POTSDAM – Highlighting stroke awareness, Canton-Potsdam Hospital is reminding individuals of the importance of stroke awareness and prevention, and the advantages of using a primary care provider.

MADRID – St. Lawrence Valley Paddlers host the 21st annual Madrid Canoe Regatta and St. Lawrence County Flatwater Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10, on the Grasse River at Madrid Municipal Park, Rt. 345.

C-1, C-2, Amateur Marathon (9 mile), C-2 Pro, and recreational races will be featured.

An amateur marathon race, for single-place kayaks and one- and two-place canoes, runs for nine miles with one portage, starting at 11:30 Saturday.

A three-mile recreation race for several classes of craft starts at 11:45.

CANTON -- The Grasse River Players and Edward Opera House will present the annual Melodrama Weekend, Sept. 14-15, and they are setting up auditions.

The play "Bushwhack at the Railroad" will be presented.

For auditions visit the yellow beach umbrella booth in the village park on Saturday, June 2, after the Dairy Princess Parade.

GOUVERNEUR -- A Gouverneur man and woman were charged with harassment following a domestic dispute that occurred in April.

Charlotte L. Aldridge, 43, and Justin A. Aldrige, 22, were both charged wtih two counts of second-degree harassment. New York State Police say the charges stemmed from a fight that involved physical contact in April.

WADDINGTON -- Voting in the Ultimate Fishing Town contest ends at 6 p.m. tonight, and Waddington, lingering in second place, seems to have little chance of overcoming their deficit.

This morning, Olcott, N.Y., a town on Lake Ontario, had amassed 132,000 votes, compared with Waddington's nearly 78,000. That's 6,000 more votes than yesterday morning for Olcott, and 3,000 more for Waddington.

POTSDAM -- The St. Lawrence County Office for the Aging is in need of a volunteer or a group of volunteers to deliver meals to shut-ins within the village of Potsdam on Tuesdays between 11 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

There is an immediate need starting next Tuesday, June 5.

If you or your group is looking for a way to volunteer or you know of anyone who could volunteer, contact Diane McCormick at the Office for the Aging at 386-4730.

OGDENSBURG -- The Greater Ogdensburg Chamber of Commerce’s annual Car-B-Que is set for Saturday, June 2.

A parade of classic cars will begin at Walmart and continue along Ford Street to the Visitor’s Center. Each year, the Chamber kicks off summer with a show of cars displayed along the waterfront on the lawn of the City Marina.

CANTON -- The St. Lawrence County Industrial Development Agency and the St. Lawrence County IDA Local Development Corporation will hold a special meeting Thursday on the Canton Industrial Park Building Project proposal and an initial project resolution for Affinity Potsdam Cottages Project.

The meeting was at 8 a.m. at the Best Western in Canton.

CANTON -- Winners of the 2012 Canton Free Library Battle of the Books, the Super-tastic Squad Force will continue on at a regional tournament in Gouverneur June 9.

In second place were The Unnormalz with Alberta Nash, Amanda Kendrick, Lexi Bessette, Xiomara Oey-Langen and coach Christine Nash, and the third place winners were The Thundering Thinkers with Morgan Hopper, Delaney Hayes, Elizabeth Bascom, Noah Longshore and coach Rebecca Bascom.