NEWS

pCANTON — The temperature dropped, clouds cleared and a wave of brightly clothed families crashed down a SUNY Canton hill. /ppArmed with cardboard sleds, more than 40 individuals arrived to participate in the second-annual cardboard sled race, a part of Canton’s winter festival organized by Nature Up North, a nonprofit out of St. Lawrence University./pp“So […]

pWATERTOWN — With the circulation of election petitions starting sooner this year, there’s already talk — and speculation — about who will be running in November for mayor and City Council./ppThe petition process begins Feb. 26, several months earlier than in the past. The primary will be June 25, instead of in September./ppCandidates interested in […]

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pALEXANDRIA BAY — The highway superintendent has, in a complaint to the state Attorney General’s Office, accused a councilman of stealing $15,000, alleging that he accepted money after failing to fulfill a contract./ppEdward M. “Mike” Tibbles has requested an investigation into a contract between the Town Council and Michael D. Fayette, who was elected to […]

pCHAUMONT — The annual Boy Scouts of America Tri-Rivers District of the Longhouse Council Klondike Derby was held Saturday and hosted by Troop 586, Adams. /pp“We volunteered to host the event this summer and have planned for it since,” said Sidney Wheeler, assistant senior patrol leader, Troop 586. “This year was a bit tricky with […]

(Feb 16, 2019) Maps fascinate me - especially old ones. In junior high, when I discovered the difference between a high school library and a college library, I would spend hours at a microfiche viewer in SUNY Potsdam's Crumb Library, scrolling through ancient atlases. In the World Book Encyclopedia that my dad - briefly - […]

(Feb 13, 2019) LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) Skeletal remains of as many as 11 people believed to have died during the Revolutionary War have been uncovered at a construction site in upstate New York. [full story]

(Feb 11, 2019) SACKETS HARBOR, N.Y. (AP) New York state has acquired an island off Lake Ontario's eastern shore that was the scene of a War of 1812 battle between British and American forces. [full story]

(Jan 25, 2019) 107 years ago on the New York Central Railroad line between Utica and Ogdensburg, disaster struck in the form of a train collision on February 21, 1912. The story goes like this: the winter of 1912 - especially February - was a pretty rough month weather-wise for the Northeast. Record-setting low temperatures […]

(Jan 4, 2019) An effort to prevent scurvy in U.S. troops led to the growth of the orange juice industry, popularizing what had been a relatively obscure beverage. [full story]