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WATERTOWN — Shortly before noon on Tuesday, nine masked Watertown City School District students boarded a First Student bus outside of Harold T. Wiley Intermediate School to simulate what back to school might look like come September. Read More ⇒
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PARISHVILLE — Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, stopped in St. Lawrence County on Tuesday to visit the Parishville Volunteer Fire Department and Cazenovia Equipment in Canton. Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — Oswego County Public Health Director Jiancheng Huang announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, that one additional resident has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 259. Two hundred forty-nine people have recovered and are no longer in mandatory isolation. …
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County confirmed one new COVID-19 case Tuesday, bringing the county’s total number of confirmed cases to 214.
CANTON — The St. Lawrence County Public Health Department on Tuesday reported one new case of COVID-19. The total number of confirmed cases reported since March 25 remains at 261.
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President Vladimir Putin said Russia cleared the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine for use and hopes to begin mass inoculation soon, even before clinical testing has finished. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — Traditionally gathering in the village each summer to celebrate the SUNY Potsdam Bears, university alumni adjusted 2020 reunion events in response to the global COVID-19 health crisis. Read More ⇒
DRESDEN — The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Tuesday confirmed a second known infestation of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid in the Adirondacks. Read More ⇒
Our “new normal” lifestyle during the pandemic is wearing on the nerves of most people. We’re only human. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — Although school districts have submitted their reopening plans for review by the state Education Department and Department of Health, superintendents have pointed out that the plan is a “living document” that’s subject to change based on conditions. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Erin E. Gardner will have to wait to see whether a hearing officer recommends she can keep her job as the city’s parks and recreation superintendent. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A second lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by a former Lowville school teacher was filed Tuesday, and this time, the former teacher is named as a defendant in the suit. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — Joe Biden has named his one-time rival Kamala Harris as his running mate, the campaign revealed Tuesday, elevating California’s junior senator as the first woman of color to appear on a major party’s presidential ticket. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A 25-year-old Ogdensburg man was killed Saturday in a one-vehicle crash on Sears Pond Road in the town of Montague. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — Two states and the Virgin Islands have been added to the fluctuating number of states on New York’s 14-day quarantine mandate list, while four states have been removed, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — An employee at a developmental disabilities residential facility was charged by state police last week after she allegedly pushed a male resident, causing him to fall into a bookcase and later be taken to a hospital with internal injuries. Read More ⇒
SARANAC LAKE — “We are having a carnival,” said Jeff Branch, Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Committee chairman, on Monday. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The fairgrounds pool soon will be gone forever. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jefferson-Lewis BOCES is in the midst of a $25 million renovation project, and at least a dozen former students have returned to work on the upgrades. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Among the 107 school districts that haven’t submitted reopening plans for in-person learning to the state are 10 schools across Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Oswego counties, according to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office. But some schools are claiming a glitch has prevented their plan… Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — In a 4-2 vote, the City Council approved a resolution Monday night calling for a public hearing to discuss a proposal to take away from the duties of the city manager to appoint, suspend and remove department heads and give that responsibility to the City Council. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Two shipwrecks off the coast of the town of Hammond in St. Lawrence County may have the chance to be included in the proposal to establish a national marine sanctuary on Lake Ontario. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall makes its stop Thursday at the St. Lawrence Centre mall in Massena, and mall officials are looking for volunteers to stand at the wall in shifts to read the names of the people who are listed on the wall. Read More ⇒
One of the toughest things about having kids during the COVID-19 pandemic is trying to find ways to entertain the kids when places like parks and beaches — God, especially beaches — just look like overcrowded disease factories. Read More ⇒
POTSDAM — The Potsdam Central School District Board of Education will consider several matters at its Tuesday meeting, including the adoption of new disciplinary policies and procedures, the renewal of a contract for a special patrol officer and the setting of school taxes for the 2020-2021 … Read More ⇒
One of the conditions the New York State Public High School Athletic Association made clear in its plan to start the fall season on Sept. 21 is that schools should schedule opponents that are in the same geographical vicinity in order to cut down on travel. Read More ⇒
CANTON — Town Council’s August meeting date has moved from Wednesday to Thursday this week. Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center’s Richard E. Winter Cancer Center has announced the addition of oncology care at Waddington Health Center, 4 Montgomery Heights, and its Canton Health Center, 39 West Main St. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — An investigation by the state attorney general’s office into a May 2019 fourth-grade lesson plan at North Elementary School that included a re-enactment of a slave auction has found the incident “had a profoundly negative effect on all students present.” Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — The IMKE, a general cargo ship flagged out of Malta, which reportedly ran aground just off the Port of Ogdensburg on Saturday has been pulled alongside the port, docking without the help of a tug, according to veteran ship watcher Michael J. Folsom. Read More ⇒
CANTON — A second phase in the ongoing, cross-jurisdictional drug trafficking investigation code-named “Operation Drop” was conducted Monday throughout St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties, resulting in 13 additional arrests of north country residents alleged to have facilitated area distribu… Read More ⇒
BALTIMORE — A “major” gas explosion ripped through three homes in Northwest Baltimore, killing one woman and seriously injuring at least six others. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — State Department of Health officials could have better instructed upstate adult care facilities about the proper procedure to isolate coronavirus-positive residents, advocates said during a state Legislature hearing into COVID-19 deaths in New York nursing homes on Monday. Read More ⇒
A group of nine Buffalo-area businesses is suing Gov. Andrew Cuomo, State Attorney General Letitia James and the State Legislature alleging the businesses’ constitutional rights were violated by the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More ⇒
Jacquelyn R. Todd, 42, of Gouverneur, was charged by state police Saturday with fourth-degree grand larceny and first-degree falsifying business records, both felonies, in connection with an incident reported Feb. 27. Following an investigation, police allege Ms. Todd stole more than $1,800 … Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Lee M. Adkins, 29, of 724 West Main St., Apt 4, was charged with second-degree criminal trespass by city police at 5:12 p.m. on Sunday. Read More ⇒
LAKE LUZERNE — Investigators on Monday were still trying to piece together what caused the fire that damaged the Lake Luzerne home of celebrity TV chef Rachael Ray on Sunday night. Read More ⇒
MARTINSBURG — A Pennsylvania man was taken to the hospital Saturday evening after flipping his ATV over. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — David A. Marmon Jr., 65, of Lyons Falls, and Justin D. Marmon, 27, also of Lyons Falls, were arrested July 30 by the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and charged with fourth-degree grand larceny following a complaint of a stolen toolbox. Read More ⇒
