Willsboro News

The Essex County district attorney's decision to drop drunk-driving charges against a former town supervisor could become an issue in her campaign for re-election. In 1984, then-Essex Town Supervisor James R. Morse Jr.

A former town supervisor who allegedly ran over two women while driving intoxicated in 1984 recently had another DWI charge against him dropped for lack of evidence.

The New York Agricultural Development Program has announced 19 new projects that focus on improving the efficiency and profitability of North Country-specific agricultural production.

The Iron Center Museum in Port Henry will open for the season June 20. Located at Park Place, adjacent to the Moriah town hall, the museum gives visitors a glimpse at the iron ore mining and railroad industries when they flourished in the community.

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There's a new art exhibit in New York's Essex County that's all about Lake Champlain's Champ.

Protest efforts have already had some success. Gov. David Paterson's office Wednesday announced the creation of a hot line specifically for calls pertaining to the lake access permit issue: 518-474-8390. Renewed unrest over the lake access permit system began May 12 when the Hudson River Black River Regulating District Board voted to submit a new ...

Officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Department charged workers from five area businesses for allegedly selling alcoholic beverages to minors.

Five people were cited for selling alcoholic beverages to minors during a sting operation Saturday night in eastern Essex County.

Crown Point jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and never looked back as they cruised to a 16-1 victory in the MVAC softball championship May 22.

We have received many Speakout submissions about Willsboro Central School cutting its band program.

A school in a small rural town in upstate New York, where 98 percent of the students are Caucasian, may have little to offer in terms of concrete lessons in diversity, but partner that school with one in New York City's Harlem community, where 99 percent of the students are African American and Hispanic, and diversity becomes more than an abstract ...

When Ralph Jaquish became Moriah fire chief in 1959, he had one truck and a handful of volunteers.

Tied 3-3 after match play, the Panthers won by virtual of two fewer overall strokes.

We've had a lively debate here on the In Box over teacher compensation. What about the broader question: Is the current public education model sustainable, given declining support from Albany? Can property taxpayers contribute more? If not, what should go? Fewer teachers? Fewer programs for special-needs kids? Willsboro is cutting its music program ...

The New York State Assembly passed a bill tonight that would extend marriage to same-sex couples by a 89-52 vote.

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Ticonderoga's Anthony Barnao slides home safely as Peru's Jacob Kelly applies the tag.

The Press-Republican gave readers plenty of opportunity over the past month to comment in Speakout about the tenure issues at Plattsburgh High School and Beekmantown Central School.

Sam Earl tossed nine strikeouts for the Beavers, but some costly errors in the late innings allowed Crown Point to pull ahead in MVAC Baseball April 22.