Gouverneur News

Gouverneur-based state police charged David E. LaBarge, 30, of Massena with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell following a stop at 7:45 a.m. Monday on Route 11 in the town of Gouverneur.

Mark D. Bigelow, 40, of 15 School St., was charged with offering a false instrument and making a punishable false written statement by Gouverneur Village Police at 7:55 p.m. Friday.

The bankruptcy of a large law firm, Howrey, could ensnare the 24 member communities in St. Lawrence and Franklin counties of the Alliance for Municipal Power, which was billed but never has paid $3.2 million for services toward establishing a public utility.

When the St. Lawrence County Planning Board meets on Thursday, they'll be reviewing a proposal to open up a Nice N' Easy convenience store in downtown Massena.

A Gouverneur woman was sentenced Friday in Jefferson County Court to 10 years' probation for broadcasting a sex act with a child over the Internet to her husband in Afghanistan.

A Gouverneur woman was jailed on $2,000 bail after she allegedly harassed another person over the phone, St. Lawrence County sheriff's deputies said.

A Richville man was sentenced Monday in St. Lawrence County Court to 10 years' probation in a 2010 rape case and five years' probation for damaging farm equipment.

Victoria A. Clark, 19, of 760 Jonesville Road, was charged by Gouverneur village police at 10:15 a.m. Friday with petit larceny.

Ashley J. Neuroth, 25, of 6 Washington St., was charged at 8:45 p.m. Friday by village police with criminal contempt and criminal mischief.

St. Lawrence County celebrated the return of summer and the work of the area's dairy farmers Friday and Saturday at the annual Dairy Princess Festival.

E. J. Noble Hospital will be closing its health center in Harrisville now that their application to the New York State Department of Health to do so has been approved.

St. Lawrence Sheriff Detective and Deputies arrested Kevin J. Roddy, 49, of Ogdensburg, today after a lengthy investigation into larcenies at the St.

John H. Shippee, 23, was charged Tuesday with a single misdemeanor count of criminal contempt, St.

Brian A. Simmons, 34 of 65 Bullard St., was charged Saturday with petit larceny by St.

St. Lawrence County STOP-DWI announced today that St. Lawrence County police agencies will participate in a special enforcement effort to crackdown on impaired driving.

Governor Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet are hitting the road to push his proposal to create tax-free zones for businesses that set up shop on or near public college campuses in New York.

The Renewal House 20th annual Mother's Day 5K Fun Run and Walk was recently held at the Remington Recreation Trail, Partridge Run Golf Course.

Search warrants executed at two village homes turned up a cache of electronic items allegedly stolen from vehicles in recent weeks, Gouverneur police said Wednesday.