Cape Vincent News

At least some folks are doing all right with the gridlock-ridden State Senate. Lawyers are making as much as $750 per hour for representing the various sides in the half-dozen lawsuits filed so far in the fight between Republicans and Democrats for control of the chamber since the June 8 coup.

SARAH BOESVELD Last updated on Wednesday, Jul. 08, 2009 07:06AM EDT B y now, the residents of Wolfe Island, Ont., are getting used to the whirr and thump of wind turbines overhead.

State Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, sued the state Assembly on Monday in an effort to compel its clerk to deliver legislation to the governor that Mr.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo rejected a proposal Monday by good-government groups that calls for the governor to appoint a lieutenant governor to help resolve the four-week Senate leadership stalemate, saying doing so would be unconstitutional.

As New York's Senate standoff began its fifth week, Gov. David Paterson said he's considering appointing a lieutenant governor to preside over the session while senators tried to blunt rising public disdain by promising a power-sharing deal after weeks of name-calling and political plotting.

The following are the winners in the annual Greater Thousand Islands Literacy Council's writing contest.

As negotiations continue Sen. Darrel Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, has offered up a proposal to close out the session.

A crash in the Jefferson County Town of Clayton kills one man and injures three others.

Deputies say it happened at the intersection of County Routes 54 and 125 a little after 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

The body that monitors UK airspace is seeking a solution to the potentially disastrous problem of commercial and military aircraft disappearing in radar blackout zones caused by wind farms.

New York state Sens. Darrel Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, and Carl Kruger, D-Brooklyn, leave a meeting with Senate Republicans at the Capitol on Thursday.

Lately I have been reading the Letters From the People and decided to take a scenic drive along the river in Cape Vincent.

Recently a lady wrote you with a couple of complaints. One was the windmills on Wolfe Island.

It was all just a misunderstanding. State Sen. Darrel Aubertine's attempt to strike a deal with Sen.

The background noise in the town is not as loud as studies in two wind developers' statements say, according to a new study commissioned by the Wind Power Ethics Group.

The sun was sinking toward the horizon over Lake Ontario, its fading light painting the autumn sky orange and lavender, when the icon of the North filled the air with its haunting yodel.

The Jefferson County Board of Legislators have declared July 2009 as wine and grape month in Jefferson County.

After meeting for an hour behind closed doors, the state's top democrats and the Reverend Al Sharpton emerged with a proposal that once again calls for bipartisan control of the state senate with the expectation that the Governor will call a special session next Wednesday.

Empty Senate Chamber on June 12, 2009. The fiscal crisis didn't stop Democrats from increasing the Senate payroll 5% after grabbing control of the chamber in January, the Daily News has learned.

Democrats say they're not coming back to the Senate floor until the leadership issues are resolved.

The sun was sinking toward the horizon over Lake Ontario, its fading light painting the autumn sky orange and lavender, when the icon of the North filled the air with its haunting yodel.