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Hospitals' projected cuts worsen
STATE BUDGET CHANGES: Massena Memorial faces biggest loss, according to lobby group's report
By REBECCA MADDEN
& LAURA BOMYEA
& LAURA BOMYEA
As Gov. David A. Paterson's proposed 2010-11 executive budget is frequently changing, updated information from an Albany-based lobby group representing health care systems shows some area hospitals have it worse than originally thought.
Officials: include county in program
DRUG TRAFFICKING: Designation could get enforcement funds
By MARC HELLER
WASHINGTON -- The north country's federal elected officials are pushing the federal government to designate Jefferson County part of a high-intensity drug trafficking region, opening the way to more federal enforcement money.
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Hospitals' projected cuts worsen
- National Grid seeks delivery rate hike
- Canada lynx with attitude is welcomed to city's zoo
- Man admits strangling woman, dumping body
- City, library study fundraising question
- Town, trust fighting for park
- Attorney general candidate would add regional offices
- 10 Main Street Bakery in Adams closes without notice after November opening
- Prison weapon extends sentence
- City's fire chief dilemma worsens as Sayre retires
- Altercation leads to arrests of two men
- Watertown family joins fight to save $5m housing program
- Couple get second sentence for abuse
- Henderson picks Steven Cote to fill vacant council seat
- Bill aims to ease sign rules
- Dine and dance for cancer treatment
- Lack of access to care among health-study concerns
- Curves hosting food drive for CAPC, foundation
- Business succession plans topic of Thursday forum
- City schools implementing state-proposed changes
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- SUNY Potsdam's Warhol exhibit draws students
- Canton project on hold
- County OKs CSEA contract; union may balk
- McDonald's gets final OK to rebuild restaurant
- Executive sessions at risk
- Claxton-Hepburn aims to cut noise to allow patients to get better sleep
- Public Radio station off air after storm rips antenna
- Alert system keeps track of state's sex offenders
- Gouverneur couple gets settlement in crash death
- Census jobs workshop this morning in Pierrepont
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- Drum leadership posts change hands with retirements
- Failures noted in Afghan battle
- $300,000 in Drum funding restored, saving JRC jobs
- 1st BCT soldiers prepare to deploy
- Baby born at Drum meets his birth team
- Lawmakers want Army assurance
- Copter unit gets settled at Drum
- Funding sources for Drum are sought
- Drum unit will deploy this fall
- Troops' time at home to increase
MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
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SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Skiing areas experience 'decent' winter season
- Attorneys paid big bucks for PILOT
- LeRay water project hits snag
- 25th annual festival packs in the crowds
- Clayton seeks proposals for ex-Frink site
- Police cite five people with drunken driving
- Family takes possession of house
- Statewide ban on burning brush takes effect Monday
- Man gets year for thefts and probation violation
- District accepting petitions for seats on school board
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- Expansion of Canton medical complex revived
- Couple hosts ceremonial tree tapping
- Petition seeks end to Norfolk police force
- Madrid studies options for needed dam repairs
- Church changes its name, moves to site in Norfolk
- School tax hike eyed for Lisbon
- Pennsylvania man admits selling cocaine
- Hermon presents a choice for voters
LEWIS COUNTY
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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Watertown airport awarded $3,904,500
- Former fire chief indicted, allegedly stole money
- Indian River gets grant for wind-power study
- Special ed needs aired at forum
- Chamber has nearly 30 applicants for top post
- Two facing charges of driving while intoxicated
- Barclay to reveal decision on Congress run Monday
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- 2,000 rally for prison
- Judge rules for Hackett siblings against WiseBuys
- Town OKs tax deal for Rushton Place
- Suggestions alter function of library
- Clarkson gets grant to develop engineering course
- Suspect indicted on cocaine charges
- Man to get prison for attack with pipe, bottle
- Heuvelton senior earns Eagle Scout honors
- Waddington gets grant to put toward firetruck
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FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Housing units at prisons to be idled
- Cape officials discuss wind-related issues
- Web site accused of taking paper's content
- Breakfast will benefit Clayton woman
- Lawmakers skeptical of Ravitch's proposal
- Afghan heritage the focus of trip
