The Peru Gazette

Regular Mtg Agenda Oct102013

Town Budget Workshops – all times 6:30-8:30PM: October 9 – Highway October 16 – Sewer/Valcour October 21 – Water October 29 – Salaries October 29 – If Needed                     – Town Board Meeting scheduled for Monday October 28, 2013 7:00PM                     […]

Over 300 Peru children along with coaches, family and friends crowded into Laphams Mills Park today for the 2013 Peru Youth Commission Soccer Challenge.  Youth Commission Chairman Greg Mills and Town of Peru Youth Director John Flynn thanked all the coaches, volunteers, sponsors and parents for their support. Twenty-one teams participated in today’s games. Members […]

By John T. Ryan At the September 9th Town Board meeting Peru Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell told the Town Board that repairing the highway department’s garage roof would cost less than expected.  At the Monday, September 25th Board meeting Farrell reported that the town’s engineers think that it’s too late to start the project this […]

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Regular Mtg Agenda Sept 23 2013

Redford siblings charged with stealing truck » Local News » Press-Republican.

During the next few weeks New York’s towns will be preparing their 2014 fiscal year budgets. Peru Town Supervisor Peter Glushko was kind enough to give the Peru Gazette a copy of two articles which recently appeared in the Association of Towns magazine. One article is titled “Town Budget Process” and the other is titled […]

By John T. Ryan Following the Monday, July 9, 2013 Town Board meeting The Peru Gazette asked Town Counselor Kregg Bruno if he was going to run for the office of Peru Town Supervisor in the November elections. Bruno responded, “I am not running for the office of Peru Town Supervisor. The current supervisor is doing […]

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board had some good news at its Monday, September 9, 2013 meeting. Highway Superintendent Michael Farrell, who often has to deliver bad news about expensive equipment/road repairs, informed the Board that repairs to the highway department’s garage roof would be significantly reduced. The cost could be as low […]

1 Clinton County primary race Tuesday » Local News » Press-Republican.

Story Corrected 7:35 AM – Monday 9, 2013. Neither Kimberly Davis nor Susan Polhemus have the Conservative Party endorsement. By John T. Ryan Peru’s registered Independence and Conservative Party voters will have a chance to express their preferences for candidates on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 in Clinton County’s primary elections. Balloting will take place at […]

Regular Mtg Agenda Sept92013

One of Peru’s most respected residents, John Roach, was laid to rest today. Family, friends, former students, professional associates and fire fighters attended his funeral mass at St. Augustine’s Church and burial in the parish cemetery. The Peru Gazette photographed part of the wonderful tribute to this outstanding man. Click here for photos. Here is […]

By John T. Ryan Town leaders learned that 2014 budgeting would be a challenge for Peru as it will likewise be for almost all towns. The New York State property tax cap has been set at 1.66% down from 2%.  Inflation declined; therefore by the tax cap must decrease. Tax increases can exceed the cap, […]

Capitol Confidential » Local governments will see small dip in pension costs.

Regular Mtg Agenda August 26 2013

By Adele Douglas On Thursday August 8th an illegal party at Sullivan Park attended by over 200 teens from Peru and nearby towns was broken up by New York State Police by mid-night. Addressing the situation at the Monday, August 12th Town Board meeting Town Supervisor Peter Glushko and Deputy Supervisor Brandy McDonald said they […]

Regular Mtg Agenda Aug122013

The Town of Peru Republicans caucused on Thursday, August 1, 2013 and nominated five people for town offices. Pete Glushko for Supervisor Kathy Flynn for Town Clerk/Tax Collector Donald McBrayer for Town Council Michael Farrell for Highway Superintendent John “Jack” Lawliss for Town Justice Donald McBrayer, Democrat James Douglass and Democrat Lana Knight will vie […]

By John T. Ryan Peru is one of the few communities north of New York City to experience an increase in population during the past ten years (9.9%). Undoubtedly Allen Turner’s foresight and willingness to take a business risk has played an important role in that growth. During that period Turner constructed twenty-two single-family homes […]

By John T. Ryan Concern expressed by a Peru resident about two registered sex offenders residing in the hamlet was the primary news item at the Monday, July 22, 2013 Town Board Meeting.  In an email to Supervisor Peter Glushko, the resident stated that two level 2 sex offenders were residing on Elm St. The […]

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By John T. Ryan Town of Peru Democrats caucused on Thursday, July 11th and nominated the following individuals for town office: Town Supervisor – Kregg Bruno Superintendent of Highways – Michael Farrell Town Council  – James Douglass Town Council – Lana Knight Town Justice – James Kirby Town Clerk/Tax Collector – John Facteau It is […]