What’s your favorite harbinger of Spring in the North Country? Peepers? Dandelions? Geese flying North?  If you’re like most locals, you’re excited about Michigan season! There’s no better way to welcome back Spring than with a $5 Michigan meal at the Harkness United Methodist Church!  Mark your calendar for Sunday May 19^th and join us at Michigans For Mission at the Harkness Church Hall, 776 Hallock Hill Road in Peru. The meal will be served from 11AM to 2PM, there will be live music and a Bake Sale table loaded with extra goodies.  A Michigan, chips, drink and dessert are just $5.00, and Take-out meals are available. We’ll also be collecting supplies for ELMORE SPCA- please bring a donation!

For more information, call (518) 643-8659 or (518) 643-6690.   Hope to see you there!

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Art teachers Kathy Cantwell and Greg Badger. Students L-R John Francia, Addy Roy, Oakley Peets and Jordan Osborne.

Peru – Parking was hard to find on Main Street this afternoon. Hundreds of Peru Central School children accompanied by parents, siblings and grandparents came to enjoy “KidsArt!” at the Peru Free Library. 350 Pre K – 5th grade students have works on display throughout the library.

Librarian Becky Pace said, “There’s something special about a child seeing their art on a wall that’s not at school or at home. The library does it for the community so people can see what great work the students and their teachers are doing.”

MAY 13, 2019

6:45 PM

1. Call Meeting To Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. MOTION:       To Open the Public Hearing.

5. DISCUSSION:  Community Input and Questions

6. MOTION:      To Close the Public Hearing.

7. MOTION:        Adjourn

Here is a copy of the proposed Local Law:

PROPOSED LOCAL LAW #________ of 2019 Providing for the Use of and Payment for Professional Services Required by the Town under the Subdivision Local Law Regulations and the Town Land Use Code

Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Peru as follows:

Section 1.  Reimbursement of Professional Review Fees. Read more »

Peru Central’s Board of Education launches its regular monthly meeting and annual budget hearing on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 6:00 PM at the school district’s Community Room, adjacent to the main entrance of Peru Jr/Sr High School.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:00 PM start, and that the school board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.  Anticipated topics include:

• Public Hearing on the Annual Budget Vote & School Board Election
• Bid award
• ESSA overview
• Appointment of personnel
• Strategic Plan
• Code of Conduct
• Policy review

The full agenda is available at perucsd.org.

A Job Fair Message from the North Country Chamber of Commerce

We are anticipating great attendance for our Job Fair on May 29th at the West Side Ballroom, 253 New York Avenue, Plattsburgh. We have received many responses to the invitations to our local employers. It will be an eventful day. It is scheduled from 3pm to 7pm. We know that many of our great employers are planning on participating. Some of these are Mold-Rite Plastics, WPTZ-TV, CVPH, Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa, Eye Care for the Adirondacks, Lowe’s, SeaComm Federal Credit Union, NYS Dept of Corrections, Georgia-Pacific, Whiteface Mountain, Twinstate Technologies, and many more.

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MAY 13, 2019 @ 7:00 PM

1. Call Meeting To Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Town Board Regular Meetings of April 25, 2019

5. 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; JCEO; and Banking Reports)

6. Community Input

7. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Local Law Regarding Professional Fees for Planning & Zoning.

8. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  New Purchase of Parks Mower. 

9. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Youth Commission Background Checks. 

10. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Town Bill Pay Twice a Month. 

11. MOTION/DISCUSSION:  Zoning Map Change for the Nephew/Fuller Lot on Dashnaw Road.

12. DISCUSSION:  Sewer Collection Project Update.

13. DISCUSSION:  Other Business. 

14. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

MOTION:     Adjourn

Source: Assessors warn of changes in state’s STAR tax program – Sun Community News & Printing

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A Town tobacco policy was approved at the Peru Town Board’s August 27, 2018 meeting prohibiting the use of tobacco products and e-cigarette in all town buildings and on all town property including parking lots, parks and walking trails. “No Smoking” signs will be placed in appropriate places.

This week “tobacco-free” signs were placed at the Peru Town Hall, the Highway Department garage, the Water and Sewer Department garage and all town parks.

DEC Conservation Police Officer Highlights for Late April in Essex County

On the evening of April 25, DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Maxwell Nicols received a tip about a Facebook post showing multiple turkeys killed prior to the season opener with a subject claiming to have harvested the birds during the youth weekend. ECO Nicols located the photographer at his home, and after a conversation, the man admitted to harvesting three of the birds. When asked where the meat from the birds was, the man hung his head and looked into his kitchen, where a family member was cooking dinner. Upon further investigation, the officer determined that the subject had prior convictions barring him from possessing any firearms. The defendant was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, taking turkeys during the closed season, and hunting turkey without turkey hunting privileges. All charges are returnable to Essex Town Court. The shotgun and remaining turkey meat were seized as evidence, and dinner was allowed to proceed as planned. The investigation continues into who took the fourth turkey.

Source: A culture war flares at St. Lawrence Cty. mtg. over Facebook post | NCPR News

Jan Couture

Presented by Town of Saranac Historian and CCHA Board Member Jan Couture.

Thursday, May 23, 2019, 6:30 p.m.

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Surveying and sewer pipe inspection work will be taking place on the streets highlighted on this map in the coming weeks. Last week we started digging test holes for locating pipes.

Snow flurries for a few minutes at 12:15PM in SE Peru…. 34 was the low at 8:00AM. Then temp made it to 39, setting 36-year RECORD LOW “HIGH TEMP” FOR MAY DAY in SE Peru!!! According to my equipment, the temp held at 39 12:15 ’til 2:25, and has dropped to 37 at 8:01PM!