NORWOOD – St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Deputies have again arrested a Norwood man for violating an order of protection for his ex-wife.

Justin J. Revet, 34, 26 Depot St., was charged with a felony count of first-degree criminal contempt for allegedly making a phone call to his ex-wife in violation of a no-contact order of protection.

Deputies report he turned himself in to deputies, and after arraignment, was ordered held without bail pending further court action.

Revet is currently facing sentencing on previous criminal contempt charges.

MASSENA – Sandy Cook and the Extravaganza Band will take the stage from 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 29 as the Greater Massena Chamber of Commerce continues its 2011 Concert in the Park series season.

All concerts are held at the Springs Park Amphitheater, W. Hatfield St.

In the event of rain, concerts will be relocated to the Massena Fire Station, Andrews Street.

All concerts are free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated.

GOUVERNEUR – The North Country Players will present a production of the award winning musical "The Music Man" Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 28-30 at 7 p.m. in the Gouverneur High School auditorium.

It will feature a cast of over 40 and a full orchestra completely comprised of and led by community members from all over the North Country.

The National Weather Service says that a line of strong thunderstorms will move through the northwestern part of St. Lawrence County this afternoon, and the whole county is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m.

They are warning of the possibility of dangerous lightning, high winds, and hail.

The chance of showers and thunderstorms diminishes through about midnight. Lows tonight will be in the low 50s.

Tomorrow it is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high in the mid-70s. Tomorrow night, some clouds move in and lows will be in the mid-50s.

POTSDAM -- Rotary International District 7040 Governor Bill Gray visited the Rotary Club of Potsdam recently. Gray addressed the club at its luncheon meeting and met afterward with its board of directors.

District 7040 is made up of 67 Rotary clubs in Nunavut, eastern Ontario, western Québec and northern New York State.

CANTON – Brick Chapel Church has an ice cream social starting at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, Italian sausage, cake, sundaes and banana splits will be served until 8 p.m.

HAMMOND – The Hammond Museum will host an animal program presented by the Watertown Zoo Wednesday, July 27 at 2 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public and will be held at the museum barn rain or shine.

Bring lawn chairs.

All area and visiting children and adults are invited.

For information, call Joan Hadlock at 324-5517.

To the Editor:

I wish to thank Tim Connolly and all the people who worked tirelessly to present the dissolution plan for the Village of Potsdam.

I hope that the cooperation of working together of the people in both the village and town can continue and help make certain functions of both bodies more efficient.

I see the dissolution as a social experiment that hasn’t been done in a village with two universities, and I don’t want our Potsdam to be a guinea pig.

I couldn’t disagree more with the sour “Disappointing Festival” (Sound Off, July 20-26). My family and friends thought that this year’s Summer Fest was excellent. Wonderful music, great fun for kids, and Ives Park on Saturday was outstanding. We lucked out with gorgeous weather, which just highlighted how beautiful downtown Potsdam can be at its best. Hats off to all those who made it happen. I know it is tremendously hard work. To the cranky complainer: maybe next year you should plan a vacation our of town over the Summer Fest weekend. .