The Peru Gazette

  The Peru School Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the High School Community Room on Tuesday, January 10th, at 6:30 PM.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:30 PM start and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.   […]

By John T Ryan  Peru – Only eight years ago, Leagon Carlin delivered a graduation speech as Peru High School’s 2014 Class President. After college and seminary studies, he has returned to Peru as Associate Pastor of St. Augustine’s Church, St. Alexander’s Church in Morrisonville, and St. James Church in Cadyville. Today, his listeners refer […]

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110: Ian Sylvester (PSH) over Hayden Bartlemus (NASH) (Dec 9-4) 118: Owen  Smith (NASH) over Keagan Trim (PSH) (Dec 7-4) 126: Caleb Starke (PSH) over Gavin LaFountain (NASH) (Dec 9-6) 132: Logan Trim (PSH) over Nicholas Gilmore (NASH) (Fall 0:09) 138: Cory Winch (PSH) over Isahia Burnell (NASH) (MD 8-0) 145: Donovan Turner (NASH) over […]

Peru Central School District Grades 9-12 presented the 2022 Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 13th, in the newly renovated Peru Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium.   The school video does not include the concert’s first ten minutes. It begins with the String Orchestra conducted by Emily Allen, followed by the Concert Choir directed by Christopher Urban, […]

MVP – Jack Ferris (Plattsburgh High) 1st Team: Marcus Bedard (Northeastern Clinton) Matthew Hebert (Saranac Central) Dominic Falvo (Peru) Tristan Laundree (AuSable Valley) Matt Macner (Beekmantown) Nolan Manchester (Peru) Simon Meyer (Plattsburgh High) Markel Mosley (Beekmantown) Owen Mulligan (Plattsburgh High) Winfred Simpson IV (Northeastern Clinton) James Wells, Jr (Northeastern Clinton) 2nd Team: Owen Beebe (Beekmantown) […]

The Peru School Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the High School Community Room on Tuesday, December 13th at 6:30 PM.  It is anticipated that an executive session will take place immediately following the 6:30 PM start, and that the Board will reconvene for public session business at approximately 7:00 PM.   […]

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Knights of Columbus want our kids to be warm this winter  Peru – On Wednesday, November 16th, the day of our first measurable snowfall, St. Augustine’s Knights of Columbus Council 7273 presented twenty-four new children’s winter coats to Peru Primary School Nurse Kathy Bedard and Peru Intermediate School Nurse Linda Delong. Four school days later, […]

November 19, 2022 – The final score of today’s intersectional football game – is Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Indians 35 – Peru Nighthawks 19. The Nighthawks came on strong in the 4th quarter, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Indian’s lead. Both teams can hold their heads high. Going into the game, Peru had a […]

  By John T Ryan   November 16, 2022 – Peru – As of 8:30 a.m. Peru has more than 4 inches of snow on the ground, and it’s still falling. Thankfully, at the Monday, November 7th meeting, the town board approved hiring Adam Archer and Darrell Martineau as equipment operators, their most important job […]

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  Beekmantown – Saturday, November 12, 2022 – Peru over Massena 44 – 16. The Nighthawks next game is also in Beekmantown on Saturday, November 19th at 1 p.m. vs. the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Indians. Click here for these and more Peru Gazette photos.

Cpl. Greg Lee volunteers with the North Country Honor Flight. Click here for the NBC5 story 

Saturday, November 5 – Congratulations to Peru student Alexis Hathaway who surpassed a 100-meter backstroke record that stood for twenty-seven years. Alexis recorded a time of 1:02:89 surpassing Erica Lindsay’s  time of 1:02:90 set on September 15, 1995. Alexis set the record at Section VII competition held last Saturday at Ausable Valley Central. Alexis swims […]

Plattsburgh – Saturday, November 5, 2022 – The Peru Nighthawks defeated the Beekmantown Eagles 42 -8 to win the Section VII, Class B, 2022 Boys Football Championship. The game was played on the Plattsburgh High School field. The Nighthawks led 27-0 at halftime. Click here to view Peru Gazette pre-game and pre-halftime photos.

Peru faces Beekmantown Saturday at noon  Click here for the Sun Community News story 

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Play of the Week – vote for your favorite play during Week 6 Click here for the NBC5 story