WINGING IT

Adel Lawson, Clayton, right, makes a butterfly using coffee filters, markers and clothespins during a workshop Monday at the Fairgrounds YMCA in Watertown for people who will be operating summer programs. The event was sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Jefferson County.

• Bill seen as threat to family farms
• Hoffman lacks votes to catch Owens
• Mail switch reaction mixed
• Denny's on Arsenal to reopen on Sunday
• Chaumont, Cape Vincent struck by power outage
• Drum contract in fraud report
• Belleville Henderson welcomes new roof early
• City man sentenced to four years in prison
• Gouverneur woman dies in two-vehicle collision
• City sales tax revenue falls short of projections
• Proposed wind law pulled from county meeting agenda
• Knitters busy making hats for U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan
• Developer defends plan to rehabilitate site, open used car lot on State Street
• Great American owner given loan to purchase store's land
• Families welcome children in adoption celebration

• Regular vaccine supply falls short
• School board: city's payments too slow
• MED adds charge to bills
• Canton initiates 'curriculum mapping'
• Potsdam trustee voices concern over cost of library project
• Massena pellet plant to get $250,000 grant
• Ogdensburg plaza demolition will start soon
• Variance brings apartments a step closer
• Rape case to be presented to grand jury
• Water-main break closes Morristown school
• Norfolk cedes property for Fire Department lot
• Inmate credits classes for new attitude
• Recreation Dept. making changes
• Group blasts proposals for $16m
• Canton graduate Robarge honored as Human Rights Hero
• Curator fleshes out forgeries

• Hoffman letter says groups 'tampered' with vote results
• VA clinic to move to CANI building
• Ag chief asks Congress to solve the dairy crisis
• Cape wind hearing probably canceled
• Theresa levy to rise 50.4%; town expects sales tax drop
• Watertown City School District accepting nominations for 2010 Hall of Achievement
• Ex-dispatcher admits stealing from her union
• Man to serve 10 years in prison over assault
• Parents pushing for class's return
• Power prices continuing to rise
• Grant will aid parking at Carthage farmers market
• SBDC to offer energy-efficiency session
• Sustainable Community grant applications due

• Council weighing Massena hospital plans
• Police say trooper, another person hurt in intersection crash
• Holiday Fund accepting applications past deadline
• Village needs plans, survey before accepting water tower
• 'It's a good place to be'
• Fourth tug joining effort to free ship
• Lowe's store in Potsdam schedules Dec. 4 opening
• NNY man accused of workers' comp fraud
• DEC to let Gouverneur complete parking lot
• Morley Fire Department seeks $10,000 for pumper
• CD release concert Sunday to benefit Hospice of NNY
• Lisbon makes changes in response to state audit
• Farmer headed to D.C. to lobby
• Ogdensburg may ax jobs, farm some services out

• Hirschey squeaks out Cape Vincent win
• Hoffman's 'miracle' not likely as votes counted
• CitiBus monthly pass is proposed
• Galloo Island PILOT talks are reined in
• Airport project bids come in low
• Fire hits Pearl Street site, in container used by homeless man
• Audit finds city schools violate purchase policy
• District judge approves Hart House foreclosure
• Web site tells where donated funds go
• 2 Watertown teens charged with stealing from vehicles
• Denny's to reopen Sunday; official opening Monday
• City Council fills positions; all will take effect Jan. 1
• Area police report incidents of driving while intoxicated
• Incentives attract social workers
• Dexter man charged with assault in city
• Winter apparel sought for needy

• St. Lawrence's budget hikes levy $2.8 million
• Student accused of rape at dorm
• SLU recital hall project given $1.75M
• County sets date for Medicare cutoff
• Air service discussions reveal split among airports
• Grand jury indicts four in drug bust
• Canadian ship runs aground in St. Lawrence
• Border agency to hire an aboriginal liaison
• Hacketts in Canton to reopen within days
• Asbestos cleared at Civic Center
• Potsdam OKs tax deal for Health Care Zone
• Work begins on construction of street to customs building
• Man arrested on charge he robbed man Sunday
• OBPA: plane stored as favor
• Seaway Valley Polar Plunge in Massena raises cool $12,500 for Special Olympics

• Transmission line gets no support
• STATE OFFICIAL TOURS PROJECT
• Snow dump lacks policing
• Actress visits city school to spark interest in literature
• Seaway, river group agree to disagree
• Hearing on farm issues set at JCC
• Watertown girl, 17, arrested after disturbance Sunday
• Sackets presentation set on colonial shipbuilding
• Storage facilities plans in LeRay move forward
• Man found guilty on cocaine charges
• H1N1 flu vaccines offered at schools
• Food drive contributions significantly less this year
• Dexter native planning run for state Senate seat
• Syracuse Symphony losing familiar executive director
• Buyers looking at meat plant

