Norfolk News

Monday, November 09, 2009, 9:30am WADDINGTON - Potsdam and Norfolk men were jailed late last week for allegedly breaking into the Waddington village barns and stealing water meters, copper and other metals.

Sunday, November 08, 2009, 10:12am A Norfolk man has been charged with sexual abuse, a Hammond man with drunk driving and a Massena teen with petit larceny, according to state police.

Officials believe that a fire which destroyed the old Norwood School on Prospect Street early this morning was intentionally set.

The Republican challenger in the race for Norfolk town supervisor vowed he'll dispute Tuesday's unofficial election results that show him losing to his Democratic opponent by 71 votes.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 11:43am A Massena teen was arrested for criminal mischief and an Ogdensburg man for criminal impersonation on Tuesday, according to state police.

Allison Elizabeth Busby, New Paltz, and Matthew James Deshane, Norwood, are engaged to be married in September 2010.

Friday, October 30, 2009, 10:55am A Richville man has been charged with disorderly conduct, a Potsdam teen with criminal possession of a weapon and a Norfolk man with forcible touching, according to state police.

In Virginia, a crucial state that President Obama won in 2008, Democrat Creigh Deeds persistently has trailed Republican Bob McDonnell in the polls for governor.

Potsdam Village Police arrested 5 individuals Saturday and Sunday on a variety of charges.

Here's the scoop on two very interesting restaurants that we tried for lunch: The Mission in downtown Syracuse and Miss Molly's, formerly Nin's on the main highway in Norfolk.

St. Lawrence County lawmakers, after a closed-door discussion Monday night, approved a draft sales tax distribution agreement with Ogdensburg, over the objections of some legislators who said they hadn't gotten a chance to read the document.

Nearly 500 homes and businesses could receive municipal water service soon if the town of Louisville's government moves forward with creating two more water districts.

Senior citizens came out in force Monday to object to what they called the St. Lawrence County Legislature's recent demotion of Office for the Aging Director Barbara R. McBurnie.

An 11-year-old girl told jurors Tuesday in St. Lawrence County Court she was asked to lay on the bed and pull down her pants before a Massena man had sexual intercourse with her.

The USS NY is, in some ways, heading home, even though this is its maiden vogage.

A Potsdam man tried running from Norfolk police early Sunday while he was being charged with driving while intoxicated and other counts, according to the village Police Department.

A former St. Lawrence County Community Development Program payroll clerk is accused of stealing nearly $5,400 from the group.

Potsdam Village Police Department ticketed 4 individuals Saturday Night/Early Sunday morning: Joshua K. Robert , 18, of Norfolk, NY - ticketed for Speeding on Sandstone Drive.

The husband of a 60-year-old Norfolk woman who was killed in a December 22, 2007, auto collision has been awarded a $235,000 wrongful death settlement.

It appears to us that the truth is sadly missing in the tax assessment messages conveyed by the Potsdam town board at their monthly meetings.