By MAUREEN PICHÉ

Patrons of any library in St. Lawrence County can now download free e-books and audiobooks onto their smartphones, computers, mp3 players and portable e-readers by visiting the North Country Library System website.

The system has launched its new eMedia Library in Lewis, Jefferson and Oswego counties, too. Library card holders can check out and download digital media anytime, anywhere by visiting www.northcountrylibraries.org.

CANTON -- Even though she was a member of an opposing team, members of the St. Lawrence University women's ice hockey team wanted to do something to help Yale player Mandi Schwartz battle leukemia, so they planned an event to encourage enrollment in a national bone-marrow registry.

Schwartz passed away on April 3, but to honor her memory, "Be The Match" will go on at St. Lawrence, on Monday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Winston Room of Sullivan Student Center.

POTSDAM – The second annual Golden Knight Shootout JV and Varsity High School Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament plays out at Clarkson University Friday night, May 13 and all day Saturday, May 14.

Each team is guaranteed five games with the top two teams from each division competing for the shootout championship.

Play will be in Alumni Gymnasium and the IRC Field House at Clarkson University.

The cost is $300 per varsity team, $450 if you bring JV team.

The deadline for registration is May 11.

HOPKINTON – The date for Hopkinton-Fort Jackson Town-Wide Garage Sales has been set for May 28 and 29.

Call Georgia at 328-4168 before May 16 to be placed on the map.

Placement is free.

By CRAIG FREILICH

Some vacant lots and woodlands in St. Lawrence County are selling for two or three times what they would have a few years ago, according to several local assessors.

And prices for houses, on average, appear to have regained whatever ground they might have lost since the collapse of the real estate bubble a couple of years ago, except in parts of Louisville and Massena, according to the county’s real property tax chief.

MASSENA -- Cable channel WNTS is developing “Minutes with the Mayor” hosted by Massena Mayor James Hidy.

Twice a month, Mayor Hidy will appear with guests to discuss the vital issues facing his administration and the community.

The programs will be broadcast Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6 p.m.

WNTS broadcasts from 3 to 7 p.m. on cable channel 1501 in Massena, Potsdam, Canton, and Gouverneur.

For more information contact WNTS at 764-9037 or [email protected].

MASSENA – The Friends of the Massena Library will hold a spring book sale Thursday, April 14 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The bag sale will be held Saturday, April 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

All major categories available for children and adults.

Most prices range from 25 cents to $1.

Members of the Friends will have a chance to preview the sale Wednesday, April 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Many library patrons donate books from their own collections, from estates, or from their rummage and garage sales.

CANTON – A rummage sale will be held at St. Mary’s School gym Friday, April 15 from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. with a bag sale Saturday, April 16 from 8 a.m. to noon.

For more information, contact 386-3572.