Sackets Harbor News

New French & Indian War Book Invites Travelers to Follow NY-PA Byways Sackets Harbor, NY -- A new guidebook to 19 French and Indian War historic sites invites travelers to follow three state and nationally-designated byways to forts, battlegrounds and freshwater destinations in New York and Pennsylvania.

Several state and national historic sites across New York are hosting events and activities on the Fourth of July.

U.S. Gen. Zebulon Pike. Lingering confusion over the exact location of the general's grave has prompted Pike family descendants a ' including math professor David Pike from Newfoundland's Memorial University a ' to seek the exhumation of some bones to conduct DNA testing.

The expected Republican candidate for Jefferson County Clerk will also get the Independence Party line on the November ballot.

The Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center has announced summer hours. The three-story, nine room interpretive center at Ray and West Main Streets on the Sackets Harbor waterfront will be open daily from 10 am to 5 pm from July 1 through September 7, 2009.

As a graduate from Syracuse University with a master's degree in international relations, Jana Morgan was hoping to help victims of human rights violations caused by resource wars.

Plug-in electric vehicles have come to the north country. Bruce H. Chamberlain, Sackets Harbor, and his son, Eric, Baldwinsville, and three other partners are selling electric vehicles through Evergreen Electric Vehicle Co.

The Jefferson County Historical Society's Victorian Garden Luncheon and Fashion Show is at noon Tuesday, July 7. Reservations will be accepted until Friday.

Great Lakes Seaway Trail Experience the Journey In Print & Online Sackets Harbor, NY - The four, sparkling, big waters of the St.

Watertown State Police checked 23 retailers for underage alcohol sales, writing tickets to two clerks.Mohan Singh Chhokar, 68, at the Arsenal St.

About 200 people, all a part of a group called the Pike Family Association, are looking for answers about their most famous namesake.

Name that byway! As part of their commitment to community service, Key Bank Vice President of Banking Steven M. Pierce and Debra L. Sephton of Key Banka TMs Business Banking Group volunteered to upgrade the Americaa TMs Byways display at the Great Lakes Seaway Trail Discovery Center in Sackets Harbor, NY.

Saturday marked the third annual 1812 Beer & Wine Festival, with miniature mugs and music for all.

A burglary suspect broke into a self-storage facility in Watertown and may be connected to a number of similar break-ins across the area, according to State Police.Christopher R. Gadway, 31, no address listed, is charged with burglary and more charges are possible, investigators said.Police say Gadway cut the lock on a storage unit at the Store ...

The University Plaza shopping center will be losing its anchor store following Monday's announcement that Hacketts will close in mid-July. "Canton was taking a little bit from the Potsdam, Ogdensburg and Gouverneur stores.

A new group for artists could be a breath of fresh air for its members. Robert P. Hedden, Wellesley Island, has formed Plein Air Painters of the Thousand Islands Region.

"Agriculture has never been an hourly business," said David G. Porter, Porterdale Farms, Dry Hill Road.

Three North Country communities have been awarded economic stimulus funding for water system upgrades, according to the Governora s office.Governor David A. Paterson today announced clean water projects selected to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding.

Frank Reynolds' letter published May 20 suggests a move afoot to process all outgoing mail from every 136 zip code in Syracuse.

The faded color and worn edges of this "Bow Ties" quilt bespeak the toll of the long days of World War II in the Netherlands.