The Peru Gazette

By John T. Ryan (the nature of count #8 was corrected on July 28, 2009) The jury returned its verdict at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2009 in the case of the State of New York against Donald Covel, The verdict was guilty on count #1 attempted official misconduct; guilty on counts 5,6 and […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING JULY 27, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

The Press Republican reports 

The Press Republican reports

By Brandy McDonald  Time and Place:  7:00 PM  Thursday July 16th, 2009 St Augustine’s School Building It is at these meetings from now until election day that important decisions will be made and actions will be taken. Your input is needed. We are very fortunate that we have an excellent selection of candidates.  The best […]

This messsage has been posted on the Town of Peru website Our condolences and prayers go out to the family and many friends of Bernard Rock  who has recently passed away. Bernard was a former two-term member of the Peru Town Council and  lifetime member of the Peru Fire Department, of which he was Chief for […]

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING  JULY 13, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel’s trial will begin at 9:30 a.m. on July 20th in Clinton County Court. Covel was indicted by a Clinton County Grand Jury in March 2009 on eight misdemeanor charges. The charges included seven counts of official misconduct and one count of obstruction of governmental administration in the […]

By Donald McBrayer The Peru Republican Caucus was held on July 2 at 7:00PM in the St. Augustine Parish Center and was chaired by Keith Matott. Individuals nominating candidates had up to three minutes to make their introduction, while individuals nominated had up to five minutes to address the attendees. There were 201 registered Republicans […]

By Donald McBrayer  The new Town Website is up and running. Donald McBrayer is now the Town of Peru’s website administrator and has just finished a month-long project of completely rebuilding the Town of Peru website from the ground up. The new site was approved by the Town Board this past Monday evening, and went online […]

Reported by Donald McBrayer  Town Board Meeting for 6-22-2009   6:30 PM Public Hearing on Amended OWB Law (version 3 <http://d1091839.domain.com/PeruTown/towndocs/OWB_Version_3.pdf> ) The amended law includes several minor changes including:

By John T. Ryan Town of Peru Democrats nominated their candidates for the fall elections at their June 18, 2009 party caucus. Party faithful drafted Party Chairman Brandy McDonald as their nominee for Town Supervisor. McDonald said, “I have a full time job. I”ll have to think about it. If I decide not to run […]

By Brandy McDonald The Peru Democratic Party Caucus will be held on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 . The Caucus will start at 7:00PM The location will be at the St Augustine’s School Gym , Peru, NY

By John T. Ryan Responding to complaints voiced by residents of Winding Brook Drive the Peru Town Board agreed to investigate removing the double yellow lines that the Town Highway Department recently applied to the town street.  The actions were taken at the Board’s June 8, 2009 meeting. 

AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING  June 8, 2009 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan The Peru Town Board conducted its scheduled Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the outdoor Wood Boiler Law which they passed in September 2008. The Board proposed dropping Definition 3. B. as it relates to commercial enterprises and Prohibition 5. 2) which prohibited an outdoor wood boiler within 750 feet of […]

By John T. Ryan Highway Superintendent Mike Farrell learned some of the challenges of elective office at the Town Board’s May 28, 2009 meeting.  On or about May 21st the town highway department applied double yellow lines to Winding Brook Road and the newly named Bloomfield Drive.  

PUBLIC HEARING AMENDED OWB LAW MAY 28, 2009 @ 6:30 PM AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING MAY 28, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

By John T. Ryan On May 1, 2009 Linda Covel was granted an Occupancy Permit by the Town of Peru to bottle water at her bottling plant on the Mannix Road. Code Enforcement Officer Paul Blaine performed the final inspection on April 28th and Mrs. Covel picked up the permit on May 1st. Covel will […]

By John T. Ryan The major news at the Town Board’s May 11th meeting was the level of interest in filling the position that opened up when Cortland Forrence resigned his seat on the Town Board. Six Peru residents submitted a letter of interest and resume to the Town Board and will be interviewed for […]

By John T. Ryan On March 29, 2009 the Press Republican reported the arrest of Peru Town Supervisor Donald Covel on what the Press Republican reporter referred to as a “slew of official-misconduct charges.”  The Peru Gazette visited the offices of the Clinton County Court Clerk to review the March 25, 2009 Clinton County Grand […]

By Donald McBrayer  The April 27, 2009 Town Board Meeting adjourned about 8:45 and covered several topics. Mr. Biggs and Mr. Forrence were not present. About twenty people attended the meeting. Community input included a noise complaint where the board decided to have Town Attorney Donald Biggs look over the current noise ordinance so more […]

  AGENDA TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING April 27, 2009 at 7:00 PM

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By John T. Ryan It has been several years since the Peru Town Board went out to bid for liability insurance coverage. They decided to do so this year and the town will be saving almost $15,000 and receiving increased insurance coverage.  The Counselors opened bids at their March 23rd meeting, studied the issue for a week […]