BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week

OGDENSBURG — Plans to sell an out-of-service Ogdensburg fire truck failed in a 3-1 vote.

The 1994 Quint fire truck was sold at an Aug. 4 auction for $7,100.

Voting against the bid was Councilor Nichole Kennedy who said, in speaking with others, she believed the bid was too low.

Because only councilors Steven Fisher, John Rishe, Kennedy and Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly were present the measure failed with only one dissenting vote.

Pictured above, Walters rounds second and heads to third base. Submitted photo.

POTSDAM – Curt Walters, Class of 2014 at Potsdam Central School, is a part of the Pasco Stars Special Olympics softball team.

He has been selected to compete in the Special Olympics North America Softball Championships in Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 15-18.

POTSDAM -- SLIC Network Solutions will be rebooting a server which will cause the Potsdam Fire Departments emergency line to be down for approximately 10 minutes.

This will take place at 2 a.m. on Wednesday Aug. 10.

In the event of an emergency, dial 911.

The station can be reached during the outage by calling 315-265-4397.

MASSENA – The public is invited to a special “Loving NY” event Friday, Aug. 12, from 3-6 p.m., hosted by Massena Police Activities League (PAL).

The event will be held at Massena PAL, 30 Bayley Road., with a greeting, followed by an in-house cornhole tournament, silent auction and networking.

Hamburgers and hot dogs will be served.

The event’s purpose is to bring together businesses and leaders in support of providing youth with beneficial opportunities.

Earlier, PAL members will have a talent show, silent auction, cornhole and kickball games from 12-3 p.m.

HOPKINTON — The Hopkinton Food Pantry, located inside the town hall on church street, will stage a food distribution Friday, Aug. 12, from 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Distributions are held every second Friday of the month.

Constantine Darie, a sophomore at Potsdam Central School, has won two prizes from the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA): one for the Young Composers Honors Concert and another for the Electronic Music Composition Showcase. His compositions “Waves” and “Other Side” will be performed at the NYSSMA Winter conference in Rochester, December 1-3.

POTSDAM -- Four SUNY Potsdam softball players were named Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes for the 2021-22 academic year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Junior Emily Beck (Lowville, N.Y./Beaver River), junior Anna Grottola (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot), freshman Rebecca Holmes (Lawtons, N.Y./North Collins), and sophomore Hope Sandor (North Salem, N.Y./North Salem) were honored with the award.

To the Editor:

I attended the post-primary press conference held by registered Republican Susan Duffy in Ogdensburg when she announced her intention to stay in the 116th Assembly race on the Conservative line.

After she spoke, Susan opened the floor to questions from reporters and anyone in attendance. She did not shy away from one question or deflect one time. This is the confidence and transparency we need from an elected official in today's political climate.