The Peru Gazette

Source: Clinton County gets new chief ADA | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Stefanik steps into limelight as leader of GOP women – Times Union

Source: Watertown Daily Times | Canada imposes stricter DWI penalties at border

Source: Watertown Daily Times | Stewart’s Shops’ Holiday Match breaks record, raises over $2M

Source: Minimum wage in upstate NY to increase to $11.10 next year

Key Findings

• All 23 properties tested with agricultural exemptions totaling $6.2 million lacked completed original applications and/or supporting documentation.
• These properties had annual agricultural exemption renewals but lacked periodic verification of reported farm income.
• Three veteran exemptions had an incorrect ownership or residential percentage used in calculating the exemption.

Source: Office of the New York State Comptroller – Local Government and School Accountability: Audit on Town of Plattsburgh

Source: Morrisonville cab company continuing to fleece refugees: AG – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Ausable nets $300K for Keeseville Civic Center – Sun Community News & Printing

Monday, January 14, 4:00 pm

At Lake Forest Senior Living Community

8 Lake Forest Drive, Plattsburgh, NY

“Connections with History” at the Lake Forest Senior Living Community Center on January 14th at 4 pm is an illustrated talk on U.S. Presidents and other important historical figures who have visited Clinton County and their connections with each other.

With historic photos from the Clinton County Historical Association and the National Archives, presenter Roger Black will take you on a journey from 1897 when President William McKinley and Vice President Garret Hobart vacationed at the Hotel Champlain at Bluff Point through visits by William Howard Taft and Teddy Roosevelt to Cliff Haven and Plattsburgh.

The story will also include connections with the Spanish American War and the U.S. invasion of Cuba and Plattsburgh’s involvement in training troops for World War I.

Please join the Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) and the Lake Forest Senior Living Community for this special presentation. The event is free and open to the public.

New York State white-tailed deer hunters have been reporting more success in 2018 than last year through the end of the regular big game season, the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today.

“New York’s hunters are having success this year, myself included, and all signs are pointing to sizable and healthy herd. I was fortunate enough to get my first buck this year,” DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said.

Source: Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter

DECEMBER 27, 2018 @ 7:00 PM

1. Call Meeting To Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the December 10, 2018 Regular Board Meeting.

5. Community Input

6. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Acceptance of Engineering Planning Grant for Valcour Sewer District, Authorized Representative and Local Share Expenditure.

7. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION:  Acceptance of Codes Vehicle Lease Bid.

8. DISCUSSION:  Peru Sewer Collection System Upgrade Project.

9. DISCUSSION/MOTION:  2018 Sanitary Survey Report for Peru Water District.

10. DISCUSSION:  Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

11. DISCUSSION:  Other Business.

12. DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION:  Approve/Pay Bills.

13. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Adjourn to Executive Session. 

14. DISCUSSION/MOTION: Return from Executive Session. 

MOTION:     Adjourn

Source: Barbara Underwood, liberal heroine | CSNY

Source: New York to keep track of women in policy-making positions – Times Union

St. Augustine’s K of C Bingo scheduled for Christmas Day is cancelled so that everyone can celebrate the birth of Our Lord and Savior. Bingo will be conducted next week, January 1st, New Year’s Day at 7:10 p.m.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Source: Newly elected senators take on Cuomo over school funding – Times Union

Source: Court rules against paddler in Adirondack case – Times Union

Source: New York poised to lose two congressional seats – Times Union

Peru resident Joe Kelley passed away this past Thursday. His obituary can be found at the Hamilton Funeral Home website. Here is a story about Joe’s life the Peru Gazette posted almost two years ago. He will be missed by many, many people. Click here to view our previous story.

Click here to view Joe’s obituary. 

Christmas Eve, December 24, 2018 – 4:30 p.m. Mass

Christmas Day, December 25, 2018 – 9:30 a.m. Mass

Source: Upstate N.Y. population is still declining

Source: After Big Losses, a N.Y. House Republican Clashes With Her Party – The New York Times

Source: Local parents honor son by spreading Christmas cheer – Sun Community News & Printing

At its December 19, 2018 meeting the Town of Peru Zoning Board approved by a 3 to 2 vote the Hamilton famly’s application for a use variance to construct a solar farm on the Mannix Road east of the Hamilton Funeral Home. The proposal will still have to be considered by the Peru Planning Board. Click here to view our previous story on the application.