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| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 2:48 pm Just wanted to let anyone who is traveling within or around Canton that the traffic light on Riverside Drive is only supporting one lane! It does not matter if you are turning left, right or going str... More >> |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 12:23 pm I haven’t seen a cheaper or more gratuitous shot taken at the victims of a terrible tragedy to match the recent letter by Mr. Dwayne Martin, printed (May 16-24) in this publication. A 74-year-old woma... More >> |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 12:20 pm I wish people would stop blaming the condition and design of US Route 11 for the number of traffic fatalities and personal injury collisions we have had in the area recently. If vehicle operators woul... More >> |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 12:17 pm A lot of people, thinking that exceeding the 2 percent tax increase cap was too absurd to pass, lazily stayed home and didn’t bother to vote. School employees and their families got out their vote. No... More >> |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 12:44 pm With all of the concern regarding resources in the Village of Potsdam, I would think that there would be less nonsensical reports in the daily police blotter. Over and over there are blatant examples... More >> |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 12:40 pm You would think that in these days of going green and recycling being the right thing to do that the enviromental conscience people of Potsdam would be getting behind Mr. Robar’s creative use of the t... More >> |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 12:34 pm What a sad day it was again last week. As I awaited the inevitable results of each school budget on the morning news, what a surprise it was to see each one passed. For just a moment I had hoped that... More >> |
| Monday, May 21, 2012 - 12:30 pm You would think that in these days of going green and recycling being the right thing to do that the enviromental conscience people of Potsdam would be getting behind Mr. Robar’s creative use of the t... More >> |
| Monday, May 21, 2012 - 12:28 pm In response to “Investigation Needed” (May16-22) about the Potsdam hydroelectric plant, I agree there should be a very serious investigation of the (village) board and the poor legal services provided... More >> |
| Monday, May 21, 2012 - 12:25 pm At around 9:45 p.m. Friday, May 18, my family and I were on our way out of the Potsdam Walmart. I looked at the wooden Moose that collects change for some cause and found a wallet resting on to... More >> |
| Monday, May 21, 2012 - 10:56 am I just read the article, just posted about how business drops off for businesses in Canton and Potsdam when students go home for the summer. Really? Is this news? It's always been the pattern, it dro... More >> |
| Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:53 pm Death penaltyIn regards to “Troubled by Death Penalty,” (May 9- 15) “The recent studies using panel data techniques have confirmed what we learned decades ago: Capital punishment does, in fact, save l... More >> |
| Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:51 pm So a driver travels 1,530 miles from Florida and complains about the last 60 miles of their trip because they had to slow down or dangerously try and pass others. This is just ridiculous. I drove to t... More >> |
| Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:50 pm I’m truly concerned about the rezoning and hope we have a good turn out at the Canton Town Board meeting this Monday. I believe the Planning Board worked hard accomplishing their given task, but there... More >> |
| Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 1:19 pm I drove into Potsdam today and saw a new display of toilets. What a sad thing for Potsdam. Do you want potential college students and their parents to consider SUNY Potsdam and Clarkson? What a terrib... More >> |
| Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 1:18 pm Many thanks to Hank Robar for making his property a great piece of art. You are truly an artist, and like Mrs. Garner said, you are making Potsdam a beautiful town. Thank you. More >> |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 12:11 pm This is in reply to “Colleges Should Pay” (May 9-15) For someone who states “When I was a student at Clarkson,” you are very uneducated. You state “as college kids do, we frequented the pubs and poure... More >> |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 12:09 pm It’s very disappointing to see in the Norwood-Norfolk Central School Distict Budget Vote Newsletter that teachers took an approximate $40,000 cut in benefits while administration took a $44,000 increa... More >> |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:19 pm Went to Ogdensburg May 9 and filled my auto with $3.84 per gallon gas. Need gas? Need to shop? Just go to Ogdensburg and do both saving yourself from the robbers in Potsdam and Canton, even Massena is... More >> |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:18 pm In Response to “Troubled by the Death Penalty” (May 9 – 15), I am the author of the original “Against Death Penalty.” You mentioned that you found my comments disturbing, that it sounded like I oppose... More >> |
| Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 12:15 pm Maybe the reason people cut through the parking lot to avoid the light at the May and Market intersection (“Parking Lot Not A Road,” May 2-8), is because they remember and are haunted by that horrible... More >> |
| Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:19 pm I am surprised at the volume of critics that were going back and forth arguing about $6 million in state Department of Transportation funds regarding the Rt 11 vs I-98 spending spree when apparently n... More >> |
| Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:16 pm There should be a investigation into the ethics of the Potsdam Village Board of Trustees and how they handled the hydro project funding and the legal aspects of the legal attorneys input into this pas... More >> |
| Monday, May 14, 2012 - 12:15 pm Recently a friend of mine reached out to friends and family for emotional support when he found his car in the parking lot across from the Roxy Theatre with anti-gay slander written on it. I was very... More >> |
| Friday, May 11, 2012 - 1:02 pm Would someone explain to me why our gas bills are so high? Last June, natural gas was selling for over $6 per 1,000 cubic feet shipped. Today, natural gas is selling for under $2 per 1,000 cubic feet... More >> |
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