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Archive for February, 2009

January home sales weaken

By John T. Ryan The real estate sales decline came to Clinton County more slowly than some other parts of the New York State, but it appears that the decline has arrived and it is severe.

Planning Board approves three boilers and reviews past year

Richard Williams, Vice Chair of the Town of Peru Planning Board, called the meeting of Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:00pm, to order.

See a very nice local website and help the SPCA

By Carol Solari-Ruscoe “The Elmore SPCA now has its own dedicated website at www.elmorespca.org <http://www.elmorespca.org/> .  The website is user friendly.  There are links to the shelter’s adoptable cats and dogs, a listing of the Board of Directors and shelter staff, and a contact/feedback email address.  In addition, secure donations can be made directly on […]

Bob Washboure visits Apache Lake Arizona

From our campsite here we go east on the famous Apache trail, a road that was built over the original Apache trail around 1900 to haul materials to build Roosevelt Dam.  Most of the road is still dirt and has hairpin curves with unprotected drop offs 1500 feet down to the valley floor and fish creek below.  Spectacular scenery […]

Cape Air to Boston

By Adele Douglas Ever since I heard about Cape Air’s service to Boston I’ve been hoping to go.  A couple of weeks ago I made an agenda with kid friendly activities and booked the flights.  This was to be a mother and daughter outing, as dad doesn’t like to fly, especially on small planes. 

Peru VFW in Crisis

The Press Republican reports

Public hearing scheduled on proposed open burning law

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru may have an open burning law in place within the next few weeks. The Peru Town Board at its February 23, 2009 meeting

You are invited to help update the Peru Central Code of Conduct

Here’s how you can participate

Liability insurance and open burning top tonight’s agenda

By John T. Ryan  Here are the primary agenda items published by Town Supervisor Donald Covel for the February 23, 2009 Peru Town Board Meeting:

Highlights of School Board’s February 10 meeting

Click here for Superintendent’s Highlights

This committee’s work is important to town’s future

Submitted by Adele Douglas The Committee to Implement the Comprehensive Plan welcomes the public at all its meetings. The Committee usually meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of every month at 6:30 in the Town Hall.  Meeting dates for the next month will be confirmed on the calendar in the Town Hall.

Enjoy Peter Pan beginning Feb. 26th

“Peter Pan,” the enchanting story of a boy who doesn’t want to grow up, soars into Peru on February 26 in a dazzling production by the Adirondack Regional Theatre (ART). Performances begin at 7:30 pm on February 26, 27, 28 and will continue with a 2 pm matinee on March 1 at the Peru Music Theatre.

Arizona – How beautiful

Bob’s Blog journey West #16 Tonto National Monument We drove to Roosevelt Lake in the Tonto National Forest.  It was about an 80 mile drive and was stellar scenery. (See photos)  Not what we had expected to see in AZ.

Trying to hold down insurance costs and drafting an open burning law

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board meeting of Monday, February 9, 2009 centered on insurance cost reduction and a proposed open burning law. Supervisor Donald Covel was excused and Counselor Peter Glushko presided.

Travel photos – Arizona’s beauty

North Country traveler Bob Washbourne has submitted more Arizona photos. Bob wrote,

Peru Primary School Community gives from the heart

By John T. Ryan Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and Peru Central Primary School students and staff had a unique way of celebrating the holiday. For every five items that a classroom donated, a small red heart was placed inside a larger heart. Students could count by 5’s each day to see how many items […]

Plant remains closed – violations alleged

By John T. Ryan The Frosty Springs Bottling Company’s main building was destroyed by fire on February 3, 2007.  The cause of the fire was never determined. A new building was constructed at a cost of approximately $500,000 and completed in February 2008. Today the building sits idle, while Frosty Springs has its water bottled in Massachusetts […]

Zoning Board has one agenda item

By John T. Ryan The Town of Peru Zoning Board of Appeals will meet on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at the Peru Town Hall.  The meeting starts at 7 p.m. James Mastic Jr. has applied to locate a two-family residence at 348 Patent Rd.

Covel says he’s innocent – he will face trial

By John T. Ryan On Monday, February 9, 2009 Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel refused District Attorney Andrew Wiley’s offer to accept a guilty plea on the charge of obstruction of governmental administration and has asked for a trial.  Wiley is also expected to reintroduce previously dismissed charges of official misconduct and The Press Republican reported that […]

Three youths representing Peru Council advance to regionals

L-R: Knights of Columbus District Free Throw Chairman James Akey with the District Contest winners: Vanessa Garrow and Jeanna Manning – AuSable Forks; Conor Casey & Emily O’Connor – Peru; Lucas Perez, John Hickey, Chris Hickey – AuSable Forks, Zane Bazzano – Peru and Knights of Columbus District Deputy Robert Patnode The Knights of Columbus […]

Adirondack ladies conquer another mountain

  By Jean T. Ryan On Friday, February 6th, Joanne Kennedy, Colleen Kaulfuss and I left Peru at 4:30 a.m. and traveled to the Allen Mountain trailhead, located in a remote area 28 miles from exit 29 of the Northway.

School Board February meeting agenda

Click here for the agenda of School Board’s February 10, 2009 meeting

This “Towne Meeting” will be harmonious

The music group Towne Meeting will perform at the Peru Community Church Fellowship Center on Friday, February 13th at 7:30. Tickets are $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and students and $15 for a family. (Click here to hear Towne Meeting) According to the group’s press release Towne Meeting is a

Team accomplishes its mission

By John T. Ryan The Peru Community Church Mission Team returned home on Monday, January 26th, after a ten-day mission trip to Mandeville, Jamaica. Team Co-Chairman George Burrell said it was a successful trip for the sixteen volunteers. “We constructed a 12 foot by 16 foot addition on a family’s home and it was extremely […]

The Gazette loves travel photos

By John T. Ryan Bob Washbourne was one of the first people to contribute photos to this website. We hadn’t heard from him in several weeks so yesterday we sent him an email. He responded almost immediately with photos from New Mexico. We love them! We invite all our readers to submit their travel photos […]