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In this May 3, 2006 file photo, former track star Tim Montgomery enters Manhattan federal court in New York.

The Board of Education on Monday night decided not to decide on an $18.7 million contingency budget.

St. Lawrence County legislators spent almost an hour Monday paying lip service to getting along and ending the infighting that has fractured the board and administration.

The three north country school budgets that were defeated in May were back before the voters Tuesday, with mixed results.

Went straight up Rt. 56 -- not the most pleasant highway riding in the world, but far from the worst.

In Amherst: The Town Board is scheduled to vote tonight on Benderson Development's rezoning request for the proposed Amherst Town Centre on the site of the Buffalo Shooting Club, according to the Buffalo News ...

State Police arrested a Massena woman Saturday in connection with a theft at St.

Voters in the Carthage Central School District overwhelmingly rejected a nearly $50 million spending plan.

Rockin' and rollin' up the coast from Norfolk to New York, the USS Kearsage docked here yesterday for Fleet Week, carrying 1,300 sailors and Marines - and a Big Apple-based band that spends four months a year ...

The Norwood-Norfolk, Lyme, Potsdam school budgets were defeated by narrow margins Tuesday night.

The two St. Lawrence County school districts whose budgets were narrowly defeated Tuesday are assessing what went wrong, and what to do next.

The narrow defeat of two St. Lawrence County school budgets was disappointing to school administrators who partially blame the rejections on a recent jump in property assessments in the Town of Potsdam.

Former track star Tim Montgomery remains in custody in Virginia and is scheduled to appear in federal court Monday for a bond hearing on heroin distribution charges. via WIVB-TV Buffalo

“If I could take back that day I would. I know Pete Richards as a good man, he didn't deserve what he got from me”

A Massena man apologized to his victim Monday before being sentenced to six years in prison for severely beating up his neighbor while under the influence of alcohol. via WWNY-TV Watertown

“Don't quote Jeremiah Wright, quote Jesus.”

Standing in a pulpit that inspired him in his youth, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright returned to preaching Sunday by reminding a Baptist congregation that trouble is unavoidable, but it does not last forever and is ... via The Seattle Times

“I think Lower East Side buyers are looking for the new, interesting thing, but they also want to have a place to get a cup of coffee and a bank to go to. That piece of the neighborhood is getting more interesting and a better place to be.”

It's very fancy on old Delancey Street, you know - or so the song goes. In reality, however, Delancey Street hasn't been all that fancy. via The Real Deal

“We want something specific and tied down to what it's going to be”

St. Lawrence County legislators are heading back into the film festival poster controversy they thought was sewed up Monday. via Watertown Daily Times

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR 72 YEAR OLD RICHARD "DICK" KING, OF 296 OLD MARKET ROAD NORFOLK, WILL BE AT 1P.M. MONDAY AT THE CHURCH OF THE VISITATION IN NORFOLK, WITH REV. via WWNY-TV Watertown

Dear Abby: I have seen several dogs and cats left outside in below-zero weather this winter. Yes, animals have fur to help them keep warm, but that doesn't mean they don't get cold (even in dog houses). People get cold staying outside for an extended amount of time, even when bundled up, so imagine how the animals feel. These innocent animals can suffer from frostbite and hypothermia just like humans.

Won't you please remind your readers that pets should be brought inside on cold days and nights? --ANIMAL LOVER IN NORFOLK, N.Y. Read more

PRIVATE GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR 85 YEAR OLD VIVIAN J. DELOSH, OF 28 ALVERN AVE., MASSENA AND FORMERLY OF NORFOLK, WILL BE HELD IN BIXBY CEMETERY, NORFOLK, IN THE SPRING. via WWNY-TV Watertown