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New York Hunter Education Course Malone Fish & Game Club 04/06/2024 at 08:30 AM (Saturday)

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Peru K-5 PTO – Mark your calendars for our 2024 Town Green Up Day!

When: Saturday, 4/20 at 8am Where: Peru Fire Department and then the town road of your choice Who: You & your crew! This is a fun family event that gives back to our community and to our environment! Please mark “interested” or “going” on the event to stay up to date on all the details! […]

Retired Peru science teacher Andy Sajar recalls 1970 road trip to see total solar eclipse

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Syracuse celebrates career of Jim Boeheim: ‘For a lot of us, that was our lif

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Special BOE Meeting 2/27/24

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold a special meeting in the High School Community Room on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at 7:15 AM.  The main purpose of this meeting is to approve a bid award and a health/welfare service contract.  At this time, no other district business is anticipated. The agenda will be […]

PHS snaps Moriah’s Section VII basketball winning streak at 39 games

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Saranac girls, Peru boys capture bowling titles

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Parent punched Syracuse teacher several times in face, teacher taken to hospital, police say

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How to make a pinhole camera: NASA experts on how you can make a solar eclipse viewer

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Referendum for new campus fails in Boquet Valley Central School District

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North Country lawmakers join call to push back electric school bus mandate

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BOCES students build, sell tiny homes

Building Trades program teaches home-building skills Click here for the Sun Community News story 

$100M enriches after-school programs

LEAPS merges all state after-school programs into a single entity Click here for the Sun Community News story 

A $66 million new school for 400 Westport-Elizabethtown students is on the ballot

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Dozens of students displaced after campus fire at SUNY Potsdam

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Knelly named special advisor to SUNY for CCC transition

CCC’s academic and administrative operations slated to move campuses by fall 2025 Click here for the Sun Community News story

Peru School Board Meeting Agenda

The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 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 public session business at approximately 7:00 […]

Chazy names Sanford Coakley interim elementary principal

Chazy Junior/High School principal will take over the elementary position July 1 Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Clinton Community College ranked third best community college in New York State

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Five BHS girls athletes sign National Letters of Intent

“They are recognized and respected not just in our community, but regionally and nationally for their outstanding achievements.” Click here for the MYNBC5 story 

NY school districts ranked 1 to 608 based on 2023 geometry Regents exams

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AuSable Valley CSD $24M Capital Project goes to vote Feb. 14

Building repairs, Energy Performance Contract are on the ballot Click here for the important Sun Community News story 

Local educator Jim Howard reflects on his youthful misbehavior, struggles with his father, and the good people who helped him find a better path

By John T Ryan (Please share) Many North Country residents know James “Jim” Howard Jr. in many roles, as a longtime Peru Central School educator, Education Director at Mountain Lake PBS, and SUNY Plattsburgh professor. Soon, Jim Howard may be known as a successful, entertaining author. His book Reflections on a Father and His Son has […]

$1M federal award to Paul Smith’s College

Funding to be used for infrastructure enhancements and long-term stability Click here for the Sun Community News story 

SUNY Plattsburgh senior helps update Underground Railroad exhibit

Teagan Benjamin is an anthropology major at SUNY Plattsburgh Click here for the Sun Community News story