The Peru Gazette

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The Peru CSD Board of Education will hold a special meeting in the High School Community Room on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:30 AM.  The sole purpose of this meeting is to vote on the BOCES (CVES) administrative budget and on the slate of candidates running for open CVES board seats.  At this time, […]

Attention readers: Please note my correction to the April 11, 2023, Peru Town Board Meeting story. I reported the Recreation Director’s annual salary to be $22,000. The actual salary is $18,000 and I reported the Recreation Assistant’s salary as $3,500. The correct salary is $3,200. I apologize for the error. John Ryan 

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By John T Ryan  Peru – If you enjoy a happy atmosphere, humor, and friendly people accompanied by healthy exercises, the Peru Community Church’s Fellowship Hall is the place to be Tuesday and Thursday mornings between 9:30 and 10:30. What’s happening? It’s the Peru Exercise Program which happens to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary this […]

The Peru School Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the High School Community Room on Tuesday, April 18th at 6:15 PM.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:15 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.  […]

Town of Peru is seeking a Part Time Assistant Recreation Director. Starting salary $ 3,200.00. Please apply at Peru Town Hall 3036 Main Street Peru, New York. 

By John T Ryan Kristen Marino is officially Peru’s Recreation Director.  Deputy Supervisor Douglass, who presided at the Monday, April 11, Town Board Meeting, announced the news saying, “That was the Board’s decision. Three citizen volunteers, Larry Ewald, Dave Gosnell, and Corinne Kerley, sat in on our interviews. We had good applicants.” Counselor Kregg Bruno […]

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of February 8, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: P2023-003 Site Plan Approval with SEQRA   Keystone Novelties Distributors LLC Retail Sale of NY legal fireworks 280.-1-30.11 729 Bear Swamp Rd P2023-004 Merge with SEQRA Edward Saunders 258.-4-9 and 258.-4-12 […]

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The Town of Peru is accepting sealed bids to furnish and install a drop ceiling Please visit Peru Town Hall to measure and assess the needs for the bid.   Sealed bids will be accepted by Dianne Miller, Town Clerk up until the opening of said bids, which will be at 10:00 AM on May […]

Shepherd’s Pie Fruit Cup Bread Dessert Served Take-out only, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972. All are welcome!

Peru, April 8, 2023 – One of the best things about special holidays is how families and often neighbors enjoy the holiday together. This morning several Quaker Springs families organized an orchard Easter Egg Hunt for the third consecutive year. These are only a few of the families with children who call Quaker Spring in […]

Call Meeting to Order Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION:  To Accept Reports from all Departments: (Water/Sewer/Valcour; Highway; Town Clerk; Dog Control; Youth Department; Code/Zoning; Supervisor’s Report; Court; Website; JCEO; and Banking Reports)  MOTION:  Approval of Minutes for the Regular Meeting of March 27, 2023, and Special Meeting of April 3, 2023. Community Input.  DISCUSSION:  […]

DRILL Emergency Lockdown DRILL Scott Storms • 24 minutes ago • Thursday, Apr 6 at 9:50 AM • Peru Central School District Dear Peru Central School Families, I am writing to inform you that Peru Central School will be conducting a mandatory lockdown drill today at 10:00 AM. As a part of the drill, the […]

23 Maiden Lane and 388 Calkins Road applications on the agenda TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of March 15, 2023 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS: Z2023-079  Area Variance- relief from two front setbacks           Cory Barton           […]

Peru Highway Department’s staff are enjoying spring by repairing the lawns the plows damaged this past winter. Left to right on the ground, Tyler Jarvis, Adam Archer, Tom Rock. Andrew McLaughlin is the Gradall. 

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April 17th: join us for the next Community Learning Series, where we’ll hear from Gary Henry, Stream Restoration Manager for the Ausable River Association. This event will begin at 6:30 pm at Peru Free Library. More details are coming soon. April 22nd: Town Green Up Day! Organized by the Peru K-5 PTO, Peru CSD, the […]

Ziti Casserole Corn Bread Dessert Served take-out only, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972 All are welcome!

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Monday, March 27, Peru Town Board Meeting Highlights  By John T Ryan  Highway Department  The Highway Department will begin repairing lawns damaged by snowplows; however, the department will not be sweeping streets. Superintendent Mike Farrell explained that the department did not use sand this winter, only salt; therefore, sweeping is unnecessary.   Farrell reported that […]

The minutes wil be downloaded. 23.02.27 Regular Meeting Minutes 3.13.23 Regular Meeting Minutes