The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan

Peru Central School was recognized as a College For Every Student (CFES) “School of Distinction” at the Tuesday, September 10, 2012 Board of Education meeting. CFES Program Director Steve Boyce (left) presented a banner to High School Principal Chris Mazella and faculty members (L-R) Jeanne Caron, Lisa Crain and Rosemary Manchester. Read more »

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Click here to download June 6, 2012 Planning Board Meeting Minutes

By John T. Ryan

The Fiscal Oversight Report is not the only bad news the Peru Town Board has received from the State Comptroller.  The Comptroller also manages town and state employee retirement funds. At the September 10, 2012 Board meeting, town counselors were informed that the town’s annual employee retirement expenses would be increasing by an estimated 18% in 2013. This year’s budgeted retirement expense is $160,935. In 2013 it will cost the town approximately $190,568.  The New York State retirement system is still feeling the impact of the 2008-2009 stock market crash.

The Town Board is also considering purchase of two LED message boards (similar to the sign in front of the Peru Fire Department) at a cost of approximately $7,000 each. Read more »

By John T. Ryan

Town Supervisor Peter Glushko reported at the Town Board’s September 10, 2012 meeting that the Office of New York State Comptroller had published its Fiscal Oversight Report for the Town of Peru.

The State Comptroller’s audit was for the period January 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012. The Peru Gazette reviewed the audit, which was released on September 6, 2012.  The Comptroller found the Town of Peru deficient in several respects. It stated, “The Board and Supervisor have not provided effective oversight of the Town’s financial operations.” Read more »

Snowmobile fire ignites barn » Local News » Press-Republican.

Chazy Elementary earns national honor » Local News » Press-Republican.

Republican State & Local Primary Election
Thursday, September 13 Noon – 9PM
St. Augustine’s Parish Center
3030 Main Street Peru, NY
Only Registered Republicans can vote in this Primary

Health officials promote public vaccines for pertussis » NEW TODAY… » Press-Republican.

“We all know polls are merely snapshots in time. Siena was in the field during the Democratic National Convention, so it’s laughable to think three nights of wall-to-wall television coverage didn’t have a bearing on these numbers.

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2nd Annual Kids Fair & Festival @
Babbie Rural & Farm Learning Museum
Sept 22 & 23 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
WANTED: All kids for a great time.  Read more »

NY21 Poll: Owens leads Doheny by 13 points | NCPR News.

Teacher Grading Off to Uneven Start – WSJ.com.

AGENDA ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, Wednesday, September 19^th, 2012 7:00 p.m., Peru Town Hall Read more »

Watertown Daily Times | Two Fort Drum soldiers honored with Distinguished Flying Cross.

Peru VFW Post 309 Ladies Auxiliary
Fall Flea Market
Saturday September 22 & Sunday September 23
9am-2pm Read more »

There’s still time to register for the 3^rd Annual Leo P. Bourgeois Memorial Golf Tournament to be held on Friday, September 28^th to raise funds for the scholarship in his name.  Read more »

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING, September 10, 2012, 7:00 PM Read more »

By Donald McBrayer

In 1978 the St. Augustine’s Home and School Club hatched an idea for a church bizarre. It would feature a handful of games for  kids, a booth for hamburgers and fries, and some music by local artists. They gave it the name “Applefest” and a tradition was born. Read more »

West Chazy man hits jackpot » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

In the Adirondacks, a development battle pits neighbor against neighbor | syracuse.com.

The Peru Gazette is pleased to reprint an article published in the September 2012 Peru Community Church newsletter in which Mrs. Bruni Michaud tells a wonderful story about Jamaica and its people.  

Mrs. Michaud and her husband Dr. Alan Michaud, D.D.S. traveled to Jamaica as members of the Peru Community Church’s Jamaican Mission team.  Labor Day, when hundreds of Jamaican men are in our community harvesting apples, is a fitting time to think about this country and its people.  Read more »

Where nothing good grows.

State: Local city schools among worst performers; suburban districts among the best – Times Union.

Living History At Fort Ticonderoga This Weekend | The Adirondack Almanack.