Lewis County Relay For Life raises around $70,000
pLOWVILLE — The Lewis County Relay For Life held over the weekend raised around $70,000 for the American Cancer Society./pp“Life is good, Lewis County. It is good because of our...
View ArticleLewis County officials plan to add parcels for ATV use
pLOWVILLE — Lewis County lawmakers later today are expected to add several properties, including a few private ones, for use in their all-terrain vehicle...
View ArticleCity keeps arena fees for Father’s Day service
pWATERTOWN — The City Council Monday rejected waiving more than $3,000 in fees for a local church to use the newly-remodeled Watertown Municipal Arena for a Father’s Day service...
View ArticleAlexandria Bay gets $50,000 for new playground
pALEXANDRIA BAY — The village of Alexandria Bay has been budgeted $50,000 for a new playground at Scenic View Park, according to state Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie,...
View ArticleCanton law firm returns to Hillary murder defense
pCANTON — Dumas & Narrow P.C., Canton, the former defense team for Oral “Nick” Hillary, is back on board./ppIn a notice of appearance filed with the St....
View ArticleStudy: New York ranks highly in economic performance
pA new study put New York in the top 10 among American states in terms of its economic performance./ppThe Wallethub study put New York in eighth place, between the District of Columbia and Texas, based...
View ArticleTwo qualify for Canton village police chief job
pCANTON — Two sergeants on the Canton Village Police Department have passed a Civil Service exam that makes them qualified to serve as the agency’s next police chief./ppMayor...
View ArticleFormer gas station sites will be sold at St. Lawrence County property auction
pCANTON — St. Lawrence County will be able to sell three former gas stations at its next property tax auction because the state has agreed to release liens totaling roughly $3 million that...
View ArticleVillage officials identify possible new water source
pCANTON — Mayor Michael E. Dalton said the location of a possible new water source for the village has been identified./pp“St. Lawrence allowed us to dig a hole behind 80 East...
View ArticleInspector general’s report slams Clinton Correctional in prison break
pThree months before two murderers escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York last year, a search of one of their cells failed to detect an 18-1/2-inch-by-14-1/2-inch hole in the rear...
View ArticleMan accused of allowing beef cattle to roam free in Lisbon
pLISBON — An Ogdensburg man faces several charges for allegedly allowing 13 beef cattle to roam free for several weeks in an area near County Route 27, town of Lisbon, according to St....
View ArticleSurvey shows colleges with most reports of sexual assaults
pNearly 100 colleges and universities had at least 10 reports of rape on their main campuses in 2014, according to federal campus safety data, with Brown University and the University of Connecticut...
View ArticleAttorneys rest in Hartle rape, sex abuse trial
pCANTON — Both prosecution and defense rested Tuesday morning in the rape and sex abuse trial of Mark A. Hartle in St. Lawrence County Court./ppThe trial began Monday morning, and all three...
View ArticleAs Clinton hits delegate mark, primaries still display Democratic divides
pLOS ANGELES — Voters in New Jersey kicked off coast-to-coast primaries Tuesday with Hillary Clinton already holding enough delegates to become the first woman to lead a major party in the...
View ArticleFirst she heard the screams. Then she saved a life — by holding a boy’s neck...
pThe late May skies were gray above the Idaho road, its blacktop patchy with ice, when Leah Woodward and her husband watched two cars collide head-on./ppThe screams became audible, Woodward said, when...
View ArticleWhy the world can’t stop wasting food
pThe more scientists investigate the amount of perfectly good food humans waste, the clearer it becomes that this is a huge global problem, both for the planet’s food security and for the...
View ArticleTime capsules at 10th Mountain Division monument in Thompson Park to be...
pWATERTOWN — In 2035, people will know just how important of a role Fort Drum’s 10th Mountain Division played in the community and throughout the north...
View ArticleWhy you are only now seeing the Stanford sex offender’s mugshot
pThe media paid attention when a California judge sentenced a committed sex offender to just six months of jail time last week after prosecutors asked for years in state prison./ppBut the Internet had...
View ArticleSteeler players’ fishing trip highlights NNY outdoor opportunities
pMASSENA — Pittsburgh may have the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, but the north country has the St. Lawrence River, and that’s where two members of the Pittsburgh...
View ArticleTime capsules at 10th Mountain Division monument in Thompson Park to be...
pWATERTOWN — In 2035, people will know just how important a role Fort Drum’s 10th Mountain Division played in the community and throughout the north country./ppThat’s...
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