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.
Posted: February 28th, 2009 under General News.
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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.
Posted: February 28th, 2009 under Planning Board News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 28th, 2009 under General News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under General News.
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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.
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under General News.
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Peru VFW in Crisis
The Press Republican reports
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under General News.
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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
Posted: February 25th, 2009 under Planning Board News, Town Board News, Zoning Board News.
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You are invited to help update the Peru Central Code of Conduct
Here’s how you can participate
Posted: February 23rd, 2009 under Peru School News.
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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:
Posted: February 23rd, 2009 under Town Board News.
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Highlights of School Board’s February 10 meeting
Click here for Superintendent’s Highlights
Posted: February 18th, 2009 under General News.
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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.
Posted: February 18th, 2009 under Planning Board News, Town Board News, Zoning Board News.
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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.
Posted: February 17th, 2009 under Arts and Entertainment.
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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.
Posted: February 16th, 2009 under General News.
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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.
Posted: February 15th, 2009 under Town Board News.
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Travel photos – Arizona’s beauty
North Country traveler Bob Washbourne has submitted more Arizona photos. Bob wrote,
Posted: February 13th, 2009 under General News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 12th, 2009 under General News, Peru School News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under General News, Town Board News, Zoning Board News.
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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.
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under General News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 10th, 2009 under Town Board News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 9th, 2009 under General News.
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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.
Posted: February 9th, 2009 under Things to do in & near Peru.
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School Board February meeting agenda
Click here for the agenda of School Board’s February 10, 2009 meeting
Posted: February 8th, 2009 under Peru School News.
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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
Posted: February 6th, 2009 under Arts and Entertainment.
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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 […]
Posted: February 4th, 2009 under General News.
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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 […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 under General News.
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