CANTON — The plan to rebuild Miner Street Road out to Jingleville Road to include a bike and pedestrian path has hit a snag regarding the width of the road. Read More ⇒Canton officials, residents discuss lane widths, speed zones on Miner Street
CANTON — Nearly 500 students walked across the stage at SUNY Canton on Saturday to receive their diplomas, as hundreds of friends, family members and supporters cheered at a packed Roos House Athletic/Convocation Center. Read More ⇒SUNY Canton graduates receive their diplomas
POTSDAM — More than 650 students received Bachelor’s degrees from Clarkson University during its graduation ceremony on Saturday. Read More ⇒More than 650 graduate from Clarkson University
Jonatan Hernández Gómez found a new kind of farm work in New York state at the end of a difficult journey from Chiapas, the mountainous rainforest at the southern tip of Mexico. Read More ⇒Migrants died on their way to work on a different kind of farm
CANTON — Mother’s Day is nearly here. Read More ⇒Keep Mother’s Day simple
CANTON — A St. Lawrence County woman who is described by a district attorney who once prosecuted her as a “serial killer” was released from prison Friday, but will remain in civil confinement for now. Read More ⇒Convicted child killer from St. Lawrence County released from prison; held civilly
POTSDAM — The Arc Jefferson – St. Lawrence Foundation (www.thearcjslc.org), held the 17th annual walk to promote acceptance of Autism Spectrum Disorders on Saturday, April 27 at SUNY Potsdam’s Maxcy Hall. There were over 325 people in attendance and thanks to community support as well as spo… Read More ⇒Autism Acceptance Walk nets profit of nearly $37,000
The following property sales were recorded in St. Lawrence County clerk’s office April 25, 2024: Read More ⇒PROPERTY SALES
Nine major medical transportation companies in the north country are planning to go on strike, citing years of underpayment for services they provide for Medicaid recipients and a pattern of disengagement from the company contracted by New York to pay them. Read More ⇒North country medical transport companies plan strike over long-term underpayment to move Medicaid patients
MORRISTOWN — A former town supervisor and harbormaster will be honored for his service to the community of Morristown at a ceremony Wednesday, May 22 at the Morristown Bay Boat Launch. Read More ⇒Town of Morristown to honor the late Ronald Wright at May 22 ceremony
BRASHER — The St. Lawrence Central School District will be presenting voters with a 2024-25 budget that carries a 2.21% tax levy increase, the maximum they were allowed under the property tax cap. Read More ⇒St. Lawrence Central School budget carries 2.21% tax levy increase
MASSENA — The Massena booth received plenty of visitors during the final sports show of the season in New Hartford, but Town of Massena Sports-Fishing Promotion Director Donald R. Meissner says they weren’t necessarily inquiring about the fishing opportunities. Read More ⇒Visitors to Massena sports show booth seek information about community
CANTON — Each year in March, the Zonta Club of Canton presents a varying number of local community members with a token of its symbol, a long-stemmed yellow rose, to coincide with International Women’s Day, March 8. The purpose of the award is to honor individuals who have made an impact on … Read More ⇒Zonta Club of Canton honors 2024 Rose Day recipients
Dr. Dana Barry of Clarkson University Served as Coordinator of National Earth Week 2024 for the Northern New York Section of the American Chemical Society Read More ⇒Professor celebrates Earth Day at area schools
CANTON — David Acker served as the Chief Executive Officer of St. Lawrence Health (SLH) and President of Canton-Potsdam Hospital (CPH) for 16 before he retired in 2022, and the organization as a whole agreed the naming of one of its buildings would be a fittng tribute to their former leader.… Read More ⇒St. Lawrence Health building in Canton named for former president
CANTON — St. Lawrence University President Kathryn A. Morris and Vice President of the University and Dean of Academic Affairs Alison Del Rossi have announced the appointment of Diane White Husic, Ph.D. as the inaugural leader of the new Center for the Environment. She will take the helm as … Read More ⇒St. Lawrence University appoints leader of new Center for the Environment
CANTON — St. Lawrence University has announced the following upcoming events. Read More ⇒St. Lawrence University announces upcoming events
