The Peru Gazette

  By John T. Ryan On Easter Sunday, April 12th, St. Augustine’s Parish will hold its 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt after 10:30 Mass.  Follow the Easter Bunny over to the Parish Center for the Easter Egg Hunt. There will be two age groups: 5 and under and 6 to 10. The event is sponsored by […]

By John T. Ryan It has been several years since the Peru Town Board went out to bid for liability insurance coverage. They decided to do so this year and the town will be saving almost $15,000 and receiving increased insurance coverage.  The Counselors opened bids at their March 23rd meeting, studied the issue for a week […]

Rev. Alan Shnob, Pastor of St. Augustine’s Parish congratulates Maryann Keenan and Larry Ewald Sr., recipients of the 2009 Golden Rose Award in recognition of their many years of dedicated service to the parish.  They received their awards at a recent Sunday Mass. 

The Peru Gazette previously published a story on the April 19th fundraiser at the Peru VFW to benefit Peru resident Tyler Haudberg and his family.  The Press Republican published a similar story on March 30th. Hopefully everyone in our town will turn out in a spirit of unity to support this family in need!

By John T. Ryan The New York State Association of Realtors released its February 2009 existing single family home sales survey on March 26, 2009.  Clinton County’s sales totals declined 40.6% from February of 2008 with nineteen homes sold in 2009 compared to thirty-two homes sold last year. Statewide sales were down by 26.8% during […]