99 NEWS HEADLINES FOR THURSDAY, 8/18/11
ONE LESS HOUSE TO BE RE-HABBED THIS YEAR IN POTSDAM VILLAGE, FUNDING CUT--Planning and Development Director Fred Hanss told Trustees Monday this year's application to the North Country Home Consortium to rehabilitate sub-standard housing was successful, however there was a 12-percent loss resulting from the Federal Deficit Reduction Plan. The Village is, however, routinely successful its applications to the cooperative that serves over a hundred communities in St.Lawrence, Jefferson, and Lewis Counties through the Development Authority of the North Country which administers the HUD funds that come through the Governor's Office for Small Cities.
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CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN DISTRICT 8 LEGISLATOR KEVIN ACRES OF MADRID--A DAIRY FARMER--SAYS THE COUNTY CAN FIND THE MONEY TO COVER A 15-MILLION-DOLLAR SHORTFALL IF IT WANTS TO DO THE WORK.. HE SAYS IF HE CAN SURVIVE AND GROW HIS FARM WITH ONE-THIRD THE REVENUE HE RECEIVED IN 1983, THE PUBLIC SECTOR CAN DO IT TOO
OSWEGO COUNTY MAN WITH AN ALLEGED B-A-C OF .25 PERCENT--OVER THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT--WAS PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN POTSDAM. 50-YEAR-OLD MENZO WRIGHT CHARGED WITH TWO DWI'S, ONE AGGRAVATED AND RELEASED ON COURT TICKETS
TWO POTSDAM RESIDENTS CAUGHT WITH AT LEAST 10 POUNDS OF POT ON TRIPPANY ROAD IN MASSENA WEDNESDAY MORNING CHARGED WITH FELONY, FIRST DEGREE POSSESSION. 41-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER MOLELLA AND 22-YEAR-OLD MARTHA TRIMM BOTH ARRAIGNED BEFORE STOCKHOLM JUSTICE WAYNE WILLIAMS AND JAILED...MOLELLA ON 10-THOUSAND-DOLLARS CASH OR 20-THOUSAND-DOLLARS BOND, TRIMM ON HALF THAT AMOUNT. NO FURTHER DETAILS RELEASED AT THIS TIME
OGDENSBURG FIREFIGHTERS TOLD 99 NEWS AN ELECTRIC PAINT-PEELING GUN IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF A BLAZE THAT DAMAGED A WINDOW AND WALL ON THE CAROLINE STREET SIDE OF THE DILLINGHAM, JONES, AND CISSEL BUILDING ON THE 400-BLOCK OF FORD STREET ABOUT 4PM YESTERDAY. NO INJURIES.
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