The Peru Gazette

Plattsburgh (3/15/2024) | For over 60 years, the North Country Chamber of Commerce has organized the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast, a beloved tradition in the community. We were delighted to welcome a sold-out crowd to the West Side Ballroom this morning. The lively event took on a “Tonight Show” format, with Matt Boire as the […]

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik today announced the 2024 Congressional Art Competition is open to receive submissions from high school students in New York’s 21st District. “Every year, I look forward to reviewing hundreds of incredible pieces of art highlighting the very talented student artists of NY-21 for the Congressional Art Competition,” said Congresswoman […]

            “From its quarter-trillion-dollar price tag to its misplaced priorities and failure to address major outstanding issues like the broken Tier Six pension system and our ongoing public safety crisis, the Senate one-house budget would put New York State in even more dire financial straits than it is currently in. “A recent comptroller report noted […]

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Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, April 1, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru.  On February 29, CVPH collected 28 pints in Peru, which is a wonderful total. Thank you to all the donors!  All blood collected is utilized in our trl-county region. […]

Good Morning, On Monday, March 18, 2024, Rifenburg Construction and their subcontractors will return to Margaret Street to wrap up items that could not be completed in the fall. They will begin with installing new signal poles and pedestrian crossing facilities at the intersections of Margaret/Cornelia Streets, Margaret/Broad Streets, and Brinkerhoff/Oak Streets. Following this, they […]

Elise Stefanik News Release  Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik sent a letter urging the Lake Champlain Basin Program and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to establish a center for outreach and educational efforts on the New York side of Lake Champlain in the North Country. The Lake Champlain Basin Program and the Great […]

More than 900 Kias and Hyundais were stolen in the Syracuse area last year and the theft rate is even more this year.  Click here for the Syracuse.com story 

Reprinted with Press-Republican permission. Appeared in the March 13, 2024 edition.  VIEWPOINT EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a guest editorial by Jim Zachary. Zachary is CNHI Director of Newsroom Standards & Practices can be reached at jzachary@cnhi.com. All government business is your business. Government can only be of, by and for the people when it is […]

Jacob Pratt, of Rensselaer, has been identified as the sole survivor of the helicopter crash on Friday Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Auditions for its Academy program will take place March 30 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

On March 14, at 10:45 a.m., the Town of Plattsburg issued this statement. “We honor the memory of a man whose unwavering devotion stretched across more than thirty years of service to the Town of Plattsburg as an esteemed member of the Town Board, Deputy Supervisor, and Town Justice. In every role, Marty’s dedication to […]

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New York State Police are investigating after a driver was killed on Route 3 in Harrietstown Click here for the MYNBC5 story

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Mooers Town Supervisor Jeff Menard, along with the County Legislature, say they are currently considering passing a tethering law Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

News includes affordable housing, the Recreation Director Assistant position still not filled, a grant application to be submitted, town property sale faces obstacles, a new hire in the Highway Department, and Employee Handbook revisions  March 12, 2024—The Peru Town Board held a regular meeting Monday evening chaired by Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass. The board excused […]

Bill gives owner ByteDance 165 days to divest from TikTok, and if it does not app stores would be legally barred from hosting it Click here for The Guardian Story 

On January 31, 2024, the Compliance Team (TCT), a nationally recognized healthcare accreditation organization approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the award of Exemplary Provider® status to the Clinton County Health Department (CCHD). This recognition follows the successful completion of TCT’s Health Department Clinical Services Accreditation program. Debra Tackett, MSN, […]

All first-time hunters planning to go afield this upcoming spring turkey season must first complete a mandatory hunter education course before they can purchase a hunting license. In-person, instructor-led hunter education courses are being offered throughout NYS during March and April. Classes fill quickly, so do not delay in registering for a course. All classes […]

Beekmantown, New York 3/12/2024 The Town of Beekmantown invites you to experience the solar eclipse at the Beekmantown Town Hall and Recreation facilities located at 571 Spellman Road, West Chazy, NY, 12992, on Monday, April 8, 2024. View this once-in-a-lifetime event from our spacious fields with lots of parking. Starting at approximately 2:00 PM, a […]

Join us in the theatre on May 19 at 3 PM to enjoy Baltimore-based jazz artists performing The Coastal Suite, a milestone in the rising career of award-winning composer-pianist Alan Blackman! The Coastal Suite represents a highly programmatic sound universe that encourages the musicians to imitate nautical sounds and expand the vocabulary of their instruments […]

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