Potsdam News

Honored: Aimee Raymonda, registered nurse, was named Massena Memorial Hospital's Employee of the Month for June.

Two college presidents started work in St. Lawrence County this month. They face similar challenges, but there are plenty of differences between them.

St. Lawrence County Arts Council's "Art in Motion" festival filled downtown Snell Hall with drumbeats, theatre games, painting, poetry, and sculpture and more on June 15. Len Mackey, a Potsdam native, entertained the crowd of young artists, teachers, parents, and staff during a noon concert of West African-style music on the lawn.

President Barack Obama should have felt right at home in his overnight visit to Germany, with summer weather that felt more like Washington than Berlin.

Steven Amador, 22, Potsdam, has been charged with second-degree criminal contempt, a Class A misdemeanor, in an alleged violation of a court stay-away order violation.

A Winthrop man who pleaded guilty in February to performing oral sex on a 13-year-old handicapped girl was back in court Monday.

A truck driver from Indiana reportedly suffered a broken nose, a facial laceration and multiple bruises to his face during what police have described as a road rage incident Friday night in the village of Potsdam.

As New York's legislative session wraps up this week, some of the major issues we've been hearing about for the last while remain unresolved, and it's looking like at least some of them aren't going to get resolved in this session.

Someone has sprawled disgusting graffiti all over Potsdam village, but the worst offense is some vulgar language on the plywood covering the gas pump at the former Market Street Sugarcreek store.

They are Alyssa Cutler of Norwood-Norfolk Central School, Miranda Hazelton from Parishville-Hopkinton Central School, Kyle Frederick from Potsdam Central School, and Kylie McKinley of Colton-Pierrepont Central School.

The Amvets post 282 will host a classic car and truck show Sunday, July 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the West Potsdam Bingo Hall.

Joann C. Ellis, 37, of Norfolk was charged with speeding in a school zone at around 8:50 a.m. on Lawrence avenue.

A Potsdam-area man faces several charges following a domestic dispute where he allegedly choked a female and threatened her with a knife duirng an argument that took place in front of a small child.

The 2012 Potsdam Central varsity girls soccer team was honored as the Booster Club Cinderella Team of the Year at the annual Sports Awards Banquet held earlier this month at the Kingston Middle School Gym.

Canton-based state police charged Dennis J. Stephenson, Jr., 18, of 236 Barker Road, Potsdam, withpetit larceny stemming from an investigation sUNDAY AFTERNOON at Walmart in Potsdam.

Dennis J. Stephenson Jr., 18, Barker Road, Potsdam, has been charged with petit larceny for allegedly shoplifting several articles of clothing, a 12-pack of soda, and assorted candy from the Walmart in Potsdam without paying.

Dairy farmers - and their workers - have a lot at stake in the immigration debate under way in Washington.

The following students have been selected for inclusion on the dean's list for academic achievement during the spring semester at St. Lawrence University.

The ticket is returnable in Potsdam Village Court on 06/28/2013 at 08:30am. 0947 Patrol completed a traffic stop on Market Street.

Earl F. Bonno, 61, Winthrop, and Roger E. Fadden 48, Canton, were in an accident with their vehicles at about 8:15 a.m. along County Rt.