The Peru Gazette

You can help Champlain Area Trails (CATS) develop its first trails in Peru this Saturday, Dec. 10th, from 9 am to 1:00 pm. The CATS “2nd Saturday-of-the-Month Trail Project” will continue making the six-mile network of Allen Hill Trails that features incredible views from Huckleberry Hill, gurgling brooks by Bennett Hill, waterfalls on the Reverend York Trail, and […]

On Saturday, December 3rd, we had our annual meeting with the election of officers. The 2023 officers pending fire district approval are: Chief Brian Westover 1st Assistant Chief Bill Lawson 2nd Assistant Chief Austin Newell Fire Captain Aleksey Longino 1st Fire Lieutenant Andrew McLaughlin 2nd Fire Lieutenant Adam Brawn EMS Captain John Stafford Fire Police […]

Baked Chicken Mashed Potatoes Vegetables Gravy Cranberries Bread Dessert   Served 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St., Peru, NY 12972   All are welcome at our table! 😃

Peru – December 2, 2022 – It was fun at Little Ausable River Park tonight as the Peru Girl Scouts sang Christmas carols and Mrs. Marti Cabana lit Peru’s Town Christmas Tree. Just as she was about to throw the switch, the Peru Fire Department’s decorated trucks passed by. The kids were excited. Dianne Miller, […]

Growing annual initiative helped feed 60 families for Thanksgiving Click here for the Sun Community News story 

Peru – The new Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) Kingdom Hall is now in use, and the Witnesses invite the public to the meetings held there. People seeking meeting times can look on the organization’s official website, jw.org. In addition, the Jehovah’s Witnesses will host an open house in spring 2023. The Hall is located at 2623 […]

Highlights of Peru Town Board’s November 21, 2022 Meeting By John T Ryan The legal process of demolishing the derelict property at 5 School Street continues. The board scheduled a December 29, 5:30 p.m. public hearing to inform the public of its plans. The town will light its Christmas Tree at Little Ausable River Park […]

The Town of Peru Town Board has scheduled a Public Hearing on a Local Law to administer and enforce the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the State Energy Conservation Construction Code.   New York State made several building code changes. The town is required to put the changes into place […]

WEDNESDAY, December 14, 2022, @ 6:00 PM TOWN OF PERU   1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL 4. APPROVAL of October 12, 2022 minutes 5. OPEN FLOOR to public hearing 6. APPLICATIONS 1.P2022-006 Site Plan Review/2 Four-plex townhouses Nathan Wilson, Davey Drive, Peru; 280.-1-30.12 2.P2022-017 Site Plan Approval/Warehouse with […]

Peru – The tree lighting ceremony for the Town of Peru Christmas Tree will be held this Friday, December 2nd, at 7 p.m. at the Little Ausable River Park Gazebo. Martha “Marti “Cabana, wife of the last Peru Town Justice Larry Cabana, will light the tree. All are welcome! This morning town employees Chris Martineau […]

TOWN OF PERU CALL MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL APPROVAL of  October 19, 2022 minutes OPEN FLOOR to public hearing APPLICATIONS:                                                 1.   Z2022-075         […]

When 18-year-old Agnes discovers a Dungeons and Dragons module written by her recently deceased little sister, she enters the game to get to know who her sister was truly.  Filled with monsters, demons, and dragons, follow Agnes’s journey to find herself and get to know the sister she never really knew. ***PLEASE NOTE*** This show is […]

By John T Ryan Peru – November 26, 2022 – Small business Saturday is also the day many families think it’s time to buy a Christmas tree.  That was true today at Covel’s Tree Farm and Nursery where many people were either choosing a precut tree or walking to the nearby fifty-acre tree farm to […]

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Peru – Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24, 2022 – Over 500 runners and walkers were at the starting gate at 9 a.m. this morning, participating in The Peru Lions Club’s 45th Annual John P. Adams Turkey Trot. The Peru Central School bus garage was the place to be if you like to see smiles and good […]