99 NEWS FOR JANUARY 12, 2013
STATE DOT SAYS "NO" TO SPEED ZONE REQUEST FROM ROUTE 72 NEIGHBORHOOD--Potsdam Town Supervisor Marie Regan told the Town Council this week the Town's lobbying of the agency, bolstered by a petition from over 50 residents of the Stafford's Corners neighborhood, was unsuccessful in getting a reduced speed along the highway in that stretch. Regan says "We did our best." A letter from the DOT says an assessment of the average speeds in the area did not merit a reduction. Neighborhood residents called for a speed zone in response to numerous accidents--one fatal--in the area last year.
ALLEGED "PEEPING TOM" CAUGHT--State Police based in Massena arrested 19-year-old Eric Deshane Thursday on a felony count of Unlawful Surveillance and other counts alleging he tried to take images of a female with a camera through a bathroom window in the Town of Lawrence. Deshane was released on court tickets.
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STATE SENATOR PATTY RITCHIE SAYS SOME PARTS OF THE CUOMO GUN CONTROL PACKAGE MIGHT BE OK; THE TEXT OF THE BILLS WILL TELL
OGDENSBURG MAN KYLE STREETER, 19, ALREADY IN COUNTY JAIL CHARGED WITH FELONY MISCHIEF ALLEGING DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE IN LISBON LATE LAST MONTH
99 NEWS REMEMBERS THE ICE STORM OF 1998, 15 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK WITH FOOTAGE FROM THEN-NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD COMMANDER JACK FENIMORE
OBITUARIES:
Michele DeCarr--53--Parishville. Reception to be held at the Parishville Fireman's Hall 1pm Sunday. Calling hours Tuesday, 1/15, at Garner Funeral Home in Potsdam 4-7pm
Marshall Pharoah--53--Canton. Services will be private; calling hours at Lawrence Funeral Home in Canton Sunday 5-8pm.
