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A new novel by SUNY Potsdam English professor, Rick Henry, is set in central New York State in the mid-nineteenth century. The novel is written entirely in letters between James, a doctor, and his wife, Sadie.

The offices of Modern Mechanical Fab, a custom metal fabrication company, take up 20,000 square feet of an old factory in Champlain. The space is peppered by stainless steel structures in the process of being built, and the sound of welding and metal grinding is a constant. This is where John and Heather Trombly, their son Brandon, and four other employees work to make giant things out of metal; things like stainless steel platforms for milling grains, metal carts and tables for pharmaceutical companies, and industrial staircases. Their scale? Large.

Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday to impose a penalty of life in prison without parole for acts of domestic terrorism, including mass shootings.

Driving from Potsdam to Saranac Lake the other day, the westerlies were shipping an unending convoy of cumulus clouds through a bluebird sky. It was one of what I think of as iconic North Country skyscapes. The kind of thing you might linger to enjoy while licking a cone in the parking lot of Donnelly's or view with serene satisfaction from an Adirondack chair on your dock.

Driving from Potsdam to Saranac Lake the other day, the westerlies were shipping an unending convoy of cumulus clouds through a bluebird sky. It was one of what I think of as iconic North Country skyscapes. The kind of thing you might linger to enjoy while licking a cone in the parking lot of Donnelly's or view with serene satisfaction from an Adirondack chair on your dock.

When you think of loggers, you probably think of brawny men hacking down trees with an axe and crying "timber!" But today, logging is a highly skilled profession requiring huge machines and technical know-how. And one of the industry's main problems is its workforce: Loggers are getting older.

A Clinton County man was found guilty yesterday of murdering his grandmother. Twenty-five year old Gustavo Segundo-Clark had been living with his seventy-three year old grandmother, Ginger Clark, in Beekmantown just north of Plattsburgh.

One of the most notorious murderers in recent Adirondack history has died while in state prison in Dutchess County. Jeffrey Glanda, age 69, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Green Haven Correctional Facility.

Law firms representing victims of child sexual assault have filed fourteen lawsuits against the North Country’s Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg.

When you think of loggers, you probably think of brawny men hacking down trees with an axe and crying "timber!" But today, logging is a highly skilled profession requiring huge machines and technical know-how. And one of the industry's main problems is its workforce: Loggers are getting older.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is reopening its fisheries station in Cape Vincent.

State police say they have filed charges against three men who allegedly burglarized several stores inside the St. Lawrence Centre mall in Massena.

The fire danger across much of the Park has been raised to Moderate, so use caution with open fires.

Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation Thursday to impose a penalty of life in prison without parole for acts of domestic terrorism, including mass shootings.

One of the most notorious murderers in recent Adirondack history has died while in state prison in Dutchess County. Jeffrey Glanda, age 69, was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at Green Haven Correctional Facility.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will consider whether to list the lake sturgeon as an endangered or threatened species.

A biographer of the poet who wrote the words inscribed on the Statue of Liberty challenged a Trump administration official who says the famous poem welcomed only people from Europe.