Massena News

The Empire State Development Corp. Board of Directors approved a grant Thursday of up to $250,000 for Curran Renewable Energy, a wood pellet manufacturing facility that opened this year in the Massena Industrial Park.

North country airport officials say a one-size-fits-all approach to providing air transportation to Massena, Ogdensburg and Watertown may not be the best way to meet the needs of three very different communities now served by one federally subsidized Essential Air Service contract.

A Massena man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl must undergo a psychological evaluation.

Massena-based State Police stopped Lucas A. Mitchell , 37, of Hogansburg on State Highway 37 in the Town of Massena yesterday.

Patrick J. Curran took things into his own hands after village officials recently told him they didn't have the money to repair a badly damaged road leading to his wood pellet manufacturing plant in the Industrial Park.

Massena-based State Police arrested Martin L. Nemeth , 25, of Ithaca, NY for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance, one count of Controlled Substance Not In Its Original Container, and Following Too Close, subsequent to an investigation of a property damage accident on State Route 56 in the ...

Police seized drugs, weapons and cash in their search of a home in the village of Massena.Three suspects were arrested, two of them now facing felony charges.Massena Village Police say they got help from Immigration and Customs Enforcement as they used a search warrant at 258 Reed Drive.Seized: an ounce of cocaine along with marijuana, a loaded 9mm ...

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 11:11am Winthrop and Massena residents have been charged with trespassing in unrelated incidents, according to state police.

New York State Police based in Massena arrested Gerald L. Dissottle, Jr., 18, of Norwood.

State Police are asking for the public's help in solving four weekend burglaries in the Massena area: The Seaway Mini Mart, burglarized Friday evening Steve's Stop & Shop, Louisville, also burglarized Friday evening Erin's Isle restaurant, Brasher Falls, broken into overnight Sunday and early Monday B&W Quick Stop, Winthrop, also broken into late ...

A plan to build 12 single-family dwellings on a parcel that once housed the Lincoln School is officially dead, and the village Board of Trustees now is debating whether to sell the empty tract or turn it into a park for neighborhood children.

The Town Council's decision to sell a 16.9-acre surplus parcel returned to the community by the New York Power Authority has drawn criticism recently, but town officials involved in negotiating the sale say they made the best decision for the community given the circumstances.

Two more people were arraigned Thursday in St. Lawrence County Court over their alleged roles in a marijuana-smuggling operation that moved and distributed hundreds of pounds of pot throughout the north country.

Sunday, November 08, 2009, 10:12am A Norfolk man has been charged with sexual abuse, a Hammond man with drunk driving and a Massena teen with petit larceny, according to state police.

An Ogdensburg man was indicted by a St. Lawrence County grand jury for allegedly forcing his way into a home Feb.

St. Lawrence County's Board of Elections found itself facing problems with its Web site Tuesday night, and with voting machines during the day in Waddington and elsewhere.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 11:43am A Massena teen was arrested for criminal mischief and an Ogdensburg man for criminal impersonation on Tuesday, according to state police.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 11:44am Motorists were charged with drunk driving in Canton and Gouverneur and pot possession in Edwards and Massena on Tuesday, according to state police.

Town Supervisor W. Gary Edwards will not be getting the four more years in office he was hoping for.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 2:33pm State police investigated a three-vehicle crash in Potsdam, a personal injury accident in Massena, and one-vehicle property damage accidents Lawrence and Louisville Monday.