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Section VII indoor track is back at the Field House

Click here for the Sun Community News story 

More than 1,400 collegiate athletes registered for FISU World University Games

Coming to Lake Placid from 595 universities and 43 countries Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Northern Adirondack Sr HS (NASH) 39.0 Peru Sr HS (PSH) 27.0

110: Ian Sylvester (PSH) over Hayden Bartlemus (NASH) (Dec 9-4) 118: Owen  Smith (NASH) over Keagan Trim (PSH) (Dec 7-4) 126: Caleb Starke (PSH) over Gavin LaFountain (NASH) (Dec 9-6) 132: Logan Trim (PSH) over Nicholas Gilmore (NASH) (Fall 0:09) 138: Cory Winch (PSH) over Isahia Burnell (NASH) (MD 8-0) 145: Donovan Turner (NASH) over […]

Increased flu cases impacting schools, hospitals

“Superintendent Jay Lebrun said 50 teachers around the district had called out sick ahead of Friday’s classes with no substitutes available to cover them, which forced him to cancel school before the snow even hit the ground.” Click here for the Press-Republican story 

SUNY Plattsburgh Police strive to follow the Golden Rule

“If you don’t have the trust of the people you’re serving, you’re getting nowhere,” chief says Click here for the Sun Comunity News story 

SUNY Plattsburgh women’s basketball features four newcomers with North Country ties

How four former New York Section VII high school athletes from three different schools are getting along on the same team in college Click here for the NBC5 story 

Peru Grades 9-12 present Winter Concert

Peru Central School District Grades 9-12 presented the 2022 Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 13th, in the newly renovated Peru Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium.   The school video does not include the concert’s first ten minutes. It begins with the String Orchestra conducted by Emily Allen, followed by the Concert Choir directed by Christopher Urban, […]

Syracuse men’s soccer wins first national championship, besting Indiana on penalty kicks

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Burlington School District files federal lawsuit against Monsanto

Click here for the NBC5 story 

Plattsburgh High School says threat sent via AirDrop is not credible

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Students work alongside professors, cadets at CFES-West Point STEM Day

Click here for the Press-Republican story 

12/8/22 Peru JV BAsketball vs. NCCS thanks to Calvin Castine

 

2022 NSL Division I Boys Soccer All-Stars

MVP – Jack Ferris (Plattsburgh High) 1st Team: Marcus Bedard (Northeastern Clinton) Matthew Hebert (Saranac Central) Dominic Falvo (Peru) Tristan Laundree (AuSable Valley) Matt Macner (Beekmantown) Nolan Manchester (Peru) Simon Meyer (Plattsburgh High) Markel Mosley (Beekmantown) Owen Mulligan (Plattsburgh High) Winfred Simpson IV (Northeastern Clinton) James Wells, Jr (Northeastern Clinton) 2nd Team: Owen Beebe (Beekmantown) […]

School Board Regular Monthly Meeting December 2022

The Peru School Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the High School Community Room on Tuesday, December 13th at 6:30 PM.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:30 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.   […]

Cazenovia College to close after nearly 200 years

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SUNY trustees name John King new chancellor

Click here for the NCPR story 

DiNapoli: Former Long Island School Official Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme

Ex-Director of Food Services for Hempstead Public Schools Steered Contracts to Co-Defendant in Exchange for Kickbacks November 29, 2022 New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced that earlier today, Sharon Gardner, the former Director of Food Services for the Hempstead Union Free School District (“HUFSD”), pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit honest services wire […]

State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits

Many corrections recommended  November 28, 2022 New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the following school district audits have been issued. Canandaigua City School District – Procurement (Ontario County) District officials did not always ensure the facilities and transportation departments’ goods and services were competitively procured. Auditors reviewed purchases totaling $2 million and […]

Leadership changes, fewer students, and a merger. What’s happening at Paul Smith’s College?

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Cambridge-Salem beats Moriah, earns trip to Dome (with videos added)

Click here for the Post-Star story 

SUNY Plattsburgh expands access to student mental health services

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President Biden extends moratorium on student loan payments

Click here MSN report 

Nov. 22 – Press-Republican reports on Saturday’s game: Peru offense halted, fall in regional round to Ravena, 35-19

Click here for the Press-Republican story 

Peru K of C brings Coats For Kids to Peru Elementary School

Knights of Columbus want our kids to be warm this winter  Peru – On Wednesday, November 16th, the day of our first measurable snowfall, St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 presented twenty-four new children’s winter coats to Peru Primary School Nurse Kathy Bedard and Peru Intermediate School Nurse Linda Delong. Four school days later, […]

Ravena 35 – Peru 19 in Intersectional Playoffs

November 19, 2022 – The final score of today’s intersectional football game – is Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Indians 35 – Peru Nighthawks 19. The Nighthawks came on strong in the 4th quarter, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Indian’s lead. Both teams can hold their heads high. Going into the game, Peru had a […]