99 NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY, 8/17/11

POTSDAM COMMUNITY SURVEY COMING SOON--Planning and Development Director Fred Hanss told Trustees Monday about 2-thousand residents of the Village will be surveyed beginning in September on community needs, as the Comprehensive Plan Committee develops the new document that will guide land use and quality-of-life issues for the next decade. The current document, from 2001, expires at the end of this calendar year

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COUNTY LEGISLATURE CHAIR SALLE BROTHERS TOLD 99 NEWS TUESDAY A BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AT THE TAX CAP, 2-PERCENT OR CPI WOULD BE "FRIGHTENING AND RECKLESS"

21-YEAR-OLD KELSEY YERDEN OF HEUVELTON ARRESTED TUESDAY ON ALLEGATIONS SHE TRIED TO CASH A STOLEN CHECK; YERDEN RELEASED ON A COURT TICKET

ONE PERSON HURT IN FAILED FIGHT OF A BARN FIRE AT THE LIVINGSTON FARM ON COUNTY ROUTE 6 NEAR HEUVELTON TUESDAY NIGHT. CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION

GAS PIPE LEAK ON MECHANIC STREET IN NORWOOD EVACUATED ABOUT 50 PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES ABOUT 6PM TUESDAY. POLICE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE MISCHIEF BY YOUTHS

ALLEGATIONS OF METAL THEFT AT A SCRAP YARD IN BOMBAY BRING FELONIES FOR 47-YEAR-OLD STEPHEN SIMONDS OF FORT COVINGTON AND 18-YEAR-OLD WADE ASHLINE OF BRUSHTON. BOTH RELEASED TO PROBATION UNTIL FUTURE COURT DATES

STATE PRISON INMATE 28-YEAR-OLD LOUIS SMITH OF ALTONA ARRESTED ON FELONY PERJURY AND CRIMINAL CONTEMPT COUNTS ALLEGING NON-COOPERATION WITH ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY GRAND JURY RELATED TO A DECEMBER, 2009 SAFE THEFT FROM A RESIDENCE IN NORTH LAWRENCE

COUNTY CLERK CANDIDATE GAVIN REGAN GETS ENDORSEMENTS FROM CENTRAL TRADES AND UAW