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Archive for March, 2025

AGENDA – Planning Board WEDNESDAY March 12, 2025 @ 6:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL  February  2025 minutes 5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS: 1. P2025-0003   2-Lot Minor Subdivision Ashley Yanulavich 267.-1-3.21 606 Patent Rd 2. P2025-0004   2-Lot Minor Subdivision Doreen James 280.-1-27.11 128 Barker Rd 3. P2025-0005  2-Lot Minor Subdivision […]

AGENDA – Zoning Board of Appeals WEDNESDAY March 19@ 7:00 PM

TOWN OF PERU 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL of January 2025 minutes 5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS: 1. Z2025-104 Special Use Permit NY RSA2 Cellular Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless Valcour Rest Area 7. CEO REPORT 8. ADJOURNMENT

Clinton County Health Department and partners are monitoring Bird Flu

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)  Clinton County, March 11, 2025. The Clinton County Health Department (CCHD) and their local partners are working closely to monitor Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as H5N1 or bird flu, in Clinton County and to share educational messages with poultry and dairy farms and workers, health care providers, […]

Peru, NY, Monday, March 10, 2025, about 8:30 a.m. 32 degrees.

Tariffs on Canadian electricity could mean higher costs for dirtier electricity in New York

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Agreement reached between DOCCS and NYSCOPBA, workers could return Monday

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St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, March 12, 2025  

Michigans Salads  Dessert Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., take-out only, at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972  All are invited and welcome!

Long Lake will earn proceeds from expected sale of 36,600 acre Whitney Park

In 2020 the property was listd for sale at $100 million  Click here for the NCPR story 

Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say

Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington. Click here for the VTDigger story 

You’re cordially invited to Clinton County’s new wedding exhibition

The Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) invites you to say, “I do,” to its newest exhibition.  Click here for the NCPR story 

Peru Central School student Connor Baehre selected to attend League’s Students Inside Albany Conference

  Plattsburgh, NY- Connor Baehre, a high school junior from Peru Central School, has been selected to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany Conference sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New York State Education Foundation, Inc. Annika Pair from Northern Adirondack Central School has been chosen 1st alternate and Lino Caputo from Boquet Valley […]

Market 32/Price Chopper Raises over $73,000 for Red Cross Disaster Response to California Wildfires 

Customers Rounded Up Change at Checkout to Benefit Wildfire-specific Fund, plus Market 32/Price Chopper donated $10K [SCHENECTADY, N.Y., March 7, 2025] Market32/Price Chopper customers at all locations across six states responded to the call for contributions to the American Red Cross California Wildfire Fund with customary generosity, donating $63,338.77. Market 32/Price Chopper added $10,000, bringing […]

Agenda – Peru Town Board Meeting of Monday, March 10, 2025 @ 6PM

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call  MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; Banking Reports, and JCEO); MOTION: Acceptance of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of January 27, 2025. Community Input.  DISCUSSION/MOTION: Girl Scout Presentation of Tree Frog Hotel […]

Nurse Honored for Providing Peace, Privacy in Patient’s Final Hours

MALONE, NY (03/07/2025) – Mary Tashjian heard the devastating news about her Uncle Tom and rushed to the hospital. Thomas Garland was unresponsive as he arrived at the Emergency Department (ED) by ambulance at The University of Vermont Health Network – Alice Hyde Medical Center. Tashjian and other family members were told he wouldn’t make […]

Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000

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APA: Milfoil-killing herbicide doing its job

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Glens Falls police find person dead inside burning clothing donation box

Officers on patrol noticed a donation box on fire in Glens Falls. When the fire department came to put it out, they found a body inside. Click here for MYNBC5 story 

NYSCOPBA: New deal offered by state to striking prison staff is ‘illegal’

DOCCS said anyone off the job who returns to work on March 7 will not face consequences Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Regular Monthly Meeting School Board Meeting

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the High School Community Room. It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:00 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for open public session business at approximately […]

NY officials offer striking corrections officers a deal, bypassing union

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Perrigo to shut down Vermont facility, affecting more than 400 employees

The infant formula manufacturing facility in Franklin County said it would phase out production, closing completely in 2027. Click here for the VTDigger story 

Tariffs already hitting North Country tourism sector

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Participation sought from Peru residents

If you’re a Peru resident and haven’t participated in the town’s Community Survey, please do. The Town of Peru would like your opinion about Peru’s needs and future development. Unfortunately, the participation rate has been low. The more people who participate, the better the outcome. Here’s your chance to voice your opinion. Click here to […]

World Water Day Celebration Returns to Champlain Centre Mall

The Lake Champlain Basin Program, Champlain Centre, the Champlain Basin Education Initiative and NEIWPCC invite the public to celebrate World Water Day on Saturday, March 22nd, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Champlain Centre in Plattsburgh, New York. Mall guests can view a gallery of student art, media and writing that celebrates the waters […]

NY school districts ranked 1 to 610 based on 2023-2024 geometry Regents results

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