The Peru Gazette

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By John T. Ryan

The Green Acres Restaurant at 3065 North Main Street has a new owner.  Donna Rowley opened the doors at her business on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Crowley took over Green Acres from Hanh and Sherry Chung who operated the restaurant for 16 years. Rowley isn’t a a food service novice. She earned an Associates Degree in Culinary Arts from SUNY Cobleskill and had 18 years of restaurant experience prior to becoming head chef at the Malone Golf and Country Club seven years ago. When she wasn’t working at the club she was selling baked goods out of her home kitchen.

A Malone native, Crowley resides in Cadyville. While she doesn’t know many people in Peru, she’s already met several customers and is quickly learning their food preferences. She loves to bake pies, but Crowley has already discovered that her customers love cakes. She quickly responded by adding several cake choices to the menu along with éclairs and other pastries. She’s also broadened the meal menu adding two chicken sandwiches, a reuben, fish and chips, broiled haddock, Chicken Parmesan and ravioli.  There will also be daily specials.

In a five-day period prior to opening, Rowley painted, installed wainscoting and new carpeting. Air conditioning, new kitchen flooring and blinds are next on her agenda.

L-R Sam Dimock and John Stafford

By John T. Ryan

The Peru Volunteer Fire Department held its Annual Banquet on Saturday, April 27^th and announced that Sam Dimock is the 2012 Firefighter of the Year and John Stafford is the 2012 EMT Provider of the Year.  Department Chief Brian Westover said both men deserved to be recognized for their dedication and hard work.

Dimock, one of the department’s newest members, has been a firefighter for only a year and one-half. He’s following in the footsteps of his father Bruce who belonged to the department for fifteen years. Dimock is a full-time farmer, working with his dad at Dimock Farms.

The department chose John Stafford as EMT Provider of the Year.  He has been a member for 11 years.  When he isn’t volunteering, Stafford is an Advanced Critical Care EMT for CVPH Medical Center.

Both men said the camaraderie and brotherhood they enjoy with the other members of the department are the best parts of being a member of the 40-person Peru Department.

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Plattsburgh, NY – Today, Congressman Bill Owens applauded the announcement that Nova Bus has secured $148 million in new business through the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA).  According to a press release from Nova Bus, the order constitutes a purchase of 300 buses which will be assembled at the Plattsburgh, New York facility.  Congressman Bill Owens offered the following statement:

“Today’s announcement is good news for Nova Bus employees and the many suppliers who depend on Nova Bus to grow their business,” Owens said.  “Manufacturing jobs like those at Nova Bus are critical to strengthening the middle class, and I applaud the work that’s being done at all levels to secure Nova Bus’s place as a leading employer for the North Country.”

The CTA contract award reportedly comes with options that could lead to the purchase of an additional 150 vehicles in the future.  According to Nova Bus, the purchase of each individual vehicle accounts for the creation or retention of 1.1 jobs and 5 indirect jobs.  The company will be providing their Nova LFS Smart Bus, which will replace the Nova vehicles CTA has had in service for over a decade.

Spring Book Sale:   

Thursday, May 16, 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

                      Friday,    May 17, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

                      Saturday, May 18, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

        Peru Free Library, Main Street, Peru NY

Submitted by: Helle Thomsen Parker (643-8295), Secretary,

          Friends of the Library, Peru Free Library, Peru (643-8618)

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By John T. Ryan

Two Peru residents addressed the Peru Town Board at its Monday, April 22, 2013 meeting.  Jane Alexander told the Board that she was upset with a town judge’s decision to require leashing and close supervision of a dog he deemed to be dangerous.  “I think that’s wholly inadequate. We just can’t have that,” Alexander told the Board. Counselor Kregg Bruno told Alexander that the board had no authority over the town court and that the decision was solely up to the court.  During the course of the meeting Supervisor Peter Glushko emphatically stated that there will be no more warnings and that tickets would be issued whenever any dog is discovered running free.  All dogs must either be confined or restrained.  Glushko said he is invoking a zero tolerance policy on this issue.

On April 16^th a pit-bull mix owned by James Duval of Peru attacked and killed a 7-pound poodle owned by Terri Cioppa of Peru. Cioppa was walking her dog on the sidewalk in front of the Peru Community Church’s Fellowship Center when the incident occurred. The pit-bull mix had been running loose until a lady who had dropped her son off at the Fellowship Center saw the dog and restrained it with a jump rope. The Dog Control Officer was on route when the pit-bull saw the poodle, broke free and attacked the poodle.

In an April 22^nd hearing Judge James Kirby deemed the offending dog to be dangerous and ordered that it be neutered if necessary, restrained on a leash and supervised by an adult over 21 years of age or older whenever on public premises. An April 25^th Press Republican interview with Supervisor Peter Glushko reported that Kirby could have invoked more punitive penalties including evaluation of the animal by a behavioral specialist or requiring muzzling of the animal when in public. Permanent confinement or euthanasia can be ordered if a similar incident occurs within a two-year period.

Resident Howard Plumadore presented the board with a petition Read more »

Empire State Development’s Board of Directors met today in New York City and approved funding totaling $13.8 million, supporting the creation of 566 new jobs and retention of nearly 3,500 existing jobs in New York State. The funding will leverage over $506 million in investments across the state.

“Under Governor Cuomo’s leadership, companies are continuing to choose New York as the place to invest and grow their business,” said Empire State Development President, CEO & Commissioner Kenneth Adams. “ESD will continue to partner with companies – no matter how big or small – to help them create jobs and drive our economy forward. Today’s board actions demonstrate these partnerships are already resulting in new jobs for New Yorkers and new investments in New York.”

The Board approved the following JOBS Now Program grants: Read more »

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