BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week

St. Lawrence County Sheriff Candidate Patrick ‘Rick’ Engle, R-Lisbon, has now been endorsed by four unions whose employees work for the Sheriff’s Office and the Massena Police Protective Association.

Engle is challenging Undersheriff Sean O’Brien, R-Ogdensburg, for the Sheriff’s job. Both candidates are expected to appear on the Republican ballot, forcing a primary race in June.

BY JEFF CHUDZINSKI
North Country This Week

MASSENA — Village Mayor Greg Paquin’s tentative 2023-24 budget has come in $200 under the projected tax cap.

Paquin presented the tentative budget during the village board’s March 20 meeting.

According to Paquin, the budget could come even further under the tax cap after budget sessions are held over the next few weeks.

POTSDAM — The next Clarkson University Science Café talk titled “Fueling our Future with Clean Energy Conversions” will be held this evening (Thursday, March 23) at 7:15 p.m. at the Potsdam Civic Center community room, 2 Park St.

The need to achieve a significant reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases to forestall climate change is critical, says the presenter Prof. Simona Liguori (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, CU). It is now imperative that we transition to more environmentally friendly processes, as well as to using sustainable energy sources and alternative

MASSENA — The Massena Rotary Club has been hosting its annual Pancake Day, Massena’s official spring coming out party, for over 60 years. This year’s event will be Saturday, March 25.

Rotarians and friends will cook pancakes with real butter and New York State maple syrup.

Massena Rotary’s famous sausage will also be served along with coffee, milk and juice.

The breakfast will go from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The cost is $10 which also includes a 50/50 raffle ticket.

Children 7 and under eat for free.

POTSDAM — SLC Arts will host four events to celebrate National Poetry Month this April.

National Poetry Month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to celebrate and bring awareness to the artform.

On Tuesday, April 4 from 5-6:30 p.m., Creatives Rebuild NY Artist Karyn Crispo will hold a poetry workshop, “The Healing Power of Poetry: How it Serves Us All” at the SLC Arts Temporary Storefront located at 45 Market St. There is a $5 minimum registration fee.

PIERREPONT — A Hermon man was charged with driving while intoxicated and other offenses in connection with a Feb. 12 accident on County Route 29.

A county sheriff’s deputy charged Andrew J. Burwell, 37, with driving while intoxicated, a class D felony, on March 22. Burwell had two prior DWI convictions, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

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