The Peru Gazette

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By John T. Ryan

A Board/Community Workshop on the Main Street project was scheduled for Monday, March 12, 2018 at 6PM. Adele Douglas and Don McBrayer will be asked to be present to answer any additional questions from the community and the Board. Adele Douglass would like the Board to authorize letting bids on the project at the meeting immediately following the workshop.

The Board approved an increase in certain building permit fees.

Supervisor Brandy McDonald met with Town of Plattsburgh Supervisor Michael Cashman to discuss the apparent excessive number of arraignments being conducted in Peru Town Court for crimes committed in the Town of Plattsburgh. A meeting between the four town justices and the two town supervisors is being scheduled to hopefully resolve the issue.

Film crews for the movie Escape From Dannemora will be working in the Lyons Road, Laphams Mills Road and Rock Road vicinity on March 6, 2018.

A sewer system upgrade workshop was scheduled for March 13, 2018 at 6PM.

Councilman Jim Langley congratulated Supervisor McDonald on the all hard work he is putting in as Peru Town Supervisor.

Supervisor McDonald said the Peru School Board invited Town Board members to its 2018 budget workshops. McDonald said he would be attending.

Sprint Communications would like to add equipment to the water tower. They pay rent for the privilege. They also need Zoning Board approval.

Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell is working with Grant Writer Liz Tedford to secure funding to repair collapsed culverts on the Telegraph Road and Sullivan Road.

The Board authorized payment of bills in the amount of $165,778.08

The Board conducted an Executive Session to discuss litigation.

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Tanner Spear Peru HS Junior interviewed.

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By John T. Ryan

Richard and Nick Arnold are #33 in our Peru Gazette photo series featuring people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. The father and son operate Peru Welding and Machine at 139 Dashnaw Rd. Richard opened the business in 1978. Nick joined him seven years ago.

When the Peru Gazette stopped by a few days ago Richard and Nick were repairing a truck drive shaft and fabricating a trailer tailgate. Richard Arnold said, “You name it, we’ll do it. If you can’t buy it we’ll build it.” Arnold describes Peru Welding and Machine as a custom fabrication and repair shop.

Story features Dr. Anne-Marie B. Spear. 

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Thanks to Don and Shirley Evans for providing information regarding Chris Mazdzer’s Peru roots. Last week Chris won a Silver Medal in luge competition at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.  He was the first American man to medal in luge.

Chris attended Peru Central through grade 7 or 8. Open the Olympic profile below and under General look to Start, Reason and CHOOSING LUGE and you will see where Chris refers to learning to love sliding while living in Peru. He lived in Quaker Springs and went sliding on a hill behind Evan’s Oakdale Dr. house.

Click here for the official Olympic profile.

Sister Debbie Blow’s Mission Journal – Food for thought and a great summary of the good works being done by the our friends and neighbors.

This is our hump day – three days completed and three days ahead of us after today. A cool breeze enveloped us as we gathered supplies for our morning tasks and as our Yoga group awakened to the day. There are resident birds – the guardabarranco – the Nicaraguan national bird, who fill our mornings with their songs.
Sister began by telling tales on Ron, Paul and Sister Stephanie!
She also noted that this is Adam’s last day with us as he must return to his job on a 1am flight back to the States.
We heard that the third option for our ‘day off’ will be the construction of a kitchen at Pamplona School and a few more smaller projects there. It seems that 6-8 people will be giving up their day of cultural experience for a day of serving. Read more »

Peru – February 23, 2018 – As of 11 AM the Route 9 Carpenter’s Flats Bridge over the Ausable River was still closed. There is a serious ice jam on both sides of the bridge with water flowing into a nearby field.

New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) representative Michael Flick said bridges are designed to withstand lateral forces such as high winds, but significant ice flows striking the bridge girders can be problematic. Some lateral movement has been reported at this bridge. He explained, “We have to wait for the river level to recede before we can get under the bridge and determine the extent of any damage.” He said bridges are anchored by rubber bearings and steel plates that allow for movement. DOT periodically replaces the bearings. Experienced bridge management engineers are on the scene. The Carpenter’s Flats Bridge was constructed in 1941.

Our first video shows the water flowing over Ausable Chasm’s Rainbow Falls at 11:40 AM today. This water flows downriver to Carpenter’s Flats Bridge.  The second video shows the situation at the bridge this morning.

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AGENDA – TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 @ 7:00 PM

Call Meeting To Order

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call

MOTION: Approval of Minutes for the February 12, 2018 Regular Board Meeting.

Community Input

DISCUSSION: Main St. Project Update.

RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Building Permit Fee Change.

DISCUSSION: Flooding Update.

DISCUSSION: Court Arraignments Concerns.

DISCUSSION: Miniseries Filming on Lyons Road Area Schedule.

MOTION: Sewer Upgrade Workshop.

DISCUSSION: Other Business.

DISCUSSION: Public Comments on Agenda Items Only.

DISCUSSION/RESOLUTION: Approve/Pay Bills.
MOTION: Adjourn

Water is leaving the river bed and flowing into a field to the north

NYS DOT personnel were on the scene at 10:45 this morning.

Information from the NYS Department of Transportation 

Motorists are advised that the NYS Route 9 bridge over the Ausable River, known locally as Carpenter’s Flats, in Clinton County, has been closed due to ice and high water conditions. The bridge will remain closed until water recedes enough to allow a thorough post-flood inspection and to make repairs, as necessary.

The average annual daily traffic on this segment of NYS Route 9 is approximately 2400. Local traffic will be maintained on local roads (Jabez Allen Rd to Sullivan Rd to Telegraph St to Chasm Rd), a detour length of 4.9 miles. Thru traffic will be routed along Route 22/9N in Keeseville to I-87 to Route 442 (Bear Swamp Rd) in Peru, a detour length of approximately 10 miles.

Updates will be provided as work progresses.

For up-to-date travel information, call 511, visit www.511NY.org.

Click here to view a video of the flooding. 

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Sunday, March 4 at 3:00 pm at the Methodist Church on Route 3 in Saranac, NY

The acoustic jazz group Rhythm Future Quartet embrace a deeply felt mission to situate Gypsy jazz firmly in the here and now. Featuring chief soloists Jason Anick on violin and Olli Soikkeli on guitar, along with second guitarist Max O’Rourke and bassist Greg Loughman, Rhythm Future Quartet performances display stunning virtuosity and sublime lyricism, as well as the admirable cohesion of a music ensemble breathing as one.

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