The following property sales were recorded in St. Lawrence County clerk’s office April 12, 2024: Read More ⇒PROPERTY SALES
MASSENA — Massena Central School District officials will be meeting with three architectural firms next week to determine who will lead them in future projects. Read More ⇒Massena Central School interviewing architectural firms for future projects
MASSENA — Two incumbents and three newcomers will be on the ballot when Massena Central School District voters head to the polls on May 21 to cast their ballots for two board of education members. Read More ⇒Two incumbents, three newcomers on Massena Central School Board ballot
CANTON—Keri E. Caracciolo, a lifelong resident of Canton, spoke during the public comment period of the Wednesday night joint meeting of the town and village boards about starting a discussion regarding a Canton community center. Read More ⇒Canton residents discuss benefits of a community center
CANTON — Students from Clarkson University Professor Eric Backus’s CE490 civil engineering senior design class presented a plan for a new municipal building to village trustees and town council members Wednesday night. Read More ⇒Clarkson students present municipal building plan to Canton officials
MASSENA — Massena Central School Superintendent Ronald P. Burke says they received a number of budget requests from administrators for consideration when preparing the district’s 2024-25 budget. Read More ⇒Massena Central superintendent details budget requests for 2024-25
MASSENA — The Massena Central School District will present voters with a budget that carries no tax levy increase when they head to the polls on May 21. Read More ⇒Massena Central School Board adopts 2024-25 spending plan
OGDENSBURG — Upgrading the Parish Mansion at the Frederic Remington Art Museum is the lone project awarded in the latest round of funding from the New York State Council on the Arts in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties. Read More ⇒Remington Museum recipient of state arts funding to upgrade Parish Mansion
NORFOLK — SUNY Canton Vet Tech Association members, Silver Birch Veterinary Urgent Care and the St. Regis Falls Cat Palace got together Saturday in Norfolk to provide spay and neuter procedures to over 30 cats. Read More ⇒Vet techs, Cat Palace team up for Norfolk event
CANTON — Enjoy a spring Saturday with like-minded community members at Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Grow and Preserve Open House on Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Learning Farm. People of all ages and abilities are invited to stop in anytime during the event to enjoy a di… Read More ⇒Grow and Preserve Open House at Learning Farm
NORFOLK — SUNY Canton Vet Tech Association members, Silver Birch Veterinary Urgent Care and the St. Regis Falls Cat Palace got together Saturday in Norfolk to provide spay and neuter procedures to over 30 cats. Read More ⇒Vet techs, Cat Palace team up for Norfolk event
POTSDAM — A tractor-trailer burned on Monday near a residential area, leading to the temporary closure of Route 11B. Potsdam firefighters and rescue squad members were dispatched to 238 Route 11B around 2:55 p.m. Read More ⇒Tractor-trailer fire in Potsdam led to highway closure
GOUVERNEUR — Two kayakers were rescued from Yellow Lake Wednesday afternoon. Read More ⇒Two kayakers rescued on Yellow Lake near Gouverneur
MORRISTOWN — An Ogdensburg resident and three people from Rochester were charged with felony possession of fentanyl on Wednesday night. Read More ⇒Four charged with possessing fentanyl during Morristown traffic stop
MASSENA — The Massena Central School District is working toward creating a pool coordinator position for the high school pool. Read More ⇒Massena Central School District creating pool coordinator position
MASSENA — School climate continues to be a focus in the Massena Central School District. Read More ⇒School climate continues to be focus at Massena Central
MASSENA — Spring has sprung, and yard work is in the air. Read More ⇒Massena switches to paper bags for grass cutting pickup
CANTON — The St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency during its Thursday meeting doled out $38,689 in American Rescue Plan Act funding for local businesses and nonprofits. The IDA also issued an $8,000 loan to a Massena sewing business. Read More ⇒IDA doles out pandemic relief grants to St. Lawrence County businesses, nonprofits
Ronald McDonald House expansion nears completion Read More ⇒Central New York Ronald McDonald House expansion nears completion
FORT DRUM — Fort Drum’s economic impact on the region and state continues to grow. Read More ⇒Zembiec: Fort Drum’s economic impact continues to grow
POTSDAM — After being voted down earlier this month, village trustees passed a resolution in support of SUNY Potsdam and urging the state to address the college’s $9 million deficit. The board with all members present passed it on April 15 with three yes votes and two abstentions. Read More ⇒Village trustees call on state to aid SUNY Potsdam amid campus’s $9 million deficit
MASSENA — A company hired by village trustees to mow lawns in violation of the village code has an additional responsibility this year — cleaning up problem properties, a task that had previously fallen into the lap of the Department of Public Works. Read More ⇒Massena trustees hire contractor to clean up problem properties
CANTON — The Canton Central School District Board of Education has approved a budget that will go before voters on May 21 from noon to 8 p.m. in the high school library. Read More ⇒$41 million school budget to go before Canton voters May 21
OGDENSBURG — City police on Tuesday charged Thomas W. Budd, 33, and Destiny S. Budd, 30, both of Ogdensburg, with endangering the welfare of a child, two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal use of drug paraphernalia. Read More ⇒Police charge Ogdensburg pair with leaving child unattended
POTSDAM — Potsdam police on Thursday morning charged a 35-year-old local resident with rape. Read More ⇒Potsdam man charged with rape