- 3 motorists cited with drunken driving
- Man admits selling heroin, shoplifting
- Businesses with high injury rates receive letters
- Sackets Harbor set to clean site
- Customs catches man hiding in bag; 3 charged
- Irish Festival parade will have shorter route
- Henderson channel dredging is close to approval
- Sheriff's office seeks help in probe of March 2 hit-and-run
- 'Selling to Government' topic of JCC event March 30
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- P&C in Ogdensburg to be closed April 10
- Powers defends Raymo actions
- GM site's future to be aired in weeks
- Charges against sex offender of failing to register dropped
- Doctor named in lawsuit says he didn't treat child
- Former Times reporter takes SUNY Potsdam job
- Massena agrees to take buildings
- City unsure about helping road backers
- Hammond appoints 10 to wind advisory panel
- NNY residents with ties to Armenia say resolution on genocide will stall
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THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Clayton wind hearing slated
- Border officials urge proper ID to avoid hassles
- Drum leadership posts change hands with retirements
- Elderly Mexico man saved after falling through ice
- LeRay housing plans still on hold
- Pataki weighs in on race in 23rd
- WWNY silenced by Time Warner equipment glitch
- Study measures doctors' impact
- $402,632 is awarded by state to area libraries for projects
- State comptroller report: Henderson finances lax
- Contractor sues school over delays in project
- City clerk requests vital-records fee hike
- Sandy Creek roads limited to vehicles under 5 tons
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- Raymo accused of inflating numbers
- State reports safety risks
- Gowns will benefit Malawi
- Corning workers brought back
- 12th Amish man faces Morristown permit violation
- Hacketts pays off balance of agency loan
- Madrid fire victim identified as man, 26, from Mexico
- Arquiett will run for Grow's seat on Legislature
- OBPA set to raze home for road project
- Oxley's second murder trial is delayed
- Town of Potsdam shuffling properties it owns
- Tribe gives office to Malone agency
- City OKs $5,000 for highway campaign
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- County rejects offshore turbines
- Female flier in WWII honored by Congress
- Hoffman: Owens wrong on health bill
- Building docks off site could save $80,000 on Alex Bay plans
- Hoffman plans to purchase new home in Saranac Lake
- SUNY schools' offerings touted
- Soldier program in danger of ending
- Woman withdraws her petition in appeal of murder conviction
- Make and Take Gourmet closed doors on Monday
- White's plans more modern store
- Man in prison for life for sexual abuse appeals sentence
- JCC community day to get people outside
- Beef production seminars will be offered this week
- Orleans wind committee will meet again tonight
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- Town opens Raymo case
- Retired sheriff's detective will run for District 7 county Legislature seat
- Police: defunct travel agency scammed customers
- Legislator Grow is back at work after stroke
- Two accused of alcohol-related offenses
- Tax exemptions in area top list
- Massena teen accused of entering, ransacking, sleeping in residence
- Gouverneur Eagle Scout, church team up to tackle hunger
- SUNY Canton decides not to hold Sustainable Energy Fair
- Canton women get crafty for kids
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TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010
JEFFERSON COUNTY
- Town agrees to divert sewage
- Public comment open for Black River hydro
- Hoffman makes it official: he'll run for Owens's seat
- Transmission line options aired
- District looking at cuts to staff
- Debt paid, Philadelphia plans new sewer plant
- Two NNY men on state list of top 250 tax scofflaws
- Odyssey of Mind teams to see state finals
- Man accused of pointing pellet gun at four people
- County court sends two to prison in separate attempts to sell cocaine
- South Jefferson district looks at $2.5 million in budget cuts
- IDA boosts business center roof project
- USDA offering loans for business
- JCC offers area contractors stormwater control course
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY
- Effect of sale on jobs worries P&C workers
- NYPA, RVRDA close to pact
- Norfolk council OKs Louisville water district
- CSEA pact terms released
- County approves foreclosure of Slavin properties
- Deputy running for county treasurer
- WNTS digital TV in Massena expanding its broadcasting
- Heritage group wants town to raze old camp
- Canton trustee seeking Legislature seat
- Lisbon resident accused of causing car accident
- Hammond firefighters present annual awards
- Police accuse several people of driving while intoxicated
- Ogdensburg rally planned in support of state prison
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