Wellesley Island News

Home gardeners need to inspect their tomato plants for late blight. Tomato plants at large retail outlets, such as Lowe's, Home Depot and Walmart, are being pulled from shelves across the Northeast as the fungus spreads.

There are a lot of happy faces in the new Clayton Family Health Center on Strawberry Lane.

A new group for artists could be a breath of fresh air for its members. Robert P. Hedden, Wellesley Island, has formed Plein Air Painters of the Thousand Islands Region.

U.S. Customs inspectors at the Wellesley Island border crossing found marijuana and hallucenogenic mushrooms in the car of three Canadian men Thursday evening.

Clinic to be held at Wellesley Island State Park, May 23, 2009, from noon to 2 p.m., followed by fly-fishing lessons from 2:30 to3:45 p.m. Syracuse author/photographer Spider Rybaak will conduct his popular FREE children's fishing clinic at the park's Minna Anthony Common Nature Center.

With the recession and our statea TMs fiscal crisis, now more than ever we need a real shot in the arm for the economy of Central and Northern New York.

Boldt Castle, one of Northern New York's major tourist sites, will open for the season on Saturday, May 9th.

The Orleans Wind Committee had early consensus on setbacks that would be the farthest in the county, if adopted.

The New York State Police have arrested Shelomi C. Hohn, a 20-year-old male from Morristown, New Jersey, as a Fugitive from Justice.

A LaFargeville man was sentenced Wednesday in Jefferson County Court to 10 years' probation for having lewd photos of an underage girl.

Monday, April 06, 2009, 12:31pm POTSDAM - Village police charged four motorists in connection with a car-pedestrian accident and other motor vehicle infractions over the weekend.

A boat reunion in the summer of 2010 at Alexandria Bay will showcase the craftsmanship of a special series of vessels built in Ogdensburg a century earlier.

Good news in The Watertown Times on March 21: "Three taxing jurisdictions must refund nearly $250,000 in property taxes to the owners of about 60 parcels at Thousand Island Park as part of a settlement agreement over disputed assessments." If you look at the geographical location of the town of Orleans, 99 percent of this town is landlocked, except ...

Three taxing jurisdictions must refund nearly $250,000 in property taxes to the owners of about 60 parcels at Thousand Island Park as part of a settlement agreement over disputed assessments.

Michael K. Elliott A Canadian trucker was stopped at the Wellesley Island Border Crossing with child porn in his vehicle on Thursday.

Rep. John M. McHugh has urged the Obama administration to rekindle talks with Canada over shared border facilities, a move that might rescue a plan for joint operations on Wellesley Island.

The Federal Government is expanding its program of employing Indigenous people to work as rangers in remote environments.

A woman who allegedly slapped her cousin in the face during a family Christmas party here Saturday night is summoned to town of Clayton Court to face a harassment charge, according to the Jefferson County ...