WATERTOWN — Jefferson Community College has released the results of its annual Current Issues survey. Read More ⇒Annual JCC survey focuses on north country quality of life, presidential leanings
MASSENA — Village trustees have had to appropriate $10,000 toward the $25,000 cost of an engine for one of the Massena Rescue Squad’s vehicles. Read More ⇒New Massena Rescue Squad engine costing village $25,000
POTSDAM — The village police department will use new technology to enforce changes in downtown parking once a new law is passed. Read More ⇒Village of Potsdam will use new technology to enforce free two-hour parking
POTSDAM — State police charged a 14-year-old Potsdam youth with a felony count of first-degree rape, forcible compulsion, at 1:09 p.m. Wednesday. Read More ⇒Potsdam youth charged with rape
CANTON—About 60 people attended a public hearing Wednesday night in the Laurentian Room at the Best Western University Inn concerning the Rich Road solar and battery storage project proposed for the town of Canton, just south of the village line. Read More ⇒60 attend hearing on Rich Road solar project in Canton
LOUISVILLE — National Transportation Safety Board documents reveal inadequate vehicle and driver safety measures at LBFNY Solar, the company that owned a bus involved in a January 2023 collision that killed six migrant workers onboard. Read More ⇒Vehicle safety disregarded at company that owned bus in Louisville crash that killed six
MASSENA — The public will have an opportunity to comment on the Massena Central School District’s 2024-25 budget proposal during a public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday in room 314 at the high school. Read More ⇒Massena Central School District holding public budget hearing
MASSENA — The village’s Department of Public Works expects to have most of the repairs made to Veterans Memorial Park this year. Read More ⇒Repairs moving along at Massena Veterans Memorial Park
WATERTOWN — Hunters harvested more than 16,000 deer across the tri-county area in 2023, according to data released this week by the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Read More ⇒DEC: More than 16K deer harvested in tri-county area in 2023
POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam will receive an additional $1.1 million in direct funding from the state budget, and SUNY Canton’s state funding allotment for 2024-25 will increase by $900,000. Read More ⇒United University Professions disappointed in 2024-25 state funding for SUNY Potsdam
MASSENA — Village trustees have unanimously agreed to support the restoration of the historic Schine Theater in downtown Massena by applying for up to $2 million in grant funding. Read More ⇒Village of Massena applying for grant to restore historic Schine Theater
OGDENSBURG — Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center has been awarded a total of $9.8 million in grant funding from the state Office of Mental Health to expand its children and adolescent behavioral unit and to establish a comprehensive psychiatric emergency program. Read More ⇒$9.8 million for Claxton-Hepburn will help fund behavioral expansion, psychiatric emergency program
MASSENA — Massena Town Supervisor Susan J. Bellor is seeking information on the cost of the village’s spring cleanup if there’s a possibility that it may need to be included when the town board begins its budget sessions later this year. Read More ⇒Amid questions over village exclusion, Massena town supervisor seeks spring cleanup budget information
CANTON — The Canton Central School Envirothon team has earned entry to the Envirothon state finals at SUNY Cortland. Read More ⇒Canton Envirothon team qualifies for state tournament
CANTON — J.M. McKenney Middle School students and staff cut the ribbon on a new raised bed garden in the schools courtyard May 22. Read More ⇒Green Team’s garden inaugurated with ribbon cutting
MASSENA — The Massena Town Board has once again extended its moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations, but not until they heard concerns from the chief executive officer of North Country Collocation Services. Read More ⇒Town of Massena extends cryptocurrency mining moratorium
WATERTOWN — Angel L. Garcia Jr., 46, of Route 3 in Black River, was charged by city police Wednesday with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08%, driving while intoxicated and moving from lane unsafely. Read More ⇒Blotter: Recent Watertown Police activity
OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum invites the public to the next Sketching in the Gallery class on Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 am-12:00 pm in the Museum’s Albert P. Newell and Addie P. Newell Galleries. Participants will get a chance to spend some time with Frederic Remington’s … Read More ⇒Remington Museum offering Sketching in the Gallery class
OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Volunteer Rescue Squad’s Annual Appeal is under way. Read More ⇒Ogdensburg Volunteer Rescue Squad’s Annual Appeal underway
Dr. Dana Barry of Clarkson University Served as Coordinator of National Earth Week 2024 for the Northern New York Section of the American Chemical Society Read More ⇒Professor celebrates Earth Day at area schools
POTSDAM — Clarkson’s team for the NASA Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (NASA RASC-AL) competition has been selected as finalists to compete in one of NASA’s longest-running student challenges. The Clarkson team, which includes two international partner universitie… Read More ⇒Clarkson team selected by NASA for RASC-AL competition
OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum invites the community to the next “Art Highlights & Tea” program on Saturday, May 11. Read More ⇒Remington Museum hosting Art Highlights & Tea on May 11
POTSDAM — Team members throughout Canton-Potsdam Hospital’s Ancillary and Support departments were recently recognized as Rock Stars for the first quarter of 2024. They were nominated by patients who wanted to show their appreciation for the healthcare member who was at their bedside, or by … Read More ⇒Canton-Potsdam Hospital recognizes Ancillary Rock Stars
POTSDAM — Yang Yang, an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Clarkson University, recently published a research article in Nature Water, a sister journal of Nature with a specific focus on water sustainability. Read More ⇒Clarkson University professor publishes research article in Nature Water
CANTON — The Arc Jefferson – St. Lawrence Foundation, Inc. announced that it received a $25,000 Community Impact Grant from New York Life in support of the Bridges program and Bright Beginnings Early Learning Center. Read More ⇒The Arc Jefferson - St. Lawrence Foundation, Inc. receives $25,000 grant
CANTON — As dinner was beginning to wind down, Dr. Edward Gordon said to the recipient of this year’s Fannie Frank Distinguished Employee Award, “I don’t believe we’ve ever talked about residents at this dinner before.” Read More ⇒Denner honored with Fannie Frank Distinguished Employee Award
POTSDAM — SUNY Potsdam Professor of Environmental Studies Dr. Claudia Ford has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, which will support her to travel and teach in Austria in the 2024-25 academic year. Read More ⇒SUNY Potsdam professor receives Fulbright Scholar Award
POTSDAM — The New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has awarded Clarkson University researchers a three-year grant worth $69,904 to work on the “Milfoil Monitoring and Control Project.” The main goal of the project will be to monitor two invasive aquatic watermilfoi… Read More ⇒Clakson University leading aquatic invasive species research in Upstate New York
MASSENA — Team members throughout Massena Hospital (MH) were recently recognized as Rock Stars for the first quarter of 2024. They were nominated by patients who wanted to show their appreciation for the healthcare member who was at their bedside, or by the colleague who wanted to say thank … Read More ⇒Massena Hospital Rock Stars are recognized
CANTON — In celebration of their exceptional achievements and exemplary service to St. Lawrence University and the North Country community Kathleen Fitzgerald ‘92 and Cali Brooks will be honored during this year’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19. Professor Liz Regosin will address th… Read More ⇒St. Lawrence University announces 2024 commencement speakers
OGDENSBURG — The Frederic Remington Art Museum’s “Consider This” program returns in May featuring Remington’s 1876 painting “The Captive Gaul” – painted on a window shade when the artist was only 14 years old. This program offers guided exploration of a single work of art on display at the R… Read More ⇒Remington Museum program considers 1876 painting ‘The Captive Gaul’