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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 5:49 pm
  District Deputy Tim Welpe presented the donation to Special Olympic committee members Beth Demo, Leslie Thompson, Lorrie Isaman and Martha Bowen. POTSDAM -- The Potsdam Elks Lodge #2074 recent...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 5:45 pm
North Country state legislators Sen. Patty Ritchie and Assemblyman Ken Blankenbush are hailing passage in both houses of a bill to hold farmland assessment increases to no more than two percent a year...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 5:44 pm
Parishville-Hopkinton Central School led St. Lawrence County in students who graduated on time for the second consecutive year. Clifton-Fine Central School recorded the lowest graduation rate in St. L...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 5:39 pm
POTSDAM -- AAUW-St. Lawrence County will hold the annual picnic Wednesday, June 19 at 6 p.m. to announce the AAUW scholarship winner for 2013. The pot-luck picnic will be at the home of branch presid...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 4:40 pm
MORRISTOWN – Timothy M. Tynon, 63, Ogdensburg, was issued tickets June 12 for allegedly driving while intoxicated and failing to stop at a stop sign. Troopers said they stopped Tynon on that date at 1...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 4:39 pm
POTSDAM – Brian L. Middlemiss, 28, Ogdensburg, was charged Monday with petit larceny. Middlemiss was issued an appearance ticket by state police, whose investigation began June 7 with a complaint from...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 4:38 pm
State police have investigated vehicle accidents in Fowler and Oswegatchie. Cindy S. Stevens, 34, Harrisville, was in an accident at about 8 a.m. Monday in the Town of Fowler, along State Rt. 58 near...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 2:39 pm
The fiscal condition of two southeastern St. Lawrence County townships is rated as “susceptible to fiscal stress” under a monitoring program by the state comptroller. Clare and Clifton are in the cate...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 2:36 pm
CANTON -- Canton Central School will dismiss students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8 at 11:30 am on Wednesday, June 19. Wednesday, June 19 is also the last day of school for students in grades 6-...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 12:08 pm
  POTSDAM -- Several St. Lawrence County students received awards at Clarkson University’s “Recognition Day” ceremony recently. The following students received awards: • Sara Deschaine of Potsdam...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 12:05 pm
CANTON – Nineteen St. Lawrence County students have been selected for the St. Lawrence University Dean's List for the spring semester. To be eligible for the dean's list, a student must have completed...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 12:02 pm
   Four area high school students have received $500 scholarships from the L. Wayne Strader Memorial Scholarship fund. They are Alyssa Cutler of Norwood-Norfolk Central School, Miranda Haze...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 11:45 am
GOUVERNEUR – David E. LaBarge, 30, of Massena was charged with a felony drug count Monday morning. State police said they charged LaBarge with third-degree criminal possession of a narcotic with inten...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 11:41 am
POTSDAM – A pregnant Canton woman is denying charges she kicked a village police officer while being arrested Monday and claims police slammed her into a car. Newman“I screamed. I said that I’m pregna...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 11:29 am
HOPKINTON -- A Hopkinton man has been charged with promoting prostitution and tampering with evidence. Dean M. Lamphere, 60, was charged Monday morning with two felonies, one count of third-degree pro...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 9:17 am
POTSDAM -- A Canton woman faces multiple charges after she allegedly kicked a Potsdam Police officer during a domestic dispute at 1:14 p.m. Monday, police said. Kendra C. Newman, 21, was charged with...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 9:04 am
POTSDAM -- The Lawrence Avenue K-Kids recently presented support staff at the elementary school with thank you cards and flower bulbs for Secretary/Assistance Day. Each year the kids work on somethin...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 8:51 am
Joann C. Ellis, 37, of Norfolk was charged with speeding in a school zone (41 mph in a 20 mph zone) at around 8:50 a.m. on Lawrence avenue. 0850 Traffic stop on Lawrence Avenue – Ticket issued 0857 Tr...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 6:22 am
PIERREPONT – A Pierrepont man was arrested and jailed Monday night for allegedly placing a female in fear of her life while he displayed a kitchen knife and grabbing her by the throat and preventing h...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 6:17 am
PARISHVILLE -- The Town of Parishville Park recently purchased a locally made playground boat, with help from a St. Lawrence County Health Initiative grant. The grant was issued through ’Creating Hea...
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Monday, June 17, 2013 - 5:28 pm
POTSDAM -- Potsdam general surgeon Charles R. Wilson has been awarded certification by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). Board certification is a voluntary and multistep process that takes many yea...
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Monday, June 17, 2013 - 5:26 pm
CANTON -- The St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency named its new building at 19 Commerce Lane, the “Ernest J. LaBaff Industrial Building.” The 15,000 square foot building, the first in th...
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Monday, June 17, 2013 - 2:31 pm
NORWOOD -- A number of kindergartners at Norwood-Norfolk Central School celebrated Flag Day last week by dressing up in red, white and blue colors.  
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Monday, June 17, 2013 - 2:29 pm
Stopping the spread of the deadly Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus is the aim of free mosquito treatments available from the St. Lawrence County Soil and Water Conservation District. The free t...
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Monday, June 17, 2013 - 11:36 am
OGDENSBURG -- The United Helpers Management Company 2013 Board of Directors has been selected. From left, front are James T. Michaelson; William J. Amoriell; Martha K. MacArthur, past president; Wayn...
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