The Peru Gazette

On Saturday, August 31, the North Country Honor Flight plans to honor 30 more Veterans by sending them on an all-expense-paid trip to the Washington D.C. Memorials. Almost all of these Veterans are from the Vietnam War. We hope to send them on a journey to heal the wounds received during a turbulent time in […]

“We just didn’t have the membership anymore to sustain the post, so we decided to close it down,” past post commander Bill Linton said. Click here to read the Sun Community News story 

Click here to view the Peru Gazette’s photo gallery Click here to view a photo slideshow  Peru, NY August 24, 2024 – There was a big turnout at today’s Run For Jon. The race course winds through 2.5 miles of Forrence Orchards on the Mannix road. The walk portion of the event is approximately 1 […]

Lake Placid continues to attract world’s best athletes Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The Peru Free Library Board of Trustees is expressing its deep gratitude to Becky Pace, who is retiring at the end of September after 21 years of dedicated service as the library’s director. Under Becky’s leadership, solar panels were installed on the roof, professional theatre, storytellers and musicians performed for the children of Peru, art […]

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Voting is to take place on Sept. 3 (Corrected 8/20/24 at 7:56 PM. Originally posted as Sept. 5. It is Sept. 3) Peru – Last spring, the Peru Volunteer Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners invited the public to view its plans to expand and improve the 1973-era fire station. After researching how to finance […]

Voting is to take place on Sept. 3 (Corrected date. Originally posted as Sept. 5. It is Sept. 3) Peru – Last spring, the Peru Volunteer Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners invited the public to view its plans to expand and improve the 1973-era fire station. After researching how to finance the improvements, the […]

Medicare negotiates lower prices for ten drugs Helps 666K+ New Yorkers treated for diabetes, cancer, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, more Click here for the Sun Community News story 

The story features Gary Badger of Peru  Click here for the NCPR story 

The Peru Town Board has scheduled an Emergency Meeting. Monday, August 19, 2024, at 5:30 PM at the Peru Town Hall. The meeting’s purpose is to pass a resolution for the transfer of funds and discuss the immediate financial needs of the Highway and Water/Sewer Departments.

On Monday, August 12, 2024, at the Peru Town Board meeting, Councilman Eric Duquette and the board thanked Courtney Tetrault, Mike Farrell, and their personnel for working together last week to dredge the town’s water reservoir. Dredging the reservoir has been planned for several months. Tetreault drained it, and then, following heavy rainfall, the reservoir […]

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Craig Randall is officially the Peru Town Supervisor Paying for Peru’s immense infrastructure needs is a challenge  Peru, NY, August 13, 2024—Last evening, the town board conducted a moment of silence for Greg Timmons, Peru’s longtime Water-Sewer Superintendent. Deputy Supervisor Jim Douglass, who chaired last evening’s meeting, said the massive turnout at Greg’s funeral showed […]

Plattsburgh, NY, August 12, 2024 – Ed Loughran III of Richmond, Virginia, was the top finisher in Lake Champlain’s August 8-12 Tackle Warehouse Bassmaster Elite fishing tournament. During the tournament’s four fishing days, Loughran landed 80.12 pounds of small and largemouth bass, just one more than second-place finisher Chris Johnston. The one-ounce difference met an […]

Plattsburgh, 7 a.m. August 12, 2024 – Last Wednesday, the Lake Champlain Bassmaster Elite Tournament had 101 fishermen. Yesterday, there were 61; today, there are only ten remaining. They’ll return to the Dock Street Marina at 3 p.m. for weigh-in. The winner’s prize is $100,000. $700,000 will be split among 70 fishermen.

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Plattsburgh, 3 PM, August 10, 2024— Watching the boats arrive and weigh in Bassmaster Elite boats at the Plattsburgh Dock Street Marina was great fun. Most fishermen caught between 15 and 20 pounds today and about the same yesterday. The top 50 will compete tomorrow. Fishing will go into Monday because of yesterday’s bad weather […]

Peru, NY, August 9, 2024—Peru has another restaurant. On August 8, Roma Pizza opened at 2937 Main St. in the building once occupied by Pasquales Take-Out Pizzeria. The Peru Gazette hopes to write an in-depth story soon. A few restaurant and menu photos are attached. Roma’s phone number is 518-420-8005. It’s open from 11 a.m. […]

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The 34th annual Run For Jon will be held Saturday, August 24th, at 5 PM at Forrence Orchards on Mannix Road in Peru. All proceeds benefit families of local children with serious medical problems. Click here to register As it states on the Run’s website. The Run for Jon is an annual cross-country race and […]

Public Invited – It’s a great show! Plattsburgh, August 8, 2024 – The Peru Gazette was at the Plattsburgh City Marina this morning to witness the start of the August 8-11 Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. One hundred of the world’s top bass anglers are vying for the $100,000 first-place prize and a share of the […]

August 7, 2024 Former West Carthage Housing Authority Executive Director Jan Hoffman was sentenced yesterday for a scheme that allowed her to steal over $48,000 in WCHA funds, New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Jefferson County District Attorney Kristyna S. Mills, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of the Inspector General […]

Licensed higher level of care accepting new residents Click here for the Sun Community News story