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| Friday, February 3, 2012 - 12:19 pm When I am going down the road and see someone stuck in the ditch or other trouble and they are in an American vehicle I stop and help. If they are in a non-American vehicle I drive on buy! I prefer t... More >> |
| Friday, February 3, 2012 - 12:13 pm I don’t understand why St. Lawrence County is spending precious tax dollars arresting cannabis growers. Recently a Stockholm man was arrested with $20,000 worth of pot and $6,700 in cash (presumably p... More >> |
| Friday, February 3, 2012 - 12:12 pm There are lots of potholes and craters on the Potsdam-Madrid road from the corner where Lower Pine cuts off to the village limits. I realize that the former mayor lives in this section and that maybe... More >> |
| Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:55 am An Expressway is not an Interstate Highway. There was never any further consideration to build an Interstate Highway by any state or federal highway agency after the 2002 “Northern Tier Transportation... More >> |
| Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:54 am In Reply to “Noise Pollution” (Sound Off, Jan. 25-31) I would just like to say that this letter was very rude to our military and that this is in fact where the military practice and you cho... More >> |
| Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 11:23 am Where is the Garrett Philips investigation 3 months later? For all those who say that we have to have patience and ignore the “CSI Effect,” we are now three months after Garrett’s murder and still not... More >> |
| Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 11:22 am “Noise Pollution?” (Sound Off, Jan. 25-31) Really? It is unfortunate that you happen to live in an area where this activity is taking place but where would you like our Airmen to conduct this training... More >> |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 1:38 pm The photo of the gorgeous bobcat in DeKalb was just beautiful (Jan. 25 - 31). How ignorant, how sad is it that the caption told the story that a relative of the person who got the photo had killed one... More >> |
| Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 1:38 pm My hydropower critic (“Need to Sell Hydropower,” Sound Off, Jan. 25-31) was obviously not here during the ice storm or he would have understood what I was saying. What happened was this. Niagara-Mohaw... More >> |
| Monday, January 30, 2012 - 12:32 pm As a St. Lawrence hockey fan I enjoy the rivalry between SLU and Clarkson, but was really turned off by Clarkson’s Pep Band during the women’s game at SLU. The band was up to their usual antics when s... More >> |
| Friday, January 27, 2012 - 2:48 pm Having just finished a trip from Myrtle Beach to Florida, I can say that I drove for days on US Rt. 17 and got a first hand look at the value of completing DOT recommended enhancements to US Rt. 11. T... More >> |
| Friday, January 27, 2012 - 2:47 pm Some of you who are reading this will be astonished. Our dear Kirsten Gillibrand [www.kirstengillibrand.com/issues/immigration] is a co-sponsor of an act that allows illegal immigrants to be eligible... More >> |
| Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 12:16 pm Just read the article that the employees of the highway department had time on their hands to do other repairs due to the mild winter (up to last week). Well I would like to say the village of Canton... More >> |
| Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 12:16 pm I noticed the traffic lights were out at the corner of State Rt. 310 and U.S. Rt. 11 Friday Jan 13. What struck me was it was a busy travel time for a Friday (4 p.m.) and there wasn’t even a state tro... More >> |
| Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 12:08 pm I’ve heard recently that the St. Lawrence County Public Health Department is the next county agency that is facing budget cuts. This is a bad idea. They will have to reduce their services if these cut... More >> |
| Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 12:07 pm Thank goodness I’m finally seeing opinions that are fed up with religion being injected into politics (Sound Off, “Not Less of a Citizen,” Jan. 18-24; “Keep Religion Out of Politics,” Jan. More >> |
| Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 11:48 am People were up in arms about low flying aircraft, scaring their animals on the farms of the North Country, a few years ago. I have a problem with the noisy, probably military aircraft flying over near... More >> |
| Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 11:47 am Women should be allowed to make a choice about abortion without being scared or shamed by anyone. A recent letter to the editor (Letter to the Editor, “Breast Cancer More Likely After Abortion,” Jan.... More >> |
| Monday, January 23, 2012 - 12:18 pm The North Country doesn’t matter to Albany. The school aid numbers are out and will mean even more cuts to our schools. How can our children succeed without a properly funded education? I noticed that... More >> |
| Monday, January 23, 2012 - 12:17 pm In response to the person who wrote “demanding” hydropower for village residents stating that it is the village’s job to take care of us & the cost is irrelevant (“Village Needs Hydropower,” Sound... More >> |
| Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:54 am I just read that the Democratic Party is against the Yes-11 plan. I couldn’t be happier! The only way the plan will work is build bypasses around the bigger villages like Gouverneur, Canton and Potsda... More >> |
| Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:52 am This ice storm reminds me of the 1998 ice storm when the Village of Potsdam was without electric power because its contract with Niagara-Mohawk did not allow the Village to use its own hydro power. A... More >> |
| Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 12:24 pm On the evening of Friday, Jan. 13 in Canton, even though the four-way traffic lights were out at the intersection of Routes 11/310/68, we saw numerous cars failing to stop (especially those traveling... More >> |
| Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 12:16 pm I just want to thank the 3 men in the Chevy truck with a plow that stopped after my husband and I went into the ditch the other night. After spinning in circles several times, our car finally came to... More >> |
| Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 12:48 pm I would support looking into that idea of the 51st state (“51st State?” Sound Off, Jan. 11-17). The “North Country” is, in reality, it’s own culture, people and practices. It would be interesting to s... More >> |
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