The Peru Gazette

By John T Ryan March 18, 2024 – Ausable Point Campground – New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos was in town today to officially announce the finalization of the Lake Champlain Watershed Implementation Plan and a $1 million water quality improvement grant to the Town of Peru to help fund […]

Thank you, Home Town Cable, for taping all the Legislature’s meetings. Mrs. Parsons begins at the 19:00 minute mark. 

Click here for the VTDigger story  “The data collected in June and July of 2014 found nearly half of the 172 dairy farm workers surveyed were paid below the state minimum wage (then $8.73); 40% worked seven days a week with no days off; 30% suffered a workplace injury or work-related illness; and 20% had […]

NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets Calling all photographers!!! We’re so excited to invite you to participate in our brand-new 2024 Agricultural Photo Contest contest! To highlight the best of NYS’s agricultural community, commodities, and livestock, we will pick a different topic each month and invite you to submit photos that fit that category. Photos […]

Traveling down the River Rd. today, it was hard to miss Mel Irwin pruning his MacIntosh trees. He commented, ” I had to get some work done today. It’s going to get cold tomorrow.”

Cabot cited a workforce shortage combined with strong demand  Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

Photo caption/names (left-right). Back: Suburban Propane Assistant VP of Product Supply Craig Palleschi, Adirondack Farms Co-Owner Shane St. Cyr, JCEO of Clinton and Franklin Counties Development Director Ellie Jent, and JCEO Community Outreach Program Director Lisa Gardner-Goodrow. Front: Craig’s wife, Jill Palleschi, and their three sons, Anthony, Luca, and James. PLATTSBURGH | Adirondack Farms and […]

 One of Peru’s #1 residents. Monica Remillard, was Grand Marshall. There was a great turnout. Everyone, especially, the kids, love the parade!

The 2023 Peru Tractor Parade is on Saturday, December 9, beginning at 6 p.m. It is on the same route as last year. It starts at the Irwin farm on Jarvis Road, left on River Rd., right on Laflure Lane, Right onto Rt. 22, right over the bridge, Right at Liberty’s on Union Rd., left […]

The 2023 Peru Tractor Parade is on Saturday, December 9, beginning at 6 p.m. It is on the same route as last year. It starts at the Irwin farm on Jarvis Road, left on River Rd., right on Laflure Lane, Right onto Rt. 22, right over the bridge, Right at Liberty’s on Union Rd., left […]

Click here for the NCPR story 

Program protects dairy farmers when cost of feed narrows profit margin Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Proceeds will support Thera-Pets work with special-needs kids Click here for the Sun Community News story 

By John T Ryan Peru – October 23, 2023 Most people recall studying bees in school; however, the Peru Primary and Intermediate School students have a unique opportunity. There’s an active bee hive in the school’s front yard, and studying bees is being integrated into the schools’ curricula. The hive is one art teacher Kathy […]

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PLATTSBURGH, NY (10/11/2023) – A Nurse who provided compassion and comfort to the grieving family of a North Country icon has been honored as the first recipient of The DAISY Nurse Leader Award at The University of Vermont Health Network-Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH). Lee-Ann LaBombard, RN, was presented the award recently during a surprise […]

Well friends, October is already here and that means it’s the last Peru Town Market of the season. Make sure to join us on Sunday, October 22nd as we say goodbye to our 2023 season. The Meadow Farmstead will be joining us for the farewell, ready to share their fall harvest. Make sure to swing […]

Peru – October 5, 2023 – As Peru residents know, it’s harvest time. Trucks haul corn or apples on many local roads this time of year. The bins Forrence Orchards haul weigh 750 to 800 pounds each, depending on the apple variety. Once the apples enter the warehouse, experienced workers level the bins, either adding […]

October 4, 2023, Peru – Class visits are among the best happenings at the Babbie Farm and Rural Learning Museum. Peru Elementary School 4th grade teacher Mary Jo Trombley brought her class to the museum this morning. She remarked, “The kids are thrilled when they see what’s going on here, seeing what happened one hundred […]