Sackets Harbor News

The momentum to ram through a property tax break for the developers of the Galloo Island Wind Farm has slowed down to allow for more public consideration and a broader understanding of what is at stake in the proposed giveaway of tens of millions of dollars.

Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto, The Adjutant General for the State of New York, announces the promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capabilities for additional responsibility and leadership.

Jefferson County homeowners, dairy farmers and small businesses will pay the price in higher taxes to subsidize tax breaks for developers of the Galloo Island Wind Farm under the terms of a tax agreement worked out with the Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency.

Three enlisted Fort Drum soldiers face indictments alleging they participated in the assault of two 10th Mountain Division officers.

Liverpool native Greg Evans performs with Remington at Jazz Central in February 2008.

Sackets Harbor Central School students and community members gathered in the school gymnasium Tuesday morning for a Veterans Day celebration to honor service members from the village of Sackets Harbor and the town of Hounsfield, and to educate students about Veterans Day.

Yesterday, Tom Scozzafava - CEO of Seaway Valley Capital Corporation, and owner of North Country firms Hacketts, Alteri's bakery, and Sackets Harbor Brewery - executed yet another reverse split of his Seaway Valley stock.

It isn't every day that a person in Watertown can find a U.S. vice president in the 600 block of Mill Street.

Jefferson County Clerk JoAnn M. Wilder will leave a much different office than she inherited 20 years ago, when she made her first bid for elective office.

As you travel around the town of Hounsfield, you will see a dozen different signs for candidates in the upcoming election.

A Sackets Harbor man was hospitalized after being stabbed at a Watertown restaurant on Sunday.

I was extremely fortunate a few weeks ago to be able to attend my third Rachel's Challenge assembly that was held, this time at Jefferson Community College and to hear for the first time the founder and father of Rachel: Darrell Scott.

WHO:Dean C. Anthony, a licensed master social worker, who works with Family Counseling Service, meeting with individuals who have battered family members and their families.

People with vocal talents who want to get into the Christmas spirit a little early are invited to join the combined Sackets Harbor Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Trinity Festival Choir and Orchestra for a Dec.

It seems a lot like a State Senate version of the television show Wife Swap. Not necessarily by agreement, State Senators Darrel Aubertine and Cathy Young swapped districts for a day.

The Hounsfield Town Council got two clear messages from residents who turned up Wednesday for a public hearing on proposed changes to the zoning law.

Hacketts now shuttered store in Canton, which used to be Wise Buys, and before that, Ames.

We in the North Country have reason to wonder if Gov. David Paterson is with us or against us, when it comes to the War of 1812.

Months before what would have been its 100th anniversary, Hulett & Sons Jewelers in the Hacketts store is preparing to close for good.

A wet start to the summer and an uncertain economy slowed business for shops and sites along Lake Ontario and the St.