The Peru Gazette

Source: Great Escape renovates park, adds new rides – Times Union

Source: GlobalFoundries eliminated 455 jobs, new filings show – Times Union

By John T. Ryan  Tobacco and e-Cigarettes Banned  Soccer Wall Proposed at Laphams Mills Park  VAC Truck Needs Repairs Paver Has a Major Breakdown  Budget Workshops Scheduled  ANCA Suggests Street Light Upgrades  A Town tobacco policy has been mentioned over the course of many months; a policy was adopted at the Peru Town Board’s August […]

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A Message from SPARCC Prescription opiate and heroin addiction as well as opiate-related overdoses remains a problem of epidemic proportions throughout the North Country.  In 2016, several local professionals and concerned citizens joined forces forming a coalition known as Substance Abuse Prevention and Recovery of Clinton County (SPARCC). This coalition is comprised of people in […]

A Message from Tops Markets Tops Markets Reports Significant Progress on Financial Restructuring Company Intends to Close 10 Underperforming Stores; Affected Associates to be Treated Fairly with Placements at Other Stores Where Possible WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. – August 30, 2018 – Tops Markets, LLC (“Tops” or the “Company”) today provided an update on the progress it […]

Source: New boat-washing station on Schroon Lake already keeping bad things out | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Watertown Daily Times | Clinton Correctional Facility correction officer pleads guilty to having a relationship with inmate

We’re not sure if these photos will make feel a little cooler today as the temperature reached 96 degrees. At 3 p.m. Town of Peru Highway personnel were preparing for slightly different weather. They were straining sand to remove any rocks and then mixing it with salt in the sand-salt shed. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell […]

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that Canada goose hunting season opens Saturday, September 1, in most of the state. Commissioner Seggos said, “September goose hunting season provides New York’s hunters with excellent opportunities to pursue an abundant resource. Goose hunters are key partners in DEC’s efforts to […]

Froom the office of Congresswoman Elise Stafanik Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) applauded $625,000 in White House Drug Policy Office Awards to organizations across the district. These grants will provide local community coalitions with funding to prevent youth substance abuse, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol abuse. “This needed funding will […]

Source: The GOP hired as many as five trackers in NY21, all with ties to Rep. Stefanik | NCPR News

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted that U.S. producers were not injured by foreign newsprint imports, nullifying tariffs on Canadian paper imports: “This is tremendous news and I applaud the ITC for this important decision,” said Congresswoman Stefanik. “Our district is […]

Source: AuSable voters nix community center project | Local News | pressrepublican.com

Source: New York toughens law requiring school bus drivers to get tested for drugs and alcohol | WXXI News

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Source: NAFTA talks: Trump threatens Canada again, infuriating Canadians | NCPR News

Source: Watertown Daily Times | Green Party candidate hoping to unseat Stefanik in 21st Congressional District race

Source: Armed teachers? State stakeholders blast controversial concept – Sun Community News & Printing

A Message from the North Country Honor Flight For the first time since the initial flight of 2013, on Saturday, September 1, 2018, North Country Honor Flight will be flying commercially. The new partnership with United Airlines has worked out well and the itinerary for the day is basically unchanged. The biggest difference is we […]

The regular meeting of the Peru Town Board was held on Monday August 13, 2018 at the Peru Town Hall.  Those present were Mr. Brandy McDonald Supervisor; Mr. James Douglass, Councilman; Mr. James Langley, Councilman; Mr. Melvin Irwin, Councilman; Mr. Matthew Favro, Town Attorney; Mrs. Dianne Miller, Town Clerk.  Also present were Mr. Courtney Tetrault, […]

Source: GlobalFoundries laying off hundreds at Fab 8 amid strategy shift – Times Union