This week’s agenda

Peru to ask a third time for a new truck

Road Commissioner Brad Hutchings said the 22-year-old dump truck is sidelined because it was losing a gallon of oil an hour at the end of the winter.

Peru votes against highway equipment a second time

Six other warrant articles that also failed to pass in June were approved Tuesday.

Photo: Family visits fairy houses in Peru

The one-eighth-mile wooded pathway has about 100 fairy houses free for public viewing from dawn to dusk starting Memorial Day to just after Labor Day.

Worthley Pond Association creates Watershed Protection Plan, sets summer events

The Watershed Protection Plan that includes annual milestones aimed at addressing road and landscaping issues identified in a watershed survey.

Peru officials retool defeated budget items for second try

Since the June 11 referendum, Peru now has an additional $212,000 in its surplus.

Livermore man, 64, killed in motorcycle crash

A pickup truck and motorcycle collided on Route 108 in Peru on Tuesday morning.

Bikes for Books

Masons award 28 bicycles at Dirigo Elementary School.

Peru voters say no to highway equipment

Money for a backhoe and a truck were not approved Tuesday because voters faced a tax increase.

Peru man to serve nine months for sexually assaulting child

Convicted sex offender Randy Varnum, 46, pleaded guilty to the charges May 9.