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OGDENSBURG, New York (WWNY) - The city of Ogdensburg announced Friday that Lockwood Arena is closed until further notice because of a “catastrophic failure” of equipment that maintains the ice rink. What failed. The city is working with contractors to make the repairs. “The compressor unit that makes...
ALBANY, New York (WWNY) - Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $100 million for repaving projects at 68 locations across New York on Nov. 10. The money will repave 642 lane miles of state highways in every region of the state under the State Department of Transportation’s Harsh Winter Paving program, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
HOUNSFIELD, New York (WWNY) - North Country airports are affected by the Federal Aviation Administration’s nationwide ground stop on all departing flights. According to the FAA advisory, departures were stopped “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.”. It said there has been a temporary telecommunications outage.
The Oval Wood Dish Factory is located along the Raquette River corridor in the Adirondacks. Former industrial site will get new life as a mixed-use development in Upstate New York. Coined the “Crossroads of the Adirondacks,” the community of Tupper Lake in Franklin County, New York, is home to about...
The 146-mile-long Raquette River has long been a subject of Explorer reporting. Flowing from Raquette Lake in the central Adirondacks to the northern edge of the Blue Line, the Raquette River has historically served as a transportation channel, a destination for recreation and the site of dozens of hydropower dams.
NORWOOD, New York (WWNY) - Members of the Norwood-Norfolk boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams are headed to Queensbury to compete in the state championship Saturday. Multiple first responder agencies escorted the teams out of the school’s parking lot Friday morning. Video of the send-off shows community members...
POTSDAM, New York (WWNY) - Clarkson honor students cleaned gravestones this semester at Bayside Cemetery in Potsdam. One marble gravestone had been covered in algae, mildew and mold and was nearly impossible to read before it was cleaned. Cleaning effort. The students cleaned about 170 headstones this semester, using scrubs,...
CLINTONVILLE | Moriah wasted little time taking control of its first state playoff game in nearly a decade against a Section X opponent. The Vikings scored four touchdowns in the first quarter, including a defensive score, and built a 43-point halftime lead en route to a 43-14 victory over Tupper Lake in a NYSPHSAA Class D football sub-regional Friday at AuSable Valley.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE In Loving Memory of ADRIAN J. BUSH will take place SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Norfolk Fire Station #1, 2 Furnace Street, Norfolk, NY 13667. The family of Adrian J. Bush and the members of the Norfolk Volunteer Fire Department cordially invite family,...