OGDENSBURG — The city of Ogdensburg may be facing additional costs for its fire department after it was announced that two additional firefighters may retire this year as well as several on and off-duty injuries to its staff. Read More ⇒Costs on the rise at Ogdensburg Fire Department due to retirements, injuries
FORT DRUM — Advocate Drum has released its 2023 fiscal year regional economic impact report, detailing that the military post has contributed about $2.5 billion, with $1.9 billion of it in direct spending, to the regional economy. Read More ⇒Fort Drum contributes $2.5 billion to regional economy, Advocate Drum reports
OGDENSBURG — A domestic violence incident has led to numerous charges for an Ogdensburg man, according to city police. Read More ⇒Ogdensburg man charged with strangulation, rape
DEKALB JUNCTION — A family of four is displaced after a Tuesday morning fire. Read More ⇒DeKalb fire displaces family of 4
Kendra J. Zehr, 27, Gouverneur, was charged by Watertown police April 20 with second-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, second-degree criminal use of drug paraphernalia, a motor vehicle violation, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, unsafe tires, failu… Read More ⇒Blotter: Recent Watertown police activity
A man seeking to run as an independent candidate for New York’s 21st Congressional District has filed a lawsuit against a host of media companies, local governments in Texas and a former employer regarding his televised arrest in 2019. Read More ⇒Scott Phillip Lewis, independent seeking NY-21 seat, sues over his 2019 televised arrest
MASSENA — The Massena Village Board has set a public hearing for 3:45 p.m. Tuesday to discuss its plan to apply for Restore New York grant funding for the historic Schine Theater downtown. Read More ⇒Massena applying for grant for Schine Theater; hearing on plans is Tuesday
OGDENSBURG — City Hall, 330 Ford St., will be the site of what organizers are calling a peaceful protest against widespread child abuse on Saturday. Read More ⇒Ivy Ridge survivors to protest against child abuse Saturday in Ogdensburg
OSWEGATCHIE — A former Academy at Ivy Ridge employee who quit after working for about one month says the conditions there were abusive and manipulative not only for the students, but for staff as well. Read More ⇒Former Ivy Ridge worker quit after one month because of how the teens were treated
POTSDAM — The village is gearing up to check service laterals for lead as part of an upcoming inventory project mandated by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Read More ⇒Village of Potsdam looks to eliminate lead in water-pipe system
MASSENA — Village trustees have adopted a budget that lowers the tax levy slightly from the original proposal. But, one trustee warned board members that the levy might be more than the property tax cap when they work on the next spending plan. Read More ⇒Massena trustees adopt budget with 3.48% tax levy increase
POTSDAM — A Norfolk man has died of injuries he suffered when he was struck by a train on a Potsdam trestle Saturday morning. Read More ⇒Norfolk man dead after being struck by train in Potsdam
Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of child abuse. Read More ⇒Former Ivy Ridge teen recalls witnessing regular staff violence, being abused himself
The following property sales were recorded in St. Lawrence County clerk’s office April 4, 2024: Read More ⇒PROPERTY SALES
POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam inaugurated their new president on Friday afternoon. Read More ⇒SUNY Potsdam officially inaugurates President Smith
MASSENA — Anyone want to pilot a ship through the Eisenhower Lock? Read More ⇒New Seaway Visitor Center offers chance to pilot ship
OGDENSBURG — Ogdensburg police charged Zebulon Douglass, 21, of Waddington, with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal sexual act at 6:45 a.m. Thursday. The charges stem from an investigation into a sexual assault complaint. Read More ⇒Ogdensburg police charge Waddington man with rape
OGDENSBURG — The Seaway Valley Prevention Council and the Community Health Center of the North Country held its second annual Seaway Spring Fest on April 13 at Ogdensburg Free Academy’s Edgar A. Newell II Memorial Golden Dome. Read More ⇒Sliding into Spring (Fest)
MASSENA — The village of Massena’s use of $150,000 of the Massena Joint Recreation Department’s fund balance to balance the budget was a source of concern with town and recreation officials. Read More ⇒Village of Massena’s use of rec funds concerns town councilor
CANTON — On Wednesday night, Mayor Michael E. Dalton presented a proposed budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year at a public hearing. Read More ⇒Canton village budget calls for 24-cent tax increase
MASSENA — A plan to place a water line under the South Main Street bridge that spans the Raquette River near Springs Park continues to move forward, with village officials declaring themselves as the lead agency for the State Environmental Quality Review during this week’s village board meeting. Read More ⇒Massena trustees moving forward with water line replacement
CANTON — About 3.5 miles from the start line, on Jingleville Road, a little after 8 a.m., Adrienne S. Hartman and Pam J. Beaudette filled small paper cups with water and Gatorade. Read More ⇒Volunteers cheer on runners in rainy half marathon
OGDENSBURG — In a sit-down interview, United Helpers CEO Todd Amo explained factors behind decisions that have shaped the more than 125-year-old company over the past decade and detailed what the community can expect in the future. Read More ⇒United Helpers CEO talks future plans for 125-year-old company
OGDENSBURG — The City of Ogdensburg will be holding a public auction on May 7 for 15 surplus city-owned properties. Read More ⇒Ogdensburg selling 15 surplus properties at May 7 auction
MASSENA — Some work is underway, but Mayor Gregory M. Paquin says it will likely be a couple more years before more Downtown Revitalization Initiative projects are visible to the public. Read More ⇒Some Massena DRI projects underway; others will have to wait