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Lisbon student accused of making terrorist threat
LISBON, New York (WWNY) - A 13-year-old Heuvelton boy is accused of making a terrorist threat at Lisbon Central School last week. According to state police, the boy, whose name is withheld because of his age, made the threat to other students on April 25. Troopers say those students reported...
Law enforcement day in St. Lawrence County: on the ground, in the air
CANTON, New York (WWNY) - Tuesday was Law Enforcement Day in St. Lawrence County. The St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department teamed up with New York State Police to show off their vehicles and give demonstrations to more than 400 children from 12 school districts. The event was held at the St. Lawrence County Correctional Facility in Canton.
Phone systems at Canton-Potsdam Hospital restored after brief outage Monday
CANTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – Phone service was restored at Canton-Potsdam Hospital after an outage on Monday. According to a post on the St. Lawrence Health System Facebook page, service was restored around 7 p.m. Monday night. SLIC has confirmed there was an outage that affected multiple organizations.
St. Lawrence Health building named after Former Chief Executive Officer
CANTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – Former Chief Executive Officer of St. Lawrence Health (SLH) and President of Canton-Potsdam Hospital (CPH), David Acker, served for 16 years before he retired in 2022 and the organization agreed the naming of one of its buildings would be a fitting tribute to him. The David B. Acker Regional Administrative Campus […]
Can New York achieve clean energy goals while protecting wildlife?
For bats, rock crevice roost sites across Central New York are prime habitat. It gives the animals the food and conditions they need to survive fall migration. But, for a state racing to adopt renewable energy, the land is prime for something else: wind turbines. The benefit to farmland is its promise of deforested terrain with high-voltage transmission lines nearby.
Potsdam Chamber of Commerce approves new member
POTSDAM – The Potsdam Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors approved the membership application of a new member, Second Glance. Second Glance NNY LLC is a dynamic fusion of two businesses, Mama & Me Creations and DillaboughDesigns and Kids Finds, LLC, in one convenient location. Mama & Me Creations,...
Hermon-DeKalb CSD pushes for a school zone on Route 11
DEKALB, N.Y. (WWTI) — A ten-mile-per-hour decrease. That’s what the Hermon-DeKalb Central School District has requested from the New York State Department of Transportation. During a meeting on April 8, the District’s Board of Education voted unanimously on a resolution that encouraged state lawmakers to lower the speed limit along NYS Route 11 near the […]
Recap: BassmastHER Workshop at St. Johns River
Experience BassmastHER with this recap video from our workshop event at the St. Johns River. Remember to register for our upcoming workshops at Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala., on June 15, and at St. Lawrence River in Waddington, N.Y., on Aug. 17.
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