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Hand in Hand daycare opens satellite center in Harrisville
HARRISVILLE, N.Y. (WWTI) – Hand in Hand Early Childhood Center has opened a new campus in Harrisville as of Wednesday, April 24. The coordination between Hand in Hand, Harrisville Central School District, Development Authority of the North Country, Northern Border Regional Commission, and Lewis County Planning and Community Development Department has made the arrangement possible. […]
DANC sets schedule for this year’s household hazardous waste collection days
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Development Authority of the North Country has set its schedule for household hazardous waste collection days for 2024. The organization and their partners will be sponsoring five free household hazardous waste collection days this spring and fall to help residents in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties properly and safely […]
Hermon-DeKalb CSD Board of Education supports reducing speed limit on Route 11
DE KALB JUNCTION, N.Y. (WWTI) – A north country school board is urging lawmakers to help slow traffic down around their school. During the Monday, April 8 meeting of the Hermon-DeKalb Central School District Board of Education, members voted unanimously to once again encourage state lawmakers to lower the speed limit along a stretch of […]
Saying goodbye to 7 News reporter Sean Brynda
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - We say good luck to a 7 News colleague who is leaving us to move on in his career. Sean Brynda has worked out of our bureau in Canton for the past 2 plus years covering St. Lawrence County. From murder trials and fires to...
Ogdensburg woman held without bail after fentanyl bust
MORRISTOWN, New York (WWNY) - An Ogdensburg woman is jailed without bail for allegedly possessing fentanyl. The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office arrested 44-year-old Melissa Gordon and three Rochester residents during a traffic stop Wednesday night. Officials say Gordon was in a vehicle with 30-year-old Dennis Felder Jr., 26-year-old...
Blast from the Past: 1998 Fort Drum training
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - This week on Blast from the Past, we go back to 1998 when family members got a front-row seat to training on Fort Drum. Watch the story by then-reporter Patrick Sammon on Friday on 7 News This Evening at 6 p.m.
Border Patrol, Jefferson Co. Sheriff’s recover over one million smuggled cigarettes
THERESA, N.Y. (WWTI) – United States Border Patrol and the JeffersonCounty Sheriff’s Office seized more than $300,000 in smuggled cigarettes earlier this month. Border Patrol agents were called in by sheriff’s deputies after a Sunday, April 14 traffic stop on State Route 411 in Theresa. The vehicle allegedly held more than one million cigarettes in […]
Gouverneur Fire Department rescues pair on Yellow Lake
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (WWTI) – The Gouverneur Fire Department made a rescue of two kayakers on the Yellow Lake Wednesday afternoon. The lake is located a few miles west of the village. Fire personnel were dispatched to the lake just after 3:20 p.m. after getting a call about two people were on shore with exposure to […]
Barbecue to raise money for region's K-9 officers
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - There’s a chicken barbecue fundraiser coming up to support the north country’s K-9s. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Christian Hughes and K-9 Lafferty were on 7 News This Morning to talk about it. It’s sponsored by Northern New York K-9. You can...
Researchers hunt for ‘living fossil’ in Oswegatchie River
RENSSELAER FALLS, New York (WWNY) - Researchers at Clarkson University are partnering with U.S. Fish and Wildlife along with the state Department of Environmental Conservation to find and track a rare fish on the Oswegatchie River. According to Professor Tom Langen of Clarkson’s biology department, the mooneye fish is a...
Air Force training at Fort Drum could get noisy
FORT DRUM, New York (WWNY) - It could get noisy around Fort Drum starting Thursday. The U.S. Air Force will be training starting at 5 p.m. on Range 48 in the Fort Drum training range complex. Large munitions will be used during the training, so people — especially those who...
Highlights & scores: From the diamond and the lacrosse field
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Heuvelton hosted Harrisville on the softball diamond and it was Massena taking on Heuvelton in girls’ lacrosse. - Top of the first: The Pirates scratched for two bases-loaded walks and a 2-0 lead. - Top of the second: Ava Bearor scores on a wild...
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