Dexter News

About a year after the Tug Hill Commission created the Black River Initiative to gather ideas and garner funding to address a multitude of concerns along the river, many small projects are under way to improve navigation, recreation, economic development and water quality.

In the face of criticism from Industrial Development Agencies at the state level, Jefferson County's may separate its loan-making opportunities from its real estate responsibilities.

A man admitted to driving drunk during a December accident on Friday in Jefferson County Court.

State Police in Watertown conducted an Underage Drinking Initiative targeting retailers of alcoholic beverages in Jefferson County this week.

A city man was released from jail after pleading not guilty Tuesday to two sex charges in Jefferson County Court.

Cloudy skies were able to hide the sun but not the fun, according to those who attended the second day of the 32nd annual General Brown Weekend on Saturday.

A bitter herb spelled sweet success Wednesday for Siraj A. Sindhu, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Watertown who advanced to the semifinals at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The following face charges of driving while intoxicated and related offenses: Shannon M. Melinda, 25, of 1620 Huntington St., was stopped at 2:33 a.m. Saturday on the 300 block of Mill Street.

State police have identified the body found Friday afternoon in the Black River as Christopher D. Glennon, 46, of 14839 County Route 59, in Dexter.

A man whose body was discovered Friday along the Black River in Jefferson County has been identified as Christopher D. Glennon, 46, of 14834 County Route 59 , Dexter, state police said.

State police say a northern New York couple are dead after a two-car accident. Troopers say 58-year-old Albert Jackson and his 54-year-old wife, Carol, of Dexter were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at the intersection of 2 rural highways in Jefferson County, 100 miles north of Syracuse.

A man's body was discovered on the shore of Black River off Maynard Avenue in the village shortly before 3 p.m. Friday.

A Dexter couple is dead and another man was hospitalized following a two-car accident Thursday afternoon at Route 180 and County Route 3 in the town of Orleans.

Two children of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have threatened legal action against a planned film about their father, saying that the project did not have their approval, The Associated Press reported.

Deborah J. Carpenter of Carthage, NY was killed in a two-car accident yesterday at the intersection of Waddingham Road and Gould's Corners Road in the Town of Leray.A State Police in Watertown indicate that Carpenter was traveling east on Waddingham Road and entered the intersection with Gould's Corner Road.A Police report that a 2004 Ford ...

To see the drivers of two vehicles involved in a t-bone crash at the intersection of State Route 12E and County Route 53 Wednesday afternoon, it appeared they were old friends, but they, and their cars, had just met.

Los Angeles-based casting director Deborah Aquila of Aquila/Wood Casting has a special connection with actors: She studied acting at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York.

Jefferson County will be forced to buy $656,567 worth of road salt it doesn't want if its 29 towns and villages, the city and the city school district don't make another purchase by May 1. American Rock Salt, Mount Morris, is requiring the group to purchase at least 60 percent of the 37,075 tons it thought it would need this winter.

A former Syracuse resident who jumped into the Black River during a failed attempt to elude authorities in November pleaded guilty Monday in Jefferson County Court to second-degree trespassing and second-degree reckless endangerment in connection with the incident.

The following motorists were charged with driving while intoxicated and other related offenses: Corey W. Gilpin, 23, of 20959 County Route 16, Watertown, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after a 12:41 a.m. stop Saturday on the 200 block of Factory Street.