Fire rips through SUNY Canton building, closes campus

CANTON — Firefighters spent hours Friday at SUNY Canton’s Cook Hall, where there was an explosion in a chemistry lab on the north end of the building just before noon.

Hounsfield officials prohibited from plowing church lot

Town of Hounsfield has been informed it cannot help plow parking lot of Sulfur Springs Methodist Church. Job had informally been done with town plows for decades.

• Hounsfield officials prohibited from plowing church lot
• Alex Bay longtime clerk-treasurer replaced
• New Watertown Masonic Temple owner looks to the future
• Krol submits proposal for city manager search
• Jefferson County couple’s alleged crime spree ends in Herkimer County
• Watertown man accused of punching woman in face
• LeRay to cut down trees to prepare for Jefferson Road project
• IDA calls special meeting on pension losses
• DEC opens comment period on former Adams tire site
• Watertown woman accused of altering prescription form
• Pulaski man charged in check forgeries
• Pulaski woman’s check bounced at Watertown medical practice
• Two women accused of shoplifting at Burlington Coat Factory

• Fire rips through SUNY Canton building, closes campus
• E.J. Noble Hospital unveils addition
• Defense attorney upset by prosecutors in Oxley trial
• Gouverneur has public hearing to over-ride tax cap
• Ogdensburg council ready to review housing administrator
• HUD awards money to improve public housing
• Macomb man charged with alleged assault
• Madrid board endorses funding for improving Route 11
• Village of Rensselaer Falls secures land for new playground facility
• Gouverneur man will stay in prison
• Madrid board endorses funding for improving Route 11
• Stranded town of Oswegatchie deer swims to safety

• Defense Department expands roles for women
• Uncertainty clouds political process
• Schools to receive millions in aid
• SUV destroyed in Henderson garage fire
• Clayton man charged with rape
• Three Mile Bay man surrenders after his run from police Thursday
• Country star Blake Shelton booked for DPAO concert
• Carthage Central board presents capital project plans
• Watertown woman claims she was fired for reporting alleged fraud
• Cape Vincent wind projects merge; BP taking over Acciona’s St. Lawrence Wind Farm
• Local paragraphs
• Artist buys Masonic Temple building
• Watertown Urban Mission receives furniture from Fort Drum buildings
• Status of the Woolworth Building restoration still up in the air
• Brownville man cited with harassment of neighbors

• Uncertainty clouds political process
• SUNY Canton cancels classes
• Comptroller criticizes Clifton
• Create A Can gift shop reopens today in Ogdensburg
• Canton school may face 44 job cuts
• Health ministries form new front line of care
• Lisbon approves changes to site plan review
• No help for deer stuck on Oswegatchie rocks
• What the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators Did
• Clifton, Fine receive money for healthy living
• North Country Technology Symposium seeks presenters
• Watertown woman claims she was fired for reporting alleged fraud
• Ogdensburg council members call housing rehabilitation work substandard
• Horse diaper law rejected
• Ogdensburg waterfront planning process moves forward
• Defense continues to paint Webb as a suspect in murder trial
• Fifth resignation in past two years leaves Morristown school board one member short
• Norwood awarded town study grant
• Police identify victim; release autopsy in Ogdensburg fatal accident
• Fire destroys Hopkinton home; kills family pet

• Comptroller DiNapoli outlines employees ineligible for benefits
• Company may bring 50 jobs to Watertown warehouse
• Crumbling Upstate sewers need federal funding, Schumer says
• Watertown woman’s vehicle hit bollard at Flower statue
• Watertown woman arrested after she helped wanted man escape, deputies say
• Taxi driver from Chaumont cited with welfare fraud
• Maggie’s Liquor License denied
• Senator Schumer secures Federal Impact Aid for local schools
• Herrings board votes to sell land to mayor
• Wednesday lottery results
• Local paragraphs
• Planners mull consolidating JCJDC with JCIDA
• JCC to host Financial Aid Day
• Oswego County fishing numbers impressive
• Schools facing more extreme cuts
• Scrap metal company to open at old Black Clawson site
• New PT routes for Fort Drum released
• Black River teen given prison term for stealing, using credit card
• JCIDA head addresses town supervisors’ concerns
• Two council members question topic of executive session
• Teen drops and breaks glass pipe, revealing marijuana at Carthage school
• Adams man stole inspection sticker, state police charge

