99 NEWS FOR MONDAY, 12/31/12

MANDATE RELIEF, ESPECIALLY MEDICAID REFORM A PRIORITY ITEM NEXT YEAR, INCOMING LEGISLATURE CHAIR SAYS—Jonathan Putney of Louisville, the one to be chosen by the St. Lawrence County Democratic Majority to head the board next year, says relief from the State and Federal governments on mandated health care costs for the poor—although he is thankful for it--are coming too late to help the county deal with fiscal problems they have caused that led to a 13-percent-plus true value tax hike next year.

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HARRISVILLE WOMAN, 40-YEAR-OLD LAURIE DESHANE AND A RELATIVE, KENDRA DESHANE, AGE 20 PERISHED IN A CRASH SATURDAY IN LERAY NEAR FORT DRUM

HOUSE EXPECTED TO VOTE TODAY ON A ONE-YEAR FARM BILL EXTENDER

FOUR BRASHER MEN—ALL 20—BRADY HELMER, CODY KILCOYNE, KEVIN LOGAN, AND CHARLES DULLEA—ARRESTED IN POTSDAM AFTER THEY ALLEGEDLY CAUSED MISCHIEF TO INCLUDE THROWING SNOWBALLS AT A HOUSE

POTSDAM TEEN, 16-YEAR-OLD DYLAN GREER, TICKETED FOR ALLEGEDLY PROVIDING ALCOHOL TO OTHER TEENS AT A CAMP IN HOPKINTON EARLIER THIS MONTH

MARYANN DONNELLY, 68 OF MASSENA DIED IN BURLINGTON OF INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A HOUSE FIRE EARLIER THIS MONTH

OBITUARIES:

John “Calvin” Clarke—79—Russell. Services 11am today at O'Leary Funeral Home in Canton