Fort Covington News

In a few weeks, the dam that has blocked the Salmon River for nearly a century will be gone and the water, and fish, will have an open flow to Canada.

Comment on this story MONDAY, JULY 06, 2009 A hundred-year old dam on the Salmon River in Franklin County is coming down.

A judge has dismissed a sexual abuse case against a Fort Covington man accused of molesting a young boy.

Federal authorities are charging two Canadian men with trying to smuggle $1.5 million in Ecstasy across the border at the Massena port of entry.

The trend in hydropower these days is more dams are coming down than are being built .

Hubert A. Durant, 77, of Bombay, NY, died Saturday, June 13th, 2009, at CVPH Hospital in Plattsburgh, NY, after being stricken in his home.

The following people were charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Jessy J. Robinson, 27, Fort Covington, was charged by state police at 6:21 a.m. Saturday on Cushman Road in the town of Fort Covington.

Janice M. Lapage, 71, of Fort Covington, NY, died Saturday morning, June 13th, 2009, at the Massena Memorial Hospital in Massena, NY.A She had been a patient there since June 7th.

There are fewer cars with Canadian license plates in the parking lot of the St. Lawrence Centre mall these days.

The Seaway International Bridge remained closed a second day Tuesday as Canadian and St.

The Massena-Cornwall International bridge remains closed after 400 St. Regis Mohawks camped out, protesting Canada's plan to begin arming its border agents today.

The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe's land claim lawsuit is again appearing on St. Lawrence County's radar, three years after lawmakers abandoned a settlement to resolve it.

A Fort Covington woman was killed at the entrance to her driveway Monday when her husband pulled their car into the path of an oncoming truck.

David J. Rose A Franklin County man is accused of setting three fires in the hamlet of Fort Covington in April and May.

Sunday, May 10, 2009, 8:32am Injuries were reported in this weekend in two-car accidents in Stockholm and Gouverneur.

Fort Covington volunteers were sent out late Monday to the third suspicious fire on Water Street in four weeks.

Monday, April 20, 2009, 4:41pm State police have arrested a Fort Covington man for criminal mischief, an Ogdensburg woman for pot possession and a Massena teen for violation of probation.

Massena-based State Police charged Deylin M. Timmons, 22, of Fort Covington, NY with DWI after police initiated a traffic stop on State Route 37 in the Town of Massena for driving on the shoulder.

Monday, April 13, 2009, 11:58am State police last weekend charged three motorists with driving while intoxicated, two men with pot possession and others with burglary, manacing and unlawful possession of alcohol.

Massena based State Troopers logged three Unlawful Possession of Marijuana arrests on March 24, 2009.