• Crumbling Upstate sewers need federal funding, Schumer says
• Schools facing more extreme cuts
• DEC reinstates walleye protection
• New teacher evaluations move forward in St. Lawrence County schools
• Ogdensburg Council members upset over use of housing program funds
• Massena officials approve tax cap override
• Bakery, doughnut shop will open in Ogdensburg in spring
• Pedestrian dies when hit by pickup on Route 37
• Massena temporarily extends lease on parking lot
• Defense witness says someone else killed Trickey
• SPCA launches new website
• Potsdam seeks funding for Farmers Market pavilion

• Little progress on consolidating primaries
• Seaway administrator rides rough seas
• State police seek witnesses to fatal Philadelphia crash
• Burglary at Cavallario’s Cucina in Watertown probed
• Man jailed after deputies say he smashed window at Pamelia motel
• Hounsfield man accused of dropping son, 5, while punishing him.
• Former Fort Drum soldier sentenced in Oswego County
• Alexandria Bay woman cited with use of stolen credit card
• Deferiet officials choose companies for first phase of joint water project
• General Brown nearing completion of recent capital projects
• Planning Board rejects zoning change for CFM apartment project
• Tuesday lottery results
• City Council to establish policy on private street names
• DEC to review climate change plans
• Henderson seeks quote for painting its office
• Council discusses city manager search
• Lowville man faces prison term for punching man, breaking bones
• Watertown’s bus ban excludes some teams
• Cape Vincent enacts 7-month wind moratorium
• Committee to review potential Sandy Creek fire district
• Ft. Drum teen nominated for national award
• District continues review of budget
• Wounded soldiers will get chance to play sled hockey
• Watertown man poked holes in wall during domestic fight, police say
• Watertown police cite woman in debit card theft

• Little progress on consolidating primaries
• Seaway administrator rides rough seas
• Massena man admits to stealing from Coast Guard
• Some question using fire trucks in protest
• Ogdensburg authority board passes on changing free bridge crossing policy
• Massena Rod & Gun Club crowded by federal agents
• Erin’s Isle restaurant changes ownership
• Wounded soldiers will get chance to play sled hockey
• Potsdam village gives support to Route 11 improvements
• St. Lawrence County buys financial software

• Man’s protest in Watertown takes aim at Owens vote
• Health care law changes and debate continue
• Carthage man allegedly lit sleeping woman’s mattress on fire
• Redwood woman charged in alleged Watertown burglary
• Dexter man charged in marijuana sale at General Brown
• Monday lottery results
• Local paragraphs
• Motorists charged with DWI, DWAI
• Former Fort Drum woman pleads guilty to charge she burned son with iron
• JCC offers financial aid informational events
• Jobs now available at Florelle Tissue plant
• Zoo rounds down cougar name submissions to five
• Cape Vincent ZBA: Wind moratorium does not affect Rob Shimp’s personal turbine
• Funds available to nonprofits for tree planting
• Berow & Monroe building may go back to former owner
• Watertown Dental Health Group to open orthodontics practice this month
• Sandy Creek to discuss forming fire district
• Watertown man charged with obstruction

• Judge announces 4th District Supreme Court run
• Grand jury voted to indict Trimm
• Hassett supported by Firemen and EMS volunteers
• Hassett supported by firemen and EMS volunteers
• Police find more evidence in Wing murder
• Mohawk man indicted for excavating contaminated property
• Family who lost home in Ogdensburg fire needs help
• North country youth participate in national March for Life
• Prosecutors rest in Oxley trial; second juror dismissed
• Forum participants discuss Norwood-Norfolk cost-saving measures
• Area school counselors gather today at SUNY Canton
• Zoning change in Madrid not final, but business opens anyway
• Man accused of harassing woman
• Heuvelton man accused of stealing from Walmart

