99 NEWS FOR TUESDAY, 6/28/11
ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY LEGISLATORS REITERATE THEIR CALL FOR HOME RULE LEGISLATION TO RAISE SALES TAX--The board voted 13-2 Monday to push for the bill in Albany that would allow the county to raise the sales tax from 3 percent to 4. Gouverneur Legislator Donald Peck, who previously opposed it sided with the majority. Fowler Legislator Alex Mackinnon says the county's ability to sustain growth based on real property values has flattened. Madrid Legislator Kevin Acres says a better business climate in New York State as a whole would be a better generator of growth. State Senators Joe Griffo and Patty Ritchie refuse to sponsor the bill; Assemblywoman Addie Russell has already intoduced one. County Administrator Karen St.Hilaire says the revenue is needed to stave off a projected 30 percent tax levy hike next year.
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TIMOTHY HOLLENBECK OF MASSENA, 47, WAS ARRESTED EARLY MONDAY BY VILLAGE POLICE AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY FIRED A GUN DURING AN ALTERCATION WITH THREE OTHER MEN. THE SHOTGUN WAS FOUND INSIDE HIS CORNELL AVENUE RESIDENCE. HOLLENBECK ARRAIGNED AND JAILED ON FELONY WEAPON POSSESSION AND SEVERAL OTHER COUNTS
MASSENA WOMAN ACCUSED OF THROWING A ROCK THROUGH A WINDOW AND DRIVING DRUNK...31-YEAR-OLD MICHELLE O'BRIEN OF COLGATE DRIVE CHARGED WITH FELONY DWI, FELONY AUO, AND MISDEMEANOR CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ABOUT 3:30 THIS MORNING. O'BRIEN HELD IN POLICE LOCKUP UNTIL ARRAIGNMENT
ALLEGED MASSENA COPPER THIEVES CAUGHT...35-YEAR-OLD WILLIE MOSES AND 33-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW STEWART ALLEGEDLY ENTERED RESIDENCE ON BEACH STREET THROUGH A BASEMENT WINDOW; THEY WERE CAUGHT EARLY MONDAY MORNING HIDING IN THE ATTIC. BOTH MEN CHARGED WITH FELONY BURGLARY, FELONY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF BURGLAR'S TOOLS. BOTH MEN ARRAIGNED AND JAILED. MOSES WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO STEAL COPPER FROM THE ODENSBURG WATERFRONT HOTEL, STEWART ALLEGEDLY STOLE A MONEY JOG RAISING FUNDS FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM KAYLA MARTIN.
CANTON TRUSTEES VOTE MONDAY TO USE SECOND-MOST PAVING BRICKS PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY STATE FOR ROUTE 11 PROJECT; MAYOR CHARLOTTE RAMSAY CAST A LONE "NO" VOTE, SAYING DOWNTOWN MERCHANT INPUT IS PRECLUDED
CANTON TRUSTEES CONSIDERING "LANDLORD PERMIT" WITH FEES FOR RENTAL UNITS, AND ANOTHER LAW MAKING LANDLORDS LIABLE FOR NOISE, MISCHIEF BY TENANTS. HEARING 7PM JULY 11TH.
NORWOOD TRUSTEES CONSIDERING THE USE OF SURVEILLANCE CAMS AT MAPLE STREET BOAT LAUNCH TO CRACK DOWN ON MISCHIEF; MAYOR JIM MC.FADDIN SAYS THE ADMISSIBILITY OF CAM VIDEO IN COURT IS A CONCERN IF SOMEONE GETS A TICKET
MIRANDA LARABY OF POTSDAM, 17, ARRESTED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN JUST OVER A MONTH MONDAY, ONE OF FOUR IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED UNDERAGE DRINKING PARTY AT EVERGREEN PARK. LARABY WAS ARRESTED WITH HER MOTHER LAST MONTH IN CONNECTION WITH A NOTEWORTHY COERCION CASE, AND AGAIN LAST WEEK ON A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGE FOR ALLEGEDLY BREAKING A REMOTE IN A FIGHT RELATED TO A RABBIT
OBITUARIES:
Robert O. Miller--73--Brasher Falls. Services 3pm Wednesday at Hammill Funeral Home, Winthrop. Calling hours 1-3pm Wednesday
