Town of Massena receives nearly $6,700 in unclaimed funds from...
MASSENA — Nearly $6,700 in unclaimed funds are coming back to the town of Massena.To date, the town has received $50 on behalf of the Massena Rescue Squad, with one claim still outstanding, and more...
View ArticleErie County GOP chair to run for state chair against incumbent Ed Cox
Erie County Republican Chairman Nicholas Langworthy announced Saturday that he would be challenging state Republican Chairman Edward F. Cox in September.Like many things in politics in 2019, the...
View ArticleSyracuse autism clinic in limbo; north country left with limited options
SYRACUSE — A state-funded Syracuse clinic that diagnoses autism and other developmental disabilities is under pressure to move due to a lease expiration in September, limiting its new patient...
View ArticleLow bidder’s offer for Clayton construction below budget
CLAYTON — The lowest bidding contractor for reconstructing most of Riverside Drive and portions of James and Webb streets offered an estimated cost that fell below state officials’ budget. Luck Bros....
View ArticlePoll: Percentage of Democrats who see border ‘crisis’ jumps 17...
WASHINGTON - More than a third of Americans say that illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border is at a “crisis,” up 11 percentage points since January as Democrats have grown sharply more concerned...
View ArticleTrump Organization, family sue Deutsche Bank, Capital One, seeking to block...
President Donald Trump and his family, as well as the Trump Organization, filed suit against one of their lenders and one of their banks late Monday, seeking to stop the financial firms from complying...
View ArticleTrump pushes to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing to issue an order that would designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, bringing the weight of U.S. sanctions against a storied...
View Article‘Simpsons’ spoofs upstate NY
LAKE PLACID — This village made animation history for the second time Sunday night. That’s right: Lake Placid, among many other upstate New York communities, was referenced in “The Simpsons.”America’s...
View ArticleClarkson will study money-saving options in Tupper Lake, Placid
TUPPER LAKE — A study conducted by faculty at Clarkson University in Potsdam will determine if the villages of Tupper Lake and Lake Placid could use batteries to reduce electricity costs by staying...
View ArticleState and locals brace for possible flooding
The state is preparing for potential future flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River by sending out sandbags to communities waiting to see what the weather brings. The International Joint...
View ArticleWatertown city budget includes 1.66 percent tax increase
WATERTOWN — City Manager Rick Finn got high marks from City Council members after he proposed a 2019-20 budget that carries a 1.66 percent tax rate increase.City Council members met in a work session...
View ArticleBeware: scammers soliciting for advertising on school sports calendar
CARTHAGE — Carthage Central School District was alerted to a scam Monday afternoon. Miller’s Meat Market, Lowville, informed the district athletic department that operations manager Darrell Miller had...
View ArticleClarkson will study money-saving options in Tupper Lake, Lake Placid
TUPPER LAKE — A study conducted by faculty at Clarkson University in Potsdam will determine if the villages of Tupper Lake and Lake Placid could use batteries to reduce electricity costs by staying...
View ArticleGeorgia Democrat Stacey Abrams will not run for Senate in 2020
Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat who garnered national attention after narrowly losing her bid for governor last year, announced Tuesday that she will not run for Senate, despite a fierce lobbying...
View ArticleRep. Al Green vows to force House vote to impeach Trump as president refuses...
WASHINGTON - Rep. Al Green, a longtime proponent of impeaching President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he plans to force a vote to oust the president, though he offered no timetable on when he would...
View ArticleAccused Capital Gazette shooter enters insanity plea
The Maryland man charged in the Capital Gazette newspaper shooting that left five staff members dead has entered a plea of not criminally responsible to all charges in the case, citing a “mental...
View ArticleTrump, Democrats agree to pursue $2 trillion infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting at the White House on Tuesday and announced that President Donald Trump had agreed to pursue a $2 trillion infrastructure plan to...
View Article‘They’re doing it on the backs of patients,’ one cancer...
For most Americans, robocalls are an inescapable annoyance, thanks to scammers, telemarketers and debt-collectors that target smartphones and landlines at all hours of the day.For a cancer center in...
View ArticleFor weeks, a U.S. Army veteran planned a terror plot across Los Angeles,...
LOS ANGELES — The targets kept changing, but investigators say Mark Steven Domingo’s mission remained as bloody as it was simple.In one conversation, prosecutors said, the 26-year-old U.S. Army veteran...
View ArticleOgdensburg woman charged with animal cruelty
OGDENSBURG — St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies on Monday charged Michelle R. Parker, 28, of 9043 Route 58, with animal cruelty.Deputies charge on Jan. 7 at her residence, Ms. Parker failed to...
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