• Buck attacks Moira man
• County could lose a deputy position
• Potsdam shelter to receive Stockholm strays
• Maginn resigning as justice; job 'too disruptive' to his life
• Canton supports changes to project
• St. Joseph's home site is back on market
• Seaway season will end Dec. 29 after dismal year
• BOCES reinstating auto repair program
• Ex-Burger King employee accused of stealing on job
• Psychological review ordered for rape suspect
• Meeting to quell concerns over Potsdam's homework policy
• Massena willing to put rink at former school
• Massena church pastor honored as Woman of Year

• Joint court project will go on despite cost
• Edible Arrangements offers fruitful gifts
• Grass fire in Adams started with apparent open burn
• Some Indian River projects lagging behind schedule
• Nominations are sought for 2009 Shapiro award
• $16,000 in 'buy local' funds awarded
• 3 establishments fined for violating state health codes

• Pataki named in $10m lawsuit
• Tipping fee could rise to cover operations
• Cape Air has competition in its bid for a new contract for Saranac Lake, Plattsburgh routes
• Tribe to vote on buying building
• Five people face charges of driving while drunk
• 'Mystical Journey' stresses healing from within
• Living Waters Christian Store fills niche market in Potsdam
• Three jailed on drug, weapon counts
• Canton board OKs 4th apartment on Park Street building
• County Legislature moves special meeting to Tuesday
• Ski trails at Big Tupper could soon reopen
• Water district expands
• Inmate's appeal denied by court
• Village cancels its fire contract
• Holiday of Lights includes hayrides Nov. 27 in Canton

• Carthage parade collects food
• Third-graders' studies looking up
• 26 youths charged with underage drinking
• Watertown schools plan to apply for solar array
• NNY motorists charged with DWI
• NNY counties receive $187.6m from American Recovery Act
• Cape budget trims wages
• Estate files wrongful death lawsuit
• City Planner Hoffman leaving post as of Nov. 30
• SAMARITAN EXPANDS ITS ER
• Job Corps orientation, interviews set for Dec. 2
• Police still lack contract
• AIDS patients in need of 'angels'

• City library eyes setup of district
• Siblings offer samples of their cider in Massena
• County considers Medicare Part B cutoff
• APA OKs change to land classification
• Former Norfolk school closer to being apartments
• Holes in town building patched
• Group building mobile hatchery
• Planned Grasse River hydro dam's federal studies complete; state in works

• Cape slates hearing for law on wind
• Soldiers put skills to work
• City voting Monday on car-lot permit
• Soldiers indicted in attack on officers
• Police: man ran under moving railroad car
• Arcade eatery owner will redo Beef & Brew
• Installation of gas main will affect Woodruff Street

• Ticket yields $1m for couple
• Owners to close longtime grocery
• Clarkson fraternity accused of serving alcohol to minors
• History Channel to profile NNY man killed in WWII
• Parishville breaks ground for $1.5 million highway garage
• Potsdam, hospital negotiating PILOT deal
• Massena Elks, Rotary clubs sponsor wine, food tasting
• Massena businessman's road repair saves village DPW 'a lot of money'
• Massena business honored with 'Works for Me' award

• Vote: Hoffman closes in on Owens
• Fort Drum honors veterans
• Galloo Wind Farm PILOT gives more to town
• Rutland seeking federal grant to rebuild Middletown Road
• Three injured, taken to Upstate Medical after head-on crash in town of Diana
• Senator says he's fighting new plate fee
• Victims of DWI invited to gather
• Agency seeking program participants
• Pregnant women offered free flu clinic on Monday
• Hockey tournament leads to public skating changes
• Man charged with DWI after crash into hydrant
• Orleans audits show excessive reserve balance
• New signs to lead to attractions in the city
• City DPW employees add parking spaces on Square
• Hospital welcomes orthopedic surgeon
• Medical university to hold sessions on JCC offerings
• After 2 years, Black River library ready to expand

• Midtown Plaza’s parking lot once again subject of dispute
• County divided on use of funds
• Two jailed after drug raid; police seize cocaine, $5,000, guns
• Village recount ignores 'blanks'
• Company revises turbine-part delivery schedule
• Woman's stabbing sentence will stand
• Some members picked for NYPA funds task force
• Hammond to interview Planning Board candidates
• City considers letting county do planning
• Ogdensburg project easy on taxpayers