Black River News

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies charged David J. Rothar, 32, of 24379 Main St., Black River, with disorderly conduct after he allegedly argued with deputies during a traffic stop.

Bruce Pinkham, who works in the water filtration plant and is vice president of the city employees union, submitted his plans for retirement last week to the city.

Dormant for months, the North Side Improvement League will be making its new, smaller home in a former machine shop at 475 VanDuzee St., just on the north side of the Black River.

ReEnergy Holdings LLC, Latham, has requested that the state Public Service Commission extend energy credits for its Lyonsdale wood-chip cogeneration facility, and this would be a wise move.

Heather L. Chamberlain, 37, of 1403 State St., Apt. 2, was charged by city police at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at 100 Black River Parkway with first-degree criminal contempt for violating a stay-away order of protection.

It's the middle of summer and the city's pothole crew is still battling the results of December's ice storm and the north country's long, hard winter.

Thomas R. Riley, 45, of 31797 County Route 143, Black River, also was charged Sunday night by the Black River-Evans Mills Police Department with first-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, reckless driving and failure to comply.

Little Theatre of Watertown is scrambling to find a new venue to host performances after leaving the Black River Valley Club, whose building is expected to be sold to Purcell Construction Co.

A village woman was charged by state police with second-degree identity theft after she allegedly gave a false name to get cable.

The Lewis County Chamber of Commerce's 25th annual RiverFest will return Aug. 2, providing a leisure-filled day on the Black River for paddlers.

Crowds will pay homage to 97-year-old World War II veteran Sheldon W. Jones on Saturday during the 43rd annual Canadian-American Festival parade on Broad and West Main streets.

Noting the difficulty to enter the small park, Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham said it's time to look at reopening the city-owned Veterans Memorial Riverwalk to vehicle traffic once again.

A Watertown man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a child over a three-year period while he lived in Black River.

The Black River Valley Club plans to create rental apartments on the under-used upper floors of its historic downtown building, in a venture with Purcell Construction Co.

Two men have been named in indictments unsealed Thursday in Jefferson County Court alleging they participated in a robbery in 2012 in which marijuana and other items were stolen.

Located within the Watertown Urban Mission at 247 Factory St., the thrift store had a soft opening July 2 of its mostly renovated space.

Mayor Jeffrey E. Graham isn't sure it's a good idea to spend more money on the deck at Maggie's on the River.

The guest speaker at the Christian Lake Bible Conference, 355 Perkins Mill Road, for Monday through Friday will be Pastor Jack Young of the First Baptist Church of Black River, Jefferson County.

Glenn LaFave, the retired manager of the Hudson River Black River Regulating District, has agreed to pay back $5,000 he got through abuse of the district's flex-time and vacation policy.

The city is completing major repairs to the century-old dosing station dam that stops untreated water from leaking into a settling coagulation basin in the Black River.