuing a voluntary manufacturer recall on 17.95 oz. PICS Frozen Pizzeria Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza, with UPC 41735 07771 and expiration date of 11/28/22. The manufacturer is recalling this product due to the potential presence of metal in the bacon ingredient.

Customers who purchased the affected products can return it to their local Price Chopper/Market 32 store for a full refund. For more information, contact Price Chopper/Market 32 at 800-666-7667 or via email at consumerresponse@pricechopper.com.

Many of the customers who purchased this item have already been contacted through Price Chopper/Market 32’s Broadnet recall notification program, which uses purchase data and consumer phone numbers on file in connection with the company’s AdvantEdge (loyalty) card to alert those households that may have purchased the products in question.

Posted: May 21st, 2022 under Business News, Heathcare News, National News, Upstate New York.
Comments: none

Summer concerts in Upstate NY: 35 must-see shows (and how to get tickets) – syracuse.com

Source: Summer concerts in Upstate NY: 35 must-see shows (and how to get tickets) – syracuse.com

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Arts and Entertainment, Upstate New York.
Comments: none

New York was worried about an undercount in the census. Turns out, there was an overcount. – City & State New York

Source: New York was worried about an undercount in the census. Turns out, there was an overcount. – City & State New York

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Congressional News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News.
Comments: none

Rural Development in the Town of Schuyler Falls

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today announced the Town of Schuyler Falls will receive $6,862,000 in grants and loans ($5,562,000 in Rural Development direct loan funds and $1,300,000 in Rural Development grant funds) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for water and waste disposal.

“I am announcing a significant amount of taxpayer dollars will return to our community to secure a water supply for the Town of Schuyler Falls,” Stefanik said. “After experiencing a loss of adequate access to a safe water supply, this investment will secure reliable access for the community.”

This Rural Development investment will be used for the installation of a water main within the Morrisonville water district in the Town of Schuyler Falls in Clinton County to provide adequate and safe drinking water.

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Congressional News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
Comments: none

Agenda – Peru Town Board Meeting of May 23, 2022

1. Call Meeting To Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Late Reports for April from Departments: (Dog Control and Court).

MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meeting of May 9, 2022.

Community Input.

RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Adopt 202b Proceedings/Public Interest Order Resolution

RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Adopt the Amended and Restated Bond Resolution

MOTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of Rifenburg’s Payment App #13.

MOTION/DISCUSSION: Telegraph Road Culvert Project Financing.

RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Acceptance of Clark’s Landing, LLC Real Estate Purchase Agreement.

RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Acceptance of 2022 Tobacco Settlement Grant.

DISCUSSION: Sewer Project Update.

DISCUSSION: Other Business.

DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Pay Bills (2).

MOTION: Adjourn to Executive Session. (If needed)

MOTION: Return from Executive Session. (If needed)

MOTION: Adjourn

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Town Board News, Water & Sewer Dept. News.
Comments: none

Armed Forces Day: May 21, 2022

Source: Armed Forces Day: May 21, 2022

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under National News, Veterans' News.
Comments: none

Ford is recalling about 39,000 SUVS after 16 catch fire under the hood | NCPR News

“The recall covers certain 2021 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator vehicles in the United States that were built between December 2020 and April 2021. The company is urging customers to park their cars “outside and away from structures.””

Source: Ford is recalling about 39,000 SUVS after 16 catch fire under the hood | NCPR News

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Business News, National News.
Comments: none

CVPH nurses union celebrates new contract with hospital as a hopeful first step | NCPR News

Source: CVPH nurses union celebrates new contract with hospital as a hopeful first step | NCPR News

Posted: May 20th, 2022 under Business News, Heathcare News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
Comments: none

The Peru Gazette

News Categories

Site search

More About The Peru Gazette

Comment Policy

Recent Comments

City parks celebrated with new summer event series | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH |

N.Y. launches prison redevelopment commission | Sun Community News ALBANY

Michael Fish sentenced to 111 months for hacking, child porn

Adirondack rangers conduct overnight rescue of injured hiker on Giant Mt. | NCPR News

Approved Minutes of Peru Town Board’s April 25, 2022 Meeting

Planning Board June Meeting Agenda

Stefanik Announces Over $900,000 for Upward Bound Program at North Country Colleges