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The K.T.K. Band at 6 p.m. at Heyworth Mason Park. Bring your chair and enjoy!

Agenda – Peru Town Board Regular Meeting of Monday, July 11, 2022 at 6 p.m.

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 Town Board Regular Meeting of June 27, 2022. Community Input. MOTION/DISCUSSION:   Approval of P & […]

Peru CSD BOE Reorganization & Regular Monthly Meetings

The Peru School Board of Education will hold its reorganizational and regular monthly meetings on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 6:30 PM and 6:45 PM, respectively.  The meetings will be held in the High School Community Room.  For the regular meeting, it is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:45 […]

North Country Children’s Consignment Sale

Saturday at 9:00 AM SUNY Plattsburgh Fieldhouse The North Country Children’s consignment sale is happening this Saturday from 9am-3pm and is run by a teacher at Peru Middle School (Connie Blaine). The sale benefits the Peru Middle School. Volunteers can shop the sale early and there are still plenty of volunteer spots available for today/tomorrow […]

CVPH Peru blood donor drive on July 25

Peru – CVPH Donor Center Blood Brive, Monday, July 25th from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., at St. Augustine’s Parish Center, 3030 Main St. in Peru. All blood collected in used by our family, friends and neighbors in the Tri-County Clinton, Essex and Franklin region. Please mark your calendars for July 25th. 

Approved minutes of Peru Town Board’s June 21st Emergency Meeting

Click here to view minutes as posted on the Town’s website 

Town of Peru to charge use fee for town park events

A RESOLUTION TO CHARGE A FEE FOR THE USE OF TOWN PARKS FOR EVENTS TO OFFSET THE COST OF ADDITIONAL MANPOWER AND CARE FOR THE GROUNDS AND PROPERTY. RESOLUTION NUMBER: 22.06.13-1 MOTION BY: Mr. Bruno SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglass WHEREAS, In order to adequately compensate for the management of the Peru Town Parks, the Town […]

Approved Minutes of Peru Town Board’s June 13, 2022 Meeting

Click here to review minutes posted on Town’s Website 

Mariners name seven to Hall of Fame

Click here for the Sun Community News Story 

Peru Lions honor Marge and Jim McCarty for their dedicated service

By John T. Ryan Peru – On Sunday, July 3rd,  the Peru Lions Club dedicated the “McCarty Memorial Bench” at Heyworth-Mason Park.  The bench honors the late Marge and Jim McCarty for their long, dedicated service to the Peru Lions Club and the Peru community.  Members of the McCarty family were present to witness the […]

AGENDA – Peru Zoning Board of Appeals, WEDNESDAY, July 20, 2022 @ 7:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL, APPROVAL of April 20, 2022 minutes, OPEN FLOOR APPLICATIONS:   Z2022-071 Area Variance   Jason Chamberlain 280.-2-19 707 Telegraph Rd Peru, NY 12972   Z2022-072 Special Use Permit with SEQRA   T-Mobile NorthEast LLC 276.-2-2 159 Peasleeville Rd Peru, NY 12972   ANY FURTHER BUSINESS   […]

AGENDA – Peru Planning Board, WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022, 6:00 PM

CALL MEETING TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL, APPROVAL of June 8, 2022 minutes, OPEN FLOOR to public hearing   APPLICATIONS:   1.P2022-0018 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Kim Lawrance Jan Dahlen 270.-2-24 3493 State Route 9 Peru, NY 12972 2.P2022-019 2-Lot Minor Subdivision with SEQRA Linda Covel 267.-1-13.1 830/832 Mannix Rd Peru, NY […]

STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ANNOUNCES NORTH COUNTRY PROJECT TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS WITH DISABILITIES 

Includes 21 crossings along State Routes 22B and 442 in the hamlet of Peru in Clinton County New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez today announced that work will soon begin on a $1 million project that will provide sidewalk accessibility improvements at 70 pedestrian crossings in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Clinton County. […]

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, July 6th

Michigans Salad Yogurt 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 at Our Table!

Sister Debbie Blow stepping down as Executive Director of the North Country Mission of Hope

Good evening everyone, I’d like to begin with two short quotes:  “To everything there is a season, and a time for everything under the Heavens” from the Book of Ecclesiastes. And from the book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse comes this quote:  “Tears fall for a reason and they are your […]

Kids’s Art Camp – July 27,27,28

Kid’s Art Camp! Participants must register. Sign up through the library’s email: perulib@gmail.com or call 518-643-8618.

St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen Menu for Wednesday, June 29, 2022

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

Peru Town Market is off to a good start

  Peru, Sunday, June 26, 2022 – More than 300 shoppers turned out for the Peru Town Market’s first 2022 day of operation at Heyworth-Mason Park. Lauren Prue and Ali Webbinaro are the Market organizers. Lauren commented, “I’ve very happy with the turnout, especially with the hot temperatures. We have 35 vendors including several famers […]

Let the music begin!

Nice crowd as Sunday evening concerts at Heyworth-Mason Park begin. Concerts every Sunday 6. p.m. to 8 p.m. through August 28th.

Agenda – Peru Town Board’s June 27 Regular Meeting

JUNE 27, 2022 @ 6:00 PM   Call Meeting To Order Pledge of Allegiance  Roll Call MOTION/DISCUSSION: To Accept Late Reports for April from Departments: (Highway and Water/Sewer) MOTION: (Regular Meeting of June 13, 2022 Minutes Previously Approved) Community Input. RESOLUTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of Shared Services Agreement with NYSDOT.  MOTION/DISCUSSION: Approval of Rifenburg’s Payment App #14. […]

RENY award to support Peru Middle School gardening project | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Tricia Thurber, a Peru Middle School teacher, will use the funds to buy equipment.

Source: RENY award to support school gardening project | Sun Community News PLATTSBURGH | Tricia Thurber, a Peru Middle School teacher, will use the funds to buy equipment.

Joe Remillard’s Adirondack Visions – Mountain Lake PBS

Source: Adirondack Visions – Mountain Lake PBS

Congratulations Peru High School Class of 2022

Good Luck and Congratulations Peru High School Seniors Peru – The Peru High School parade started during the pandemic and it’s continuing. Here’s a video of this morning’s parade as it went down Washington St. The pandemic put this class through something none of us have ever encountered. They persevered. Good for them!    

Remembering North Country trailblazer Bob Rulfs

Mynbc5 Source: Remembering North Country trailblazer Bob Rulfs

Bob Rulfs passes away

A Facebook message from Rulfs Orchard was posted at about 6 p.m. today June 15, 2022 It is with the deepest sadness we tell you that Grandpa Bob Rulfs has passed. Bob was a true legend of Rulfs Orchard. He always loved chatting with customers and thanking them for coming in. The one place he […]