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Billy Jones announces resignation

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Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, D-Chateugay Lake, a longtime representative of the North Country known for bringing his daughter Ella, 12, by his side on his travels around the expansive 115th Assembly District, announced he will be stepping down from his seat at the end of August. Jones, the ...

Rugby player dies at Can-Am

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SARANAC LAKE — A rugby player with massive love for the sport, who competed around the world and had teammates and friends around the country died during the Can-Am Rugby Tournament over the weekend. After playing a game at the Petrova Elementary fields on Friday, Robert Sweeney, 67, ...

New fire truck proposal may have support

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TUPPER LAKE — Tupper Lake Village Board members appeared in agreement at their regular meeting on July 21 for a new fire truck purchase from E-ONE for $889,287. No formal action toward a purchase was taken, and village Mayor Mary Fontana said the current plan is to propose a contract, ...

Arrest made at immigration stop near Tupper Lake

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TUPPER LAKE — A Customs and Border Protection checkpoint on state Route 30 between Tupper Lake and Long Lake on Thursday led to the arrest of a 31-year-old Guatemalan man described as an “illegal alien” who is currently in the custody of ICE and awaiting deportation proceedings, ...