99 NEWS FOR THURSDAY, 11/3/11

TEXAS FUGITIVE CAUGHT IN POTSDAM--Potsdam Police took 24-year-old Henry Handwerker, a Florida man into custody on a warrant from the state of Texas with full extradition. Police were alerted to a suspicious person standing at the intersection of Grove Street and Somerset Drive Wednesday afternoon. Handwerker told them he was selling vacuum cleaners in the Potsdam area. The warrant was discovered through a computer check of his driver's license. Handwerker was arraigned before Village Justice Nicholas Pignone and committed to St.Lawrence County Jail without bail until extradition proceedings.

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IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF HOT ASHES BLAMED FOR FIRE THAT DESTROYED A GARAGE AT THE ROBERT DORAN, JR. PROPERTY ON ADAMS ROAD IN NORFOLK YESTERDAY. FIREFIGHTERS SAVED THE NEARBY RESIDENCE

FIREFIGHTERS FROM PIERCEFIELD ASSISTED AT THE SCENE OF A TOTAL-LOSS OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDING BLAZE ON LAKE STREET IN TUPPER LAKE WEDNESDAY. NOBODY WAS HURT

DANIELLE RAE GRANT, WHO HAD A CHILD WITH FATAL CANTON FIRE VICTIM JAMIE ROBINSON SUES PROPERTY OWNER VERNON GREEN IN STATE SUPREME COURT CLAIMING WRONGFUL DEATH. ROBINSON PERISHED IN AN OCTOBER, 2010 BLAZE THAT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION

POLICE ON AKWESASNE BELIEVE THE DEATH OF 17-YEAR-OLD HUNTER DEER OF HOGANSBURG WAS SELF-CAUSED

DEFICIENT BRIDGES AND ROADS A CONCERN EXPRESSED TO THE NORTH COUNTRY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

CLARKSON BUSINESS SCHOOL DEAN DR. TIMOTHY SUGRUE TO HEAD BEACON PARTNERSHIP, CLARKSON NAMED NSF BIOMETRIC COMPUTER SECURITY PROJECT LEAD SITE