The Peru Gazette

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Source: Most CNY school districts, others across state ending year early to avoid paying teachers extra – syracuse.com

Peru – The Peru Knights of Columbus Food For Families food drive only needs about 100 pounds to meet its 1,000-pound goal. The Knights would like to make the goal this week.   If you are able, please drop your donations in the baskets just inside St. Augustine’s Church. The Knights will deliver them to […]

Town of Wilmington Essex County Multiple Agency Training: On May 13, DEC Forest Rangers, Troopers with the New York State Police’s dive team, and the Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department conducted a joint training on the West Branch of the Ausable River at the Flume in Wilmington. The training focused on preparing for rescues at this […]

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Source: Quebec Now Has 44,197 COVID-19 Cases & Recorded The Lowest Increase In Cases In A Month – MTL Blog

From the office of Assemblyman Billy Jones “For weeks, I, along with local officials, have been voicing concerns about testing capacity as the Governor’s directive called for increased testing as a requirement to regionally reopen, including the testing mandates for nursing homes. Now the stark reality of our worries has been realized as Wadsworth testing […]

Source: Turning Stone and other Oneida Nation casinos plan June 10 reopening – syracuse.com

US-Canada Border Update The American and Canadian governments have agreed to extend the existing restrictions on non-essential travel across our shared border for an additional 30 days. The restrictions have been extended until June 21. Individuals may cross the border only for established essential purposes including health care workers and others commuting for essential work, […]

May 19, 2020 The Latest By Wednesday, every state will have begun lifting stay-at-home measures. The last state to ease restrictions is Connecticut, which didn’t enact as strict of a shutdown as neighboring states. Still, the governor is concerned about the financial strain on businesses. “We’ll see whether people feel comfortable going back to restaurants. […]

Source: Churches say they don’t want to be among the last to reopen | NCPR News

Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their agreement to keep the border closed to nonessential travel to June 21 during the coronavirus pandemic. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the border is a source of vulnerability, so the agreement will be extended by another 30 days. The restrictions were announced on […]

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Served 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. Beef Stew Salad Biscuits Cake

From the office of Congresswoman Elise Stefanik   Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is introducing the bipartisan State and Municipal Assistance for Recovery and Transition (SMART) Fund, legislation that would provide support to state and local governments in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill will provide $500 billion in emergency funding to […]

CORONAVIRUS UPDATES May 18, 2020 The Latest A company developing an experimental vaccine for the coronavirus says early data shows encouraging results. Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc. said Monday that the vaccine triggered immune responses in healthy middle-aged volunteers. The company said the volunteers also had antibodies similar to people who had recovered from COVID-19. The vaccine […]

By John T. Ryan  May 18th – Beginning today and for the next two weeks the Peru Town Hall is open for appointments. Supervisor Brandy McDonald said two to three employees will always be in the Town Hall. Zoning/Planning Codes Officer Bub Guynup will be gone for limited periods when he is performing property inspections. […]

Source: It’s official: Amazon will move into enormous warehouse being built in Clay – syracuse.com

Police say three teens were riding a 2019 Mahindra Retriever UTV on a dirt trail when it flipped onto the passenger side. Emily Hayden, 17, was partially thrown and pinned under the vehicle and died from her injuries. Police say Emily Coons, 13, was driving. Coons and Madison Laporte,12, were both sent to the hospital […]

Source: Churches will be the last places to reopen in NY, alongside stadiums, concert halls – syracuse.com

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