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Ogdensburg man allegedly raped, strangled woman
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - A 28-year-old Ogdensburg man is accused of raping and strangling a woman. City police arrested Dylan Hoover last Friday and charged him with felony counts of first-degree rape, second-degree strangulation, and first-degree coercion. He’s also charged with a misdemeanor count of second-degree menacing. According...
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...
Ogdensburg to auction off 15 properties seized for unpaid taxes
OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - Property taken for unpaid taxes will go to the highest bidder in Ogdensburg. The city hopes to get land and homes back on the tax rolls. Ogdensburg will auction off 15 properties, including one on Pickering Street on May 7. “We foreclosed on them. Some...
Injuries, training and retirements driving overtime expenses in Ogdensburg’s fire department
OGDENSBURG -- Injuries, potential retirements and a lack of firefighters available to fill positions is causing financial troubles for the city. In a presentation Monday City Comptroller Angela Gray shared projected $280,000 short fall in the fire department budget due to overtime. The problem, despite the recent hiring of six...
Heuvelton team in finals of world’s largest student rocketry competition
HEUVELTON, N.Y. (WWTI) – A team from Heuvelton Central School is among the 100 national finalists in the American Rocketry Challenge, which had a record-breaking 922 teams and 5,000 students from 45 states enter this year. The 100 finalist teams will compete at the National Finals Fly-off on May 18, in The Plains, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. Teams […]
Coast Guard commissions new marine safety unit at Fort Drum
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (WWTI) — Introducing the world’s newest Coast Guard unit. The United States Coast Guard commissioned its newest unit, Marine Safety Unit Thousand Islands on Tuesday, April 23 on the Fort Drum Military Installation. MSU Thousand Islands falls under the U.S. Coast Guard’s Ninth District, which covers the entire Great Lakes region. Real […]
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...
How a yellow dot could save your life
CANTON, New York (WWNY) - What does it mean when you see a yellow dot on a car window? For first responders at a crash scene, it means there’s important information in the car. St. Lawrence County Sheriff Rick Engle is driving home the point of the Yellow Dot...
JCC to hold military affiliated information session
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Jefferson Community College is offering an information session to help people affiliated with the military enroll in college. Betsi Bentz is JCC’s director of community services at Fort Drum. She says the session can help military folks figure out what benefits they’re entitled to.
NNYCF hands out awards from Community Fund for Theresa
THERESA, N.Y. (WWTI) – A pair of grant awards from the Community Fund for Theresa totaling $4,500 will support new historical markers along Route 37 and the launch of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library by the Theresa Free Library. The Community Fund for Theresa is a permanent grantmaking fund of the Northern New YorkCommunity Foundation […]
Memorial Service/Celebration of Life for Vicki Payne (Brown)
OGDENSBURG -- Memorial Service/Celebration of Life for Vicki Payne (Brown) Location: Ogdensburg Moose Lodge - 662 Crescent St, Ogdensburg, NY. Details: Please join us to celebrate the life of Vicki Payne (Brown) at the Ogdensburg Moose lodge at 2pm on Saturday, April 27. There will be appetizers and lunch served.
April 27: Philadelphia United Methodist Church pancake breakfast
The Philadelphia United Methodist Church will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Saturday, April 27. The meal will run from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. and will have pancakes, French toast, waffles, bacon and sausage, juice, milk, coffee or tea. The cost of the meal is $10. All funds will be used for the church’s […]
Spring fishing underway on Wellesley Island
WELLESLEY ISLAND, New York (WWNY) - Many have put away the ice picks and shanties and have brought out the fishing rods as we head into the spring season. Our lives can get busy with work, family and other priorities, but at the Minna Anthony Common Nature Center, they want to remind folks that it’s important to take the time to enjoy nature.
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...
PlayPenn Reveals Four New Shows For its 19th Season
1 Ben Platt Will Embark on 'The Honeymind Tour' Beginning This Summer; Full List of Dates!. Founded in 2005, PlayPenn has entered its 19th year of operation. This season also marks the third since the organization's resurgence. To celebrate, this July, PlayPenn will present readings of four new plays, adding to their already innumerable canon, which notably will soon be archived at The Free Library of Philadelphia.
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