MASSENA -- Applications for the Massena Neighborhood Center Christmas Program are being accepted between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 7, at the center's office, 61 Beach St.

Applicants are asked to bring proof of address and income.

The North Country Regional Economic Development Council has submitted its final plan, which focuses on 16 priority projects from around the seven-county region.

On Friday, Nov. 11, the council finalized and adopted these items for the region, which is composed of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties.

The plan, “Transformational: Leading the Economic Renaissance of New York’s Small Cities and Rural Communities,” can be found at www.northcountryopenforbusiness.com.

CANTON – United Helpers’ Maplewood Campus in Canton recently raised the American flag on its new flagpole.

The flagpole is the gift of the Canton VFW Post 1231; American Legion Post 74 of Potsdam; North Country Savings Bank; Maplewood Veterans Les Peters, Bob Parmer, and Gerry Pike; and Maplewood staffers Bernie Bezio, Angel Smithers and Patience Boswell.

MORLEY – The Morley Volunteer Fire Department is having a memorial tree for the holiday season for loved ones who have passed away and for the soldiers overseas during this time of year.

Donations of $5 per memorial with the person’s name submitting donation and those being remembered can be mail to: Morley Volunteer Fire Department Memorial Tree, 7220 County Rt. 27, Canton, NY 13617.

All memorials and remembrances will be placed in the newspaper after the new year.

The fire department will have its tree lighting ceremony on the evening of Friday, Nov. 25 at 6 p.m.

POTSDAM – Julian’s Restaurant will hold a Beaujolais Nouveau Party Thursday, Nov. 17 to benefit the Potsdam Holiday Fund.

Choose between an entrée package from 6 to 8 p.m. or an appetizer packs from 8 to 10 p.m.

Either package is $50 per person or $95 per couple.

Music will be provided by A Fine Line.

The full menu is listed at www.julianspotsdam.com.

Call 274-9300 for reservations.

To The Editor:

The civic partners for the 2011 Fall election season’s Conversations with Candidates and the Potsdam Dissolution Programs would like to thank those who made this year’s broadcasts possible.

Our grateful thanks to Dan Dullea of the Center for Excellence in Communication, and his students in Digital Video Production and Mass Media Communication at Clarkson University.

To the Editor:

I would like to address this letter to all those who are eligible to vote on the proposition for the Norwood Library. I am writing to urge you to support the Norwood Library with your vote on Tuesday, Nov. 15.

As I traveled around the village of Potsdam early this Sunday morning, I couldn’t help but notice the many cars parked on the streets and the many parking tickets attached to those cars’ windshields. As it was a weekend morning and the cars were parked outside of college rental housing, I assumed the cars belonged to college students, some of whom may have been in no condition to drive home last night. By not driving home, some of those college students made the responsible choice to keep themselves and others safe. Their reward for their show of responsibility is a parking ticket?