ADAMS — The fourth annual Kirk Steele Memorial 5K was hosted Saturday by the South Jefferson Rescue Squad Inc. Read More ⇒

The materials inside a library in Malawi, Africa, created by Watertown’s Malawi Early Literacy Team, were destroyed by protesters last week. Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — The George R. Davis Fund of the Northern New York Community Foundation is awarding $10,000 in grant support for four projects. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Jefferson County Historical Society will be launching a capital campaign at the end of the month, with hopes to raise $400,000 for future projects. Read More ⇒

TURIN — Moe. is back. After a year hiatus, thousands of jam band fans and alternative rock enthusiasts are again expected at the moe.down music festival at the Snow Ridge Ski Resort on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO – The Oswego Tree Stewards and Boy Scouts of America Troop -888 recently partnered in Buffer in a Bag, an initiative of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) Trees for Tribs Program. Stewards, Scouts and their leaders all gathered on the bank of Wine C… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation recently awarded $20,600 in grants to ten north country nonprofits. Read More ⇒

CARTHAGE — The Carthage Area Hospital Foundation, as well as its board of directors, have announced the 2019 recipients of the Dr. Frank Harvey and JoAnn Zando Health Care Scholarship. Read More ⇒

OSWEGO - The Oswego Alliance Church has begun an outreach group with the express purpose of supporting the community through supplying items that are handmade. The interim pastor John Schuerholz has been preaching a series on love that has gotten parishioners thinking and acting. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation has a new partnership with the Heather A. Freeman Foundation as an affiliate charitable foundation. Read More ⇒

PHOENIX - Every week in Phoenix, Erin’s Angels works with a network of suppliers and volunteers to provide food on the weekends and on school breaks for elementary school children of the Phoenix Central School District who might otherwise go hungry. With that constant and growing demand, the… Read More ⇒

Former Pulaski softball coach Jill Truax can vividly recall the moment that her team faced a five-run deficit in the fifth inning of the 2006 Section 3 Class C championship game, when senior second baseman Erin Tracy huddled her teammates and delivered a passionate speech that fueled a monum… Read More ⇒

OSWEGO COUNTY - The Oswego County Office for the Aging has partnered with the United Way of Greater Oswego County to host the second annual senior picnic Wednesday, June 26, at Breitbeck Park in the city of Oswego. The event is free of charge for any Oswego County resident age 60 and older. Read More ⇒

FULTON – Planning is in full swing for the 24th Annual United Way Golf Tournament, set for Monday, July 8 at the Oswego Country Club. Read More ⇒

CANTON — Gavin Matthews, 15, and his younger brother, Owen, 10, both love playing basketball. Read More ⇒

OGDENSBURG — The grounds of the Dobisky Center will be awash with colors Saturday morning when the St. Lawrence County Colors of Cancer Walk kicks off at 10 a.m. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — No sooner did the doors at The Lodge at Dreaming Tree Ranch open Saturday afternoon when the halls, rooms and surrounding grounds became filled with guests who wanted to see the renovated home that has become a place of respite for families dealing with pediatric cancer. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — From the top of Midtown Towers, the whole city stretches out — the Black River, the town hall, the edges, where it blends into the rest of Jefferson County. Perhaps the best representation of the county, though, were the 88 people who lowered themselves slowly over the edge of th… Read More ⇒

LOUISVILLE — The sun, for a change, shone brightly on the purple T-shirts of the cancer survivors scattered about the crowd at the first Massena/Louisville Rally For A Cure Friday evening. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — At only 9 years old, Maxwell Simser already has a huge heart. Read More ⇒

LOWVILLE — With the Floss to Line Dancing, teams took to the track at Lewis County Fairgrounds for the annual Lewis County Relay for Life. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Yellow, green, blue and purple sneakers sit in a pile at Jeannie Atkinson’s home. The goal that goes with the soles is to raise funds and awareness for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Dressed in nearly-identical orange Hawaiian shirts and black pants, Gervin C. and Linda L. Friedrich began their weekly duties on Wednesday afternoon with the Watertown City School District’s Food4Families program. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — About 100 people lined up Saturday underneath the JB Wise Pavilion to take part in the third annual Race Against Poverty while also supporting a local workshop that helps fight poverty. Read More ⇒