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WATERTOWN — At the city fire department’s Massey Street station, a slogan, posted here and there, can’t escape the eyes of firefighters:
LOWVILLE — Lewis County Public Health announced the county’s first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 at about 9:20 p.m. Saturday night.
LOWVILLE — Before the county’s first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced Saturday night, the Lewis County Healthcare System quietly prepared last week to make space for more beds, reorganize staff and ensure they are as ready as possible.
WATERTOWN — Golf courses around the north country have seen their businesses turn from nonessential to allowed to be open — without indoor facilities — and now they’re figuring out how it’s all going to work. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — With five confirmed COVID-19 cases in Jefferson County as of Friday, Samaritan Medical Center has plans in place to surge bed capacity if needed, and currently has more ventilators on hand than are needed at present. Read More ⇒
CANTON — St. Lawrence County Public Health Director Dana O. McGuire issued a press release Saturday afternoon stating that the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county has jumped to 11. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Saturday issued an executive order moving the state’s presidential primary election from April 28 to June 23 due to growing coronavirus concerns. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — A review of the St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Health Insurance Consortium recommended that the districts currently enrolled in the consortium remain in the plan. Read More ⇒
LAWRENCEVILLE — Renee A. Stauffer has, in less than a week, sewed about 30 reusable masks for use by nurses and other medical personnel. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — The New York Power Authority has 16 employees living at its Massena facility in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — At its last meeting the board of the Ogdensburg Growth Fund decided to offer relief to client businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Read More ⇒
President Donald Trump floated the possibility of an “enforceable quarantine” for New York City and surrounding areas on Saturday, backing off hours later after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the idea implausible and a “federal declaration of war.” Read More ⇒
North country courts will go “virtual” on Monday. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Al Ritz made sure he stopped at Price Chopper early Thursday morning to pick up some flowers for his granddaughter’s 21st birthday. Read More ⇒
Universities in St. Lawrence County continue to operate with flexibility as new information about the viral disease COVID-19 is reported daily. Read More ⇒
Italy’s coronavirus deaths surpassed 10,000 on Saturday even as the contagion’s spread remained substantially stable. Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — Staff at the Seaway Valley Prevention Council are finding that in times where advocating substance use disorder prevention and recovery has to be done via social distancing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are working by a motto, “Do too much.” Read More ⇒
OSWEGO — A Cayuga County man faces multiple charges after allegedly firing a loaded .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol Wednesday in the city, Oswego police said. Read More ⇒
FORT DRUM — Anyone trying to get on Fort Drum will have to get their temperature taken as new rules regarding the coronavirus and access to the military installation went into effect on Saturday. Read More ⇒
NORWOOD — When schools and libraries closed earlier this month and students across the state were sent home to learn, Norwood artist Kristen L. Rozelle had an idea. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The attorney general’s office has been receiving reports of scammers attempting to steal personal financial information by using the news of the federal government sending payments to people across the country as part of a economic relief stimulus package. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — While many grocers have bare shelves during the coronavirus outbreak, bread is selling like hot cakes at a new local Italian market with a familiar name. Read More ⇒
At churches, community centers and American Legion posts across the north country, donors have stepped in and responded to the American Red Cross’s critical need for blood. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — Schools will remain closed statewide through mid-April and the state’s first temporary hospital was completed in New York City on Friday as New York remains the nation’s epicenter for the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. Read More ⇒
MALONE — A third case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in Franklin County, and three Malone police officers are in quarantine because one was in direct contact with one of the infected individuals. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A man has died after the tree he was cutting down landed on top of him. State police in Watertown responded to a report of a traumatic injury at 20219 CR 189 in the town of Lorraine. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump on Friday signed into law the largest rescue measure in history, a $2-trillion economic relief package meant to speedily put money directly into Americans’ pockets while also helping hospitals, businesses, and state and local governments struggling with… Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County Public Health Service confirmed the county’s fifth case of COVID-19 on Friday, the public health service announced. Read More ⇒
The St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce hosted a COVID-19 conference call Friday morning with U.S. Rep. Elise M. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, who answered questions submitted to the Chamber by north country small businesses over the last week. Read More ⇒
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik said Thursday that “New York is the epicenter of coronavirus,” and that she wants to start “cracking down” on people doing nonessential travel to New York’s 21st Congressional District. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES — The coronavirus continues to surge in Los Angeles County, with officials reporting five more deaths, bringing the county’s total to 26. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A group of local, regional and state economic leaders are ready to help businesses get through the coronavirus crisis. Read More ⇒
