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| Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 5:57 am MASSENA — Due to a recent theft of about $200 worth of donated bottles, the Massena Humane Society is no longer accepting donated bottles at their facility. Bottles and cans can now be brought to the... More >> |
| Sunday, March 12, 2023 - 9:43 am OGDENSBURG -- A Buffalo man was charged Friday with a felony while incarcerated at Riverview Correctional Facility, according to state police. Joel Dean, 25, was charged with assault while confined in... More >> |
| Saturday, September 17, 2022 - 9:46 am By Brain Paige AKWESASNE -- With wall to wall sunshine night number one of the Mohawk Nationals were set to go with a full field of Dirtcar 358's, the 9th annual Pete Mitchell Memorial race for the Di... More >> |
| Sunday, August 14, 2022 - 9:35 am NORFOLK -- A Massena woman was charged with driving while intoxicated following investigation of a property-damage accident earlier this year on State Highway 56, according to St. Lawrence County sher... More >> |
| Tuesday, January 25, 2022 - 12:06 pm Arial headline font Arial headline font bold Arial Black headline font Arial Black headline font bold Book Antiqua headline font Georgia headline font bold Georgia headline font bold Helvetica head... More >> |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - 9:02 am CANTON — Atlantic Testing was recently awarded $220,000 by New. York Power Authority’s board of trustees for building structure improvements. The funding supports a multi-year expansion that improves... More >> |
| Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 11:48 am POTSDAM — A Russell man was charged with unsafe movement of a stopped, standing or parked vehicle, police say. Richard L. Knox, 68, was charged following a two vehicle accident that occurred on Market... More >> |
| Tuesday, August 10, 2021 - 6:19 am Above is the Zach Shaw family. Photo submitted by Judy Fuhr. COLTON — Canoeists and kayakers hit the water this past weekend for the ‘Round the Islands canoe race sponsored by the Higley Association.... More >> |
| Friday, July 30, 2021 - 6:09 am NORWOOD – A Norwood-Norfolk high school graduate is broadcasting Tokyo Olympic soccer games to viewers around the country. Jenn Hildreth, a 1995 graduate of NNCS, has announced men’s and women’s socce... More >> |
| Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 5:19 pm Forty one new cases of COVID-19 were reported today (Tuesday, Dec. 15) in St. Lawrence County. The total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases to-date to 1,503. Three hundred and seventy five ca... More >> |
| Friday, December 11, 2020 - 8:37 am BY MATT LINDSEYNorth Country This Week The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is expected to announce if and when winter high-risk sports will be allowed to start in St. Lawrence C... More >> |
| Monday, August 31, 2020 - 5:34 pm North Country school districts pursuing grant funding to support bullying prevention and character education programs can apply to the Daniel J. Briggs Fund for Integrity of the Northern New York Comm... More >> |
| Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 1:28 pm WADDINGTON -- The Gallery at Lake Saint Lawrence Arts is doing a new approach to classes during the pandemic. People can together with up to four adults or teens who you regularly associate with. Pick... More >> |
| Friday, June 28, 2019 - 4:39 pm BY BILL SHUMWAYNorth Country This Week These are sad days for Ogdensburg and Canton with the recent announcement that the Ogdensburg Journal and the St. Lawrence Plaindealer are shutting down. The clo... More >> |
| Friday, June 14, 2019 - 3:33 pm While most Facebook posts are seen fewer than 1,000 times, headlines for stories posted on NorthCountryNow.com and in North Country This Week are seen between 48,000 and 70,000 times. Most stories ab... More >> |
| Friday, June 14, 2019 - 3:22 pm The NorthCountryNow.com Facebook page has nearly 18,000 followers but as the “Insights” above shows, many posts are only seen 1,000 to 2,500 times, as displayed in the “Reach” column. Only occasiona... More >> |
| Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 9:28 am BY BILL SHUMWAYNorth Country This Week Looking for an environmentally friendly way to keep weeds out of your garden? Put down a layer of newspaper and cover it with soil. Surprised? That’s just one ex... More >> |
| Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 10:34 am As a parent to outdoorsy boys and pet owner I am greatly concerned with the lack of true information available to North Country residents about Lyme disease and other tick related diseases/ co-infecti... More >> |
| Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 9:48 am I am a parent who raised three children, who all have their own families and have responsibilities,. It is a task in itself to keep their heads above water and together as one family. They all hold go... More >> |
| Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 6:34 am I wonder if the recent debacle over a church and the zoning laws in Canton would go a different way if that church was of the Islam faith instead. More >> |
| Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 6:46 am The Judson Street Road in Canton has to be in worse shape than any other road I have driven on in St. Lawrence County. There are so many big, beautiful homes on that road and they must be paying a for... More >> |
| Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 7:47 am Updated at 2:30 p.m. to remove names of specific businesses because North Country Now does not accept criticism of local businesses in Sound Off. North Country Now regrets the error. Rick Gilchrist ow... More >> |
| Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 7:42 am I had the experience of passing down the pot holed filled street that the NYSDOT just paved last November. Potsdam’s Pierrepont Ave. -- what a joke. Most of the blacktop is on the curbside. When will... More >> |
| Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 10:41 am Parents, do your job! I have teacher friends from three different school districts. When each have reported that teachers at their school have had to deal with verbal threats from students, their cars... More >> |
| Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 7:17 am Intelligent and wise men like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were greatly concerned about the dangers of religious intolerance. Religious intolerance, throughout history, has led to the violation... More >> |
