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Ticonderoga mill gas spur dead – Press-Republican: News.

Oil train foes rally – Times Union.

Cornell Cooperative Extension will hold 3 classes in Northern NY for Beginning Farmers. Anyone who would like to start a farm or change to a new product will find this an interesting group to help you learn the Best Management Practices. The free classes with take-home resources will be held from 1-4pm: Tuesday, February 10, Ausable […]

A message from the Peru Central School Peru Central School District is taking the lead investigating solar initiatives by hosting a ‘Solar Symposium’ on Monday, February 2, 2015. The meeting will be held in the Jr/Sr High School Auditorium from 4:00 to 7:00 PM and is open to all. Exploring solar opportunities on school campuses […]

Cuomo to Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks – NYTimes.com.

Cuomo: Time for feds to act on oil trains | Crain’s New York Business.

The Peru Town Board has scheduled a public hearing on Town Park Ordinance #1 for 2014 (Sullivan, Little Ausable, Laphams Mills, Sullivan and Heyworth/Mason Parks) at 6:45 PM on Monday, November 24, 2014. The proposed ordinance includes a prohibition of alcoholic beverage consumption in any town park or trail, a requirement that dogs be leashed […]

Researchers claim an incredible discovery in Lake Champlain – WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-.

NY-21 Candidates Answer Climate Change Questions – – The Adirondack Almanack.

Northern New York. A serious crop disease called northern stem canker has been confirmed for the first time in Northern New York soybean fields as part of the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program-funded NNY Corn and Soybean Disease Diagnosis and Assessment Database building project. NSC occurs in most Midwestern states and in Ontario, but […]

The Peru Town Board conducted a moment of silence and reflected on the contributions made to the Town of Peru by former Peru Code Enforcement Officer Keith Matott at its Monday, September 22, 2014 meeting. Keith Matott passed away on September 14th. Glushko said Matott’s experience was invaluable in the formulation of the town’s new […]

Tar sands oil Albany-bound? – Times Union. This oil would probably pass through the Town of Peru! 

Regular Mtg Agenda 09222014

Old Stone Barracks plan brews interest – Press-Republican: Local News. Here is the Peru Gazette’s October 14, 2013 story. 

City Hall Auditorium, 41 City Hall Place, Plattsburgh, NY, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, Free Admission: Co-sponsored by the Lake Champlain Committee, Adirondack Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, and the Center for Biological Diversity. Experts will discuss risks to the environment, schools and communities from transport of explosive Bakken crude oil on rail lines between Montreal and Albany. Hear […]

Schumer supports aid for turning farm waste into electricity – Times Union.

McCoy: Move Ezra Prentice residents away from oil trains – Times Union.

New oil train rules have a wider reach – Times Union.

Poll: Still even split – Times Union.

Ruling paves way for resort – Times Union.

VIOLATION NOTICE The Town of Peru has to sample quarterly for total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids to comply with the disinfection by-products rule for E.P.A. and New York State. Test results for the 1ST quarter of 2014 exceeded the allowable maximum contaminant levels. Results are calculated by averaging the previous 4 quarter’s results. Current results […]

Large dump trucks filled with asphalt and dirt will be a common sight in Peru this summer. Several long-discussed Town of Peru construction projects are underway. They include paving Woodland Drive, Maiden Lane and Button Brook Parkway; replacing a major Fuller Road bridge; constructing the Heyworth/Mason Park to Sullivan Park Walking Trail; and replacing the […]

NYC trash, shipped by rail, coming to landfill.

By John T. Ryan Most local residents know the Harkness to Clintonville Road as a short cut to AuSable Forks and the Adirondack Region. Many people think of it as a lonely highway known for the blueberries on the Clintonville Plains. But for past the few summers, passersby have noticed a thing of beauty about […]