Canton News

Canton-based state police charged Debra L. Ormsbee, 48, of Canton with a felony count of aggravated driving while intoxicated and endangering the welfare of a child and ticketed her for operation of a vehicle with inadequate stop lamps following a stop at 9:42 p.m. Saturday on Pollock Road in the town of Canton.

As they gathered in caps and gowns before Saturday's commencement ceremony, the line of students and faculty snaking through the sunny campus plaza, SUNY Canton's class of 2013 recalled their time at college.

One of the few contested races for school board seats in the region is in Potsdam, where voters will be electing three board members from a field of four that includes a former board of education member, two newcomers and only one incumbent.

The academic leaders for the class of 2013 at Hammond Central School are Rachael Hodgdon, valedictorian, and Coral Mahay, salutatorian.

Nearly 50 students and staff from the Massena Central School District's Delta School of Choice, as well as some parents, pleaded with board of education members Tuesday night to save their school, which is on the chopping block for the 2013-14 school year.

Parishville's BirchBark Bookshop has been a St. Lawrence County institution since 1990, but a new shop in Canton and the creation of an online business model signal a new chapter for the booksellers.

Canton-based state police charged Rachel G. Durgan, 22, of Heuvelton with petit larceny after responding to a shoplifting complaint at 3:55 p.m. Monday from the Potsdam Walmart store.

After serving for four years on the Colton-Pierrepont Central School Board of Education, Jo Ann Roberts is looking for a second term on the board, as is her opponent Scott A. Baxter, who served one term on the board from 2008 to 2012.

Town board members decided Monday evening to scrap the original version of a proposed law that would allow people to raise chickens and cockerels in the town's residential zones.

SUNY Canton's Student Government Association President Nafeesa Nafeesa Johnson will be addressing her classmates.

Ronnie J. Labrie, 30, of 24361 Route 11, Calcium, was charged by state police with aggravated DWI at 10:43 p.m. Thursday near his home.

We've heard it time and again: rigor is one of the most important aspects of a college student's application.

Thomas J. Delosh, 27, of 332 Pollock Road, was charged Friday by state police with criminal possession of a stolen credit card and forgery.

About 50 vendors will be offering their wares in a new flea market set to open Wednesday in Midtown Plaza off Miner Street.

Canton-based state police charged Thomas J. Delosh, 27, of Canton with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and second-degree forgery Friday afternoon following an investigation into an incident reported to troopers at 2:58 p.m. April 25 from the village of Potsdam.

Moore's Hill Lilacs, a small nursery raising more than 25 varieties of lilacs, will be open Saturdays and Sundays in May from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located on the farm established by Truman Moore in 1832, the lilac nursery is a project of Cliff and Janice Westerling.

Vehicles driven by Mary L. Aiken, 60, South Colton, and Richard A. Barbant, 74, Canton, were in an accident on County Rt.

A new children's book by Canton writer Mary Sue Seymour includes illustrations by a young artist from Ogdensburg.

Police investigating a motor vehicle accident at Pine and Lower Pine Streets issued a ticket to Anne M. Snell, 33, Potsdam, for allegedly failing to yield the right of way at a stop sign.

After nine days of testimony, more than two-dozen witnesses, closing arguments and about four hours of deliberation since Monday afternoon, nine men and three women filed into a St.