• Synthetic marijuana use prompts health concerns
• One killed, three injured in five-vehicle crash near Philadelphia
• Police find Glen Park man dead at crash scene
• Watertown man accused of trying to hamper search for runaway
• Sunday Lottery
• Adams to commission study on water use
• Local leaders discuss mandate relief at NYSAC conference
• Champion fundraiser sells out in 30 minutes
• Duffy pledges engagement on BRAC issue
• Owens cheers bill on insider trading
• Lacona man charged with assaulting his brother
• Hounsfield man jailed on assault, endangerment charges
• Philadelphia teen accused of improperly having medications
• Watertown man accused of unlawfully possessing guns
• Woman injured in Friday crash at Academy and South Hamilton
• North Meadow Street woman charged with allowing underage drinking
• Watertown men accused of playing music too loudly
• Second General Brown student charged with having marijuana at school
• Rochester woman charged with having drug paraphernalia on Arsenal Street
• Sandy Creek woman charged with opening accounts using daughter’s ID

• Massena mails sidewalk shoveling reminders
• Nedrow man gets prison time for bringing drugs from reservation
• Massena Housing Authority considers smoking-policy change
• Local leaders discuss mandate relief at NYSAC conference
• Meeting scheduled in Postdam on farm bill
• SUNY Canton sees application boom
• Rescue workers train even on a Sunday
• Workforce board issues RFP
• Waddington man opens insurance agency
• Museum curator helps identify artist’s works as real, fake
• Canadian man faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment for smuggling aliens at Lisbon Beach
• Owens cheers bill on insider trading

• Fickle winter weather jeopardizes farmers’ alfalfa crops
• Owens, Doheny campaigns plan to mirror Obama, Romney
• ‘Environmentally friendly’ plan met with fanfare at river conference
• Butler: Crow hazing should include shooting birds
• Super Science Saturday draws hundreds to JCC
• Annual chili cook-off benefits community
• Elderly Pulaski man dies following apartment fire
• Nine motorists charged with DWI
• Prepping for party time: restaurants, bars roll out specials and giveaways for Super Bowl
• Study shows Fort Drum-area housing need not met
• Watertown man accused of punching and kicking woman
• Watertown man charged with pushing infant-holding ex-wife
• Watertown man charged with pistol possession
• Fort Drum man charged with State Street assault
• Fort Drum man accused of breaking window at State Street bar

• Vandals target Potsdam’s budding trees
• Unstable ice keeps fishermen off Massena canal
• Massena teen’s bomb case held for grand jury
• Clarkson receives $1.4 million grant to study Great Lakes
• Sustainability talks set at SUNY Canton
• SLED dog races in Massena; no one says “mush” anymore
• Massena BDC reconsiders role in Mayor’s Automotive Coalition
• Attorney general: South Colton dog trainer must cease operations
• Kilcoyne Farms receives $261,077 grant to expand
• Ogdensburg bridal expo about more than weddings

• Schools to state officials: Where is the money?
• HEAP needed despite mild temperatures
• Watertown council to begin city manager search talks
• Duffy touts DNA databank in Watertown visit
• lottery results
• Utica man faces prison term for attempted drug sale in Jefferson County
• Carthage Area Hospital surgical unit dedicated
• Post transportation needs assessed in report
• DEC releases draft of spruce grouse policy
• Beaver Falls man charged in an assault at Denmark
• Watertown man faces charges in domestic fight

• HEAP needed despite mild temperatures
• Investigators close Norfolk murder scene, remains identified
• Ogdensburg free trade zone expansion approved
• Spilman appointed to Fowler board
• Northern Symphonic Winds playing benefit for Massena’s music program Saturday
• Medical examiner says Trickey was not shot
• Mohawk man indicted for excavating contaminated property
• Hannawa Falls fire department awarded federal funding for new truck
• St. Lawrence County organizes for sales tax increase
• Bishop of Ogdensburg rallies opposition to contraception rule
• Renovation of Housing Council home in Canton begins