LOWVILLE — The first glimpse of Lewis County’s 2020 tentative budget calls for the tax rate to hold steady at 7.49%, largely because an increase in the taxable property values has increased the amount brought in by taxes while projected revenues are also up from last year. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The day after Christmas last year, Cindie O’Hare received a call from her son’s girlfriend telling her that he was in the emergency room for a mass in his brain. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A repeat drug offender pleaded guilty to Judge Daniel R. King in Lewis County Court on Friday, as part of a plea deal that will get him time in state prison. Read More ⇒
CROGHAN — A local man faces multiple felony charges for allegedly trying to strangle someone after breaking into a Swiss Road home. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Lewis County residents will be asked to share their views on the state-wide program that offers a financing stream for “energy upgrades” to commercial, multifamily residential and nonprofit properties, in a public hearing before the Board of Legislators makes their decision about … Read More ⇒
BOONVILLE — A Lowville woman was given a felony harassment-related charge by State Police for an incident on Oct. 9. Read More ⇒
BARNES CORNERS — A man from Holland in Erie County was given drunk driving charges by state police over the weekend. Read More ⇒
DENMARK — A Carthage woman was charged with three felonies in an alleged drunk driving incident on Sunday. Read More ⇒
CROGHAN — When the dust settled around a head-on collision on Erie Canal Road on Friday night, only one of the cars in the accident was still there. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The post made vacant by longtime Lewis County Treasurer Patricia L. O’Brien’s impending retirement has been contested in more than one way over the past year and now has three people vying for the spot after concerns that there wouldn’t be even one qualified candidate. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — After nearly 40 years, the Lewis County General Hospital is moving forward with a project that will result in a wide array of renovations and the modernization of key areas of its North State Street facility. Read More ⇒
TURIN — With leaves at their peak and temperatures cooling down, Snow Ridge’s annual fall celebration on Saturday, Ridge Fest, is right on time. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Impeachment, Syria, drug prices, small farms and, frequently, President Donald Trump, were among the topics north country residents lobbed at U.S. Rep. Elise N. Stefanik, R-Schuylerville, during a Coffee with Your Congresswoman session Thursday morning at the local Veterans of For… Read More ⇒
DEER RIVER — The Town of Denmark Planning Board will hold a special meeting and public hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, concerning the East Road solar project submitted by NSG Fund 1 LLC as well as any other business that comes before the board. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The Lewis County Chamber of Commerce has announced its business awards recipients. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The office of Assemblyman Kenneth D. Blankenbush, R-Black River, will hold mobile office hours from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the town hall, 5535 Bostwick St. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — North country media representatives were invited to the Northern New York Philanthropy Center, 131 Washington St., Wednesday morning to learn more about this year’s -giveNNY campaign and how they could partner with it. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Better than a lottery ticket, a dollar and a dream is what it took for Bryan Higby, a 1993 Lowville Academy graduate, to be able to bring one of his favorite author’s short stories to life in a film. Now he’s bringing that film and nine others to the village for a special film fes… Read More ⇒
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has announced that several north country teachers are among 228 educators throughout the state to be recognized as master teachers. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — After some targeted negotiations with Invenergy, parent company of the Number Three Wind Farm, the Lewis County Industrial Development Agency was able to secure an increase to the standard payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, PILOT, so part of the money beyond that expected by taxing jurisdi… Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Lowville Free Library may have found a new legacy fundraiser in its “buzzy” Search and Sip scavenger hunt on Saturday. Read More ⇒
LYONS FALLS — With ReEnergy’s former biomass energy facility in Lyonsdale only partially demolished and the hand-over deadline for the cleaned 46-acre property fast approaching, the company sought, and received, an extension. Read More ⇒
BEAVER FALLS — There will be a public hearing concerning the Beaver Falls Fire District budget from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the fire department, 9583 Main St. Read More ⇒
CASTORLAND — The Croghan Town Board will hold a public hearing at 6:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at the municipal offices, 9882 State Route 126, concerning the establishment of a no-parking period from Nov. 1 through May 1 each year on all streets in the hamlet of Beaver Falls. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Northern New York Community Foundation kicked off its 2019-2020 Community Spirit Youth Giving Challenge earlier in the week. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Thirteen people have been arrested on welfare fraud and other charges, according to a report Wednesday from the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. Read More ⇒
