99 NEWS FOR 7/29/11

PLANT EXPANSION IN OSWEGO MEANS WORK IN MASSENA—River District Assembly Member Addie Russell told 99 News Thursday the Novelis, Inc. expansion in Oswego, meaning about 100 added sheet metal-fabrication jobs has a huge impact on Massena—the aluminum Novelis uses to make automotive interior parts and outer body coverings comes from Alcoa Massena Operations.

GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO HOSTED AT SUNY POTSDAM YESTERDAY TO UNVEIL NORTH COUNTRY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE; CLARKSON PRESIDENT TONY COLLINS A CO-CHAIR OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL.

WWNY-TV 7 NEWS REPORTS SUNY CANTON AND SUNY POTSDAM COULD BE CONSOLIDATING CAMPUS LEADESHIPS, AND THAT CANTON CAMPUS PRESIDENT JOSEPH KENNEDY HAS BEEN FORCED TO STEP DOWN. CANTON COLLEGE COUNCIL MET YESTERDAY AND PASSED RESOLUTIONS SUPPORTING KENNEDY

JUSTINE WELLS, MISSING GOUVERNEUR TEEN FOUND SAFE ON LONG ISLAND, ACCORDING TO HER MOTHER WHO TOLD northcountrynow.com

MAJOR POT BUST IN BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY THIS WEEK NETS TWO LOCAL WOMEN, 50-YEAR-OLD JULIE RUBEN OF WINTHROP AND 47-YEAR-OLD JANINE MURRAY OF BRASHER CAUGHT ALLEGEDLY MOVING 130 POUNDS OF HIGH-GRADE CANADIAN GRASS AND 30-THOUSAND-DOLLARS IN ALLEGED DOPE-DEALING MONEY. BOTH WOMEN ARRAIGNED ON FEDERAL FELONIES AND JAILED ON 150-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BAIL EACH

POTSDAM TRUSTEE STEVE YURGARTIS SAYS WORKING OUT MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTADING ON SERVICES IN THE EVENT OF VILLAGE DISSOLUTION A WASTE OF TIME AT PRESENT