Lowville News

Two village dogs were handed a death sentence Thursday night after getting loose on two occasions in the past month and allegedly biting five people, including a police officer.

On Saturday, June 9th from noon to 3 p.m. walkers of all ages can bring their canine companions to the Veteran's Memorial Park in Lowville for a day of fundraising.

Officials at Transitional Living Services of Northern New York are seeking a smooth transition Friday when they assume operation of Lewis County's mental health clinic.

A town of Lewis man was jailed Sunday on charges that he strangled and punched his girlfriend at his residence Saturday.

Lewis County sheriff's deputies charged Simeon L. Kent, 39, of 3264 James St., with fourth-degree criminal mischief, unlawful imprisonment, second-degree harassment and disorderly conduct.

A former U.S. Postal Service employee has admitted to stealing more than $20,000 from the agency while running a small-town post office in northern New York.

The Oneida County Sheriff's Department said Earl Greenfield, 54, was traveling north on Route 12 at 8:55 p.m. when he lost control of his 2006 Honda motorcycle and went off the east shoulder of the road.

An Evans Mills man was sentenced Tuesday in Jefferson County Court to four years in state prison for possessing controlled substances during a traffic stop in Watertown.

A 54-year-old Lowville man is dead after a motorcycle crash in the Town of Boonville Monday night.

The village Board of Trustees has agreed to file a lawsuit against Lewis County as a result of the reversal of a 1998 tax exemption on a watershed property in March.

Lowville nursing home gives the gift of music $4,000 GRANT: Facility buys iPods, headsets, music downloads personalized for residents You may use this copy for your personal, non-commercial use only.

Deanna R. Decker, 22, of 132 Bowers Ave., Apt. 3, also was cited with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to keep right in connection with an incident shortly before 2:20 a.m. Wednesday at Boyd and South Pleasant streets.

A village woman has been cited with allowing two dogs under her care to run loose last week, one of which bit two women.

'We certainly encourage everyone in the community to come and pay tribute and honor your neighbors and friends,' said Lewis County District Attorney Leanne K. Moser.

Steven C. McHarg, an eighth-grade student at Augustinian Academy in Carthage and senior patrol leader with Boy Scouts Troop 162 in Lowville, told county legislators at a recent meeting that he expected to begin fundraising this month.

Krystal A. Rupert, owner of the Rupert Law Firm, was appointed recently by town councils in Harrisburg, Montague and Pinckney to preside over their courts through the end of the year.

For years, a number of people in Lewis County have been looking to develop miles of old train-tracks into a tourist line, but Tuesday those plans came to a major halt.