GLENFIELD — Lewis County municipalities will have the opportunity to review the draft of the Lewis County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2019 Update from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 21 at 3-G Fire Station, 6229 Blue St. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The T’s are crossed, I’s dotted and the ink dry on the purchase agreement between the Lewis County Industrial Development Agency and Ox Industries LLC for the Center for Business, formerly the Climax Manufacturing Building. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — After a resolution offered at the September Lewis County Board of Legislators meeting was voted down, the board had to decide what to do with the money set aside. Read More ⇒
COPENHAGEN — Since its water crisis of 2016, the village of Copenhagen has been out of compliance with state law because it has not secured a safe and sufficient backup water supply. Now, with a deadline looming, the pressure is on to take action. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — State safety regulations have led the Lewis County Highway Department to re-evaluate yield signs around the county to bring some traffic to a full stop. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — It’s a new month with, for the Lewis County Board of Legislators, a new approach to settling their collective quandary about whether to build a new county building or to repair and renovate two existing buildings. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — For 47 years, foliage fans from near and far have taken a tour through Lewis County during the first October weekend, enjoying the views and experiencing festivals, history, locally made products and special places along the way. Read More ⇒
DEER RIVER — The Town of Denmark Planning Board will hold a Special Meeting and Public Hearing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, concerning the East Road Solar Project submitted by Solitude Solar as well as any other business that comes before the board. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — A woman was charged with a misdemeanor by the village Police Department on Wednesday for a July incident. Read More ⇒
NEW BREMEN — Tucked into a clearing in the middle of some tall pines and just in time for the start of school, a new playground was installed and ready for fun next to Wagner Field, the town’s baseball diamond, on Tillman Road. Read More ⇒
CASTORLAND — A domestic incident lead to stabbing and destruction accusations and felony charges for a village woman. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The Lewis County Board of Legislators has agreed to schedule a public hearing next month on a proposed “bed tax” extension that would cover all short-term rentals, including private homes, cottages, cabins and RVs. Read More ⇒
Four area cemeteries will hold ceremonies to honor patriots from the Revolutionary and Civil wars Oct. 5. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Renting a private cabin on Brantingham Lake or a house on Tug Hill may cost visitors a bit more money if Lewis County Legislators vote to move forward the process to extend the existing occupancy tax to more informal accommodations, like cottages, camps and cabins, in their Octobe… Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Celebrating state School Breakfast Day, Lowville Academy and Central School offered free breakfast to all students Wednesday. The event was held to raise awareness of the free and reduced meal program in the school district. Read More ⇒
A Watertown woman has been charged with felony drunken driving for the second time this year. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The Lowville Producers Dairy Cooperative was presented with an Empire Award by state Sen. Joseph A. Griffo, R-I-C-Rome, on Wednesday recognizing its leadership in the dairy industry. Read More ⇒
CONSTABLEVILLE — A village man was accused of threatening violence against a woman with a protection order against him, causing two misdemeanor charges to be filed. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — Small teams of people may be found racing around Lewis County on Oct. 5, looking for random items in a massive scavenger hunt fundraiser for the Lowville Free Library. Read More ⇒
COPENHAGEN — The fire in some village drill team members and advocates burned strong to resuscitate the team despite it having been voted out of commission a year ago and failed attempts to find a way around that vote, but the final firematics breaths seemed to have finally been taken. Read More ⇒
BARNES CORNERS — The format of a public meeting called by Avangrid Renewables on the Deer River Wind Farm project is being disputed by the local anti-wind group, the Tug Hill Alliance for Rural Preservation, as a “divide and conquer” approach to public engagement. Read More ⇒
CARTHAGE — Carthage Area Hospital Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Duvall will soon assume the same position at Ogdensburg’s Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, serving in a dual role at both facilities. Read More ⇒
GLENFIELD — A Blue Street home sustained heavy smoke damage caused by a fire Wednesday morning. Read More ⇒
Three area dairy farms were among the beneficiaries of new state funds that will help preserve their operations in exchange for the prohibition of non-farm development on their land. Read More ⇒
