WATERTOWN — Cathie Ellsworth and her partners had no interest in Black Friday. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — It’s time to fish Zuzu’s petals out of your pocket and listen for the bells of angel-wing graduation. It’s time for “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Read More ⇒
The tri-county area reported 193 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Construction material supply chain issues have another casualty: the bottom floor of the new surgical pavilion slated for the Lewis County Health System main campus on North State Street. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — While the holiday season is a time for giving, it can also be the most challenging time of year for low- or fixed-income families, especially as costs continue to rise. Read More ⇒
FORT DRUM — Local officials and planners will have a better understanding of how to make land use decisions so they won’t impact Fort Drum now that the Development Authority of the North County, in collaboration with Fort Drum and surrounding communities, has launched a new tool to promote b… Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Step by step, the village of Lowville has been repairing, replacing or upgrading infrastructure. Next up? Part two of the sewer system upgrade. Read More ⇒
One death and 220 new cases of COVID-19 were logged across St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties Tuesday. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Two Lewis County residents were charged for allegedly trespassing in a condemned Port Leyden building on Oct. 18. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Old Newsboys Day, which hits a historic milestone this year, is in need of more volunteers. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Despite rising material costs and supply chain delays, one construction project is approaching completion, and careful planning for new projects continues for Lewis County’s buildings. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — Six projects in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties were among 97 priority projects across the state that have been awarded funding through the Regional Economic Development Council Initiative. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County reported three new COVID-19 deaths Monday as the total number of new virus cases rose by 454 over the weekend. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Lewis County Health System is wasting no time in moving on from the Harrisville Health Center, setting up Dr. R. Brian Shambo to practice at the Beaver River Health Center starting in mid-December. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Come Monday, some local health systems could see even more limited workforces as those with previously approved religious exemptions to the state’s vaccination mandate are given limited options: show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or face termination. Read More ⇒
COPENHAGEN — A newly formed community group is about to present its first event the day before the traditional holiday parade hosted by the Copenhagen Fire Department. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A new fishing access site has been developed by the state Department of Environmental Conservation with funds from the settlement with Marks Farms after a massive 2005 sewage spill that killed hundreds of thousands of fish in the Black River. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A third amendment to the Number Three Wind project was approved Monday by the state Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment. Read More ⇒
CROGHAN — The village will be filled with holiday cheer Thanksgiving weekend. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The only comment made during the public hearing on Lewis County’s 2022 budget was one of appreciation. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Sales tax revenue achieved in the tri-county area in October well exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the same month in 2019. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The tri-county area reported a total of 143 new COVID-19 cases Friday. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — St. Lawrence County reported one new COVID-19-related death Thursday as Jefferson County reported its highest number of new virus cases since the pandemic began in March 2020. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A New Bremen man has been charged with two felonies for allegedly secretly recording someone living in the same house. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The tri-county area reported a total of 208 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Public comment is welcome on the tentative 2022 Lewis County budget during a public hearing scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight . Read More ⇒
BUFFALO — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul pledged Tuesday to work closely with local government officials as communities with low vaccination rates have driven a spike in COVID-19 infections as the holiday season and winter approaches. Read More ⇒
MASSENA — A New York Power Authority project to upgrade transmission lines has reached the mid-point. Read More ⇒
Following a request from U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, new Frequently Asked Questions have been issued by the U.S. Department of Education on using emergency relief funds to address the nationwide bus driver shortage. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jefferson County reported four new COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday, raising the tri-county area’s death toll since the onset of the pandemic to over 300 people. Read More ⇒
HARRISVILLE — Town of Diana officials have given the Lewis County Health System notice that no new lease will be offered for the Harrisville Health Center building, and they are now in negotiations with another area hospital to fill the need. Read More ⇒
St. Lawrence County reports two COVID-19 deaths Monday; tri-county virus cases rise 408 over weekend
WATERTOWN — St. Lawrence County reported Monday that two more residents have died of COVID-19-related illness. Read More ⇒
COPENHAGEN — Classes at Copenhagen Central School were canceled Monday, according to the district’s Facebook page. Read More ⇒
LYONS FALLS — Alanah S. Pearson found herself sitting on a boulder in May, about a mile up from the trailhead of Cascade Mountain, near Keene, Essex County, depressed and defeated, wondering what she was doing on an Adirondack High Peak. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — One legislator’s passion for numbers, spreadsheets and getting to the bottom of things saved Lewis County more than $132,000. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Winter Maple School will be in session at the Lewis County Education Center, 7395 East Road, in December. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — An investigation into a number of violent domestic incidents led to charges against a Lewis County man on Friday. Read More ⇒
CROGHAN — The state Department of Transportation announced Friday that a $2.2 million project to replace a bridge carrying Route 126 over Swiss Creek in the town of Croghan is complete. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties each reported two new COVID-19-related deaths Friday. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has drafted a new management plan for an area that encompasses seven state forests, 13 detached forest parcels and one “unique area” on the Tug Hill Plateau in Lewis, Oswego and Oneida counties and wants to know what the public th… Read More ⇒
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, both D-N.Y., did not join their Democratic colleagues to urge President Joe Biden to take action to lower energy costs, remaining largely silent on potential solutions to address petroleum gas prices hitting seven-year highs. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The Lewis County Historical Society’s annual Home for the Holidays Festival will be back — live and in person at 7552 S. State St. Read More ⇒
CHAUMONT — At 104, Glenn N. Dodge is many things to many people. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Lake Ontario may be gearing up for some serious lake effect storms this winter. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A few weeks before his case was scheduled for trial, the former Wilna town justice who shot a deer from his truck near a house in Denmark accepted a plea deal in Martinsburg Town Court. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties each reported Wednesday that a resident has died of COVID-19-related illness as the number of cases across the tri-county area rose by 213. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A middle-aged village man has been accused of having sexual intercourse with a teenager “on several occasions” in 2015. Read More ⇒
LYONS FALLS — The land just past the confluence of the Black and Moose rivers, at the falls that gave the village its name, is now a “clean slate,” ready for its next chapter. Read More ⇒
ALBANY — A new report from AARP cites lack of access to health care and absence of high-speed internet as two of the major challenges faced by older, rural New Yorkers. Read More ⇒
Mail delivery of Thursday Times delayed for holiday Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The village’s Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot is ready to run this year after a pandemic-induced pause in 2020. Read More ⇒