POTSDAM — Town Board members voted to approve a recreation budget that includes what they said was a deserved $10,000 raise for the program director. Read More ⇒

CANTON — The Rev. James Galasinski asked the crowds filling the seats at The Unitarian Universalist Church to take two deep breaths before keynote speaker, R. Dwayne Betts, addressed the attendees of the seminar “Justice For All: Crime and Imprisonment in the North Country.” Read More ⇒

MASSENA — A Massena village trustee says it may be time to start looking at a potential increase in water rates as the water fund continues to decline. Read More ⇒

CANTON — A Rensselaer Falls man admitted Friday in St. Lawrence County Court to possessing child pornography as part of a plea deal that the judge said he had “misgivings” about. Read More ⇒

CANTON — The chance to avoid prison was lost for a Hermon man charged in connection with a Potsdam fire that injured two firefighters. Read More ⇒

GOUVERNEUR — State police on Oct. 9 charged Scott A. Hayden, 26, of 28 Hailesboro St., Gouverneur, with two counts of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child. Read More ⇒

GOUVERNEUR — State police on Friday Oct. 11 charged Amy J. Bush, 45, of 333 Seavey Road, with misdemeanor operating a motor vehicle impaired by drugs. Read More ⇒

OGDENSBURG — State police on Oct. 15 charged Joseph J. Peccolo, 83, of 95 Monkeyhill Road, with felony second-degree assault and the misdemeanors of acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Read More ⇒

MASSENA — State police on Oct. 9 charged Dawson L. George, 21, of 77 Oakes Road, Hogansburg, with misdemeanor seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was also cited with second-degree unlawful possession of marijuana. Read More ⇒

COLTON — State police on Oct. 11 charged Symphony D. Wright, 22, Syracuse, with resisting arrest and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation. She was also cited with a motor vehicle license violation and speeding. Read More ⇒

GOUVERNEUR — State police on Oct. 13 charged Douglas W. Harris, 37, of 19 Dodds Road, with misdemeanor seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was also cited with an exhaust system violation. Read More ⇒

CANTON — It’s cheating to describe Michael Czarnecki as a poet. Poetry might be his foot in the door, but once he’s inside, he is much more than a poet. He is mostly, in his own words, an encourager. Read More ⇒

OGDENSBURG — Mark Mashaw of Pinto Mucenski Hooper VanHouse & Company delivered an audit report for the city’s 2018 financial filings on Oct. 15. Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — A federal judge ruled Friday that any Jreck Sub franchisee that has stated its intention not to continue or renew its franchise agreement with a new franchisor is ineligible to bid during an upcoming auction of the sandwich chain’s franchise rights. Read More ⇒

LISBON — St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies charged two people Monday in connection to a methamphetamine lab discovered in a Woods Road apartment while they were trying to make arrests on three warrants. Read More ⇒

OGDENSBURG — A Broadway musical set on the streets of Dublin will open the 2019-2020 season of Ogdensburg Command Performances. Read More ⇒

CANTON — Voters in St. Lawrence County now have the opportunity to see what the ballots in their district look like and who will be on them with Thursday’s release of sample ballots by the St. Lawrence County Board of Elections. Read More ⇒

PLATTSBURGH — The day M.G. turned 23, he lost the chance to sue his childhood abuser. Now, nearly three decades later, the Child Victims Act has returned his voice. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM – A Potsdam man, Brendan Palmer, 24, of Maple Street, has been ticketed with failure to stop at a stop sign in connection with a crash that resulted in the death of an 11-year-old girl, according to St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department Detective Sean P. O’Brien. Read More ⇒

PARISHVILLE — Parishville-Hopkinton Central School and the Girls Athletic Alum’s and Mun’s will host a Coach Evan Harper plaque dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. Oct. 19, at the Parishville-Hopkinton Central School Soccer Field. A dessert reception will follow. Read More ⇒

NORFOLK — A Russell man was arrested after state police said he stole a truck from his employer and abandoned it in South Carolina. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — A proposed new water and sewer district in the Unionville, Sissonville Road and Route 56 corridor received a promising boost in the form of a $3,125,000 United States Department of Agriculture grant. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — Like a mother doting over her child, Rosemarie Rivezzi paced through the winds of a blustery Wednesday afternoon, looking over the recently completed Ives Park play area that was her brainchild in 2016. Read More ⇒

MASSENA — A month ago, Massena village trustees turned down a request from Police Chief Adam J. Love to purchase an app that could be used to send notifications in emergency situations and also allow individuals to anonymously send crime tips to the police department. Read More ⇒

MASSENA — The former village administrator for Massena and Potsdam has been hired to assist village of Massena officials with contract negotiations. Read More ⇒

MASSENA — Massena village trustees have authorized their code enforcement officer to take action on an unsafe condition after unsuccessful attempts to have the building owner address the situation. Read More ⇒

PRESCOTT, ONTARIO — The Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin, the self-discharging, 35,000 ton bulk carrier that spent six days aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway is moored at the Port of Johnstown, just north of Prescott, Ont. Read More ⇒

OGDENSBURG ⁠— A vehicle is a total loss after investigators believe it caught fire accidentally on Monday. Read More ⇒

OGDENSBURG — City Council on Tuesday night unanimously passed two resolutions approving new contracts for city workers covered by the Civil Service Employees Association. Read More ⇒

MORRISTOWN — State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, announced Tuesday that she secured $50,000 for the village to create a new roadway between Bay and Main streets, that will provide vehicles a shorter alternative route following the recent closure of the Northumberland Street Bridge t… Read More ⇒

WATERTOWN — Another grocer with north country stores has voluntarily recalled American cheese sourced from one of Great Lakes Cheese’s Wisconsin plants because it may contain metal fragments. Read More ⇒

CANTON — A former North Country Housing Council finance manager was arrested Tuesday by state police for allegedly using a company credit card to make personal purchases amounting to more than $8,000. Read More ⇒

CANTON — One grandmother was sentenced to jail and probation Tuesday morning in connection with the death of her 5-year-old grandson in a residential fire, while the boy’s other grandmother remembered him as “an angel on earth” for the 1,970 days he was alive. Read More ⇒

POTSDAM — Village police on Saturday charged Kyle J. Neuroth, 29, with felony second-degree criminal mischief. Read More ⇒

FINE — St. Lawrence County sheriff’s deputies on Monday charged Steven J. Coble, 20, and Mark T. Coble, 20, each of 4236 Route 3, Apt. 3, Star Lake, with a felony count of second-degree burglary and the misdemeanors of petit larceny and fourth-degree criminal mischief. Read More ⇒