Chateaugay News

A proposed $8.8 million project at Chateaugay Central School will add pre-K space, replace the roof and build a new gym - and it won't raise taxes.

Here's a rundown of how many absences were reported Thursday at area schools that were able to supply numbers: Beekmantown Central School District: Students - High School, 90; Middle School, 50; Beekmantown Elementary, 56; Cumberland Head, 20; Faculty - High School, 3; Middle School, 3; Beekmantown Elementary, 5.5; and Cumberland Head, 3.5.

A local woman is now being held without bail, accused of killing Ravin Miller and then staging his death to look like a suicide.

New York State Police arrested Kathryn A. Shoemaker , 33, of Chateaugay, NY on charges of 2nd-Degree Murder in connection with the death of Ravin H. Miller of Churubusco NY.A Police say that on August 20th, 2009 at 11:40 am, the state police received a report of an apparent suicide in Churubusco.A Ravin Miller was found deceased inside his ...

The prime suspect in the strangulation death of Ravin Miller has pleaded not guilty.

State police crime scene investigators spent Tuesday searching the home 776 Route 52 in Chateaugay looking for evidence in the homicide of 51-year-old Ravin Miller.

A woman who had ties to Ravin Miller has been charged with his murder. Kathryn A. Shoemaker, 33, of Chateaugay was taken into custody by New York State Police late Tuesday night and charged with second-degree murder.

State Police spent Tuesday afternoon conducting interviews and searching a Chateaugay home in connection with Ravin Miller's murder.

Fire gutted this manufactured home at 7775 Route 11 Thursday afternoon, but the cause of the blaze is still under investigation.

Gov. David Paterson came to Malone Tuesday to announce that St. Lawrence Gas will get $2.5 million to extend its natural-gas pipeline through Franklin County.

A Chateaugay man will spend 11 2 years in state prison for trying to force his wife's car off the Chateaugay Bridge, which has an 11-story drop.

Ten area school districts started class last week, but most students in the region were in their first day of classes Tuesday when President Obama's speech aired.

Eight improvement projects will receive a total $3.1 million in state grants across the North Country.

More charges have been filed in connection with the killing of farm animals earlier this month.

CHATEAUGAY, N.Y. - State police say two teenagers have been charged in the fatal shootings of livestock on two northern New York farms.

State Police in Chazy arrested Brian D. Cole , 16, of Clinton, NY and Alex R. Hough , 17, of Mooers Forks, NY following their investigation into the recent fatal shooting of livestock in the Towns of Ellenburg and Chateaugay.

New York State Police are investigating a pair of deadly farm shootings. Police are trying to figure out who shot and killed three sheep and a llama at the Kirbside Gardens in Chateaugay.

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State police are investigating the shooting deaths of several sheep and a llama at a farm near the Canadian border in northern New York.

A local contractor accused of swindling an elderly couple out of thousands of dollars has been arrested again.