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Watertown school district sued over art lesson

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By The Watertown Daily Times staff WATERTOWN — Two parents of seventh-graders in the Watertown City School District have filed a federal lawsuit against the district claiming their children were exposed to pornographic and sexually explicit material during an art lesson. The parents, ...

A community’s generosity

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SARANAC LAKE — On Saturday, the Saranac Lake Holiday Helpers will be distributing hundreds and hundreds of toys to local children for the holidays. There are crafts, science kits, NERF guns, six doll houses from FAO Schwarz, LEGOs, hand bags with nail and makeup accessories and lots and ...

Patching the cracks

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TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Central School District is targeting old lead pipes and a busted cafeteria floor, both at the middle-high school, for its upcoming capital outlay project. The district’s board of education approved a resolution at its Dec. 1 meeting to move forward with the ...

Tricky travel today

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SARANAC LAKE — A winter weather advisory is in effect for Franklin, Essex and St. Lawrence counties until 7 a.m. Thursday, as another snow storm rolls through the Adirondacks in what has been a cold and snowy start to the winter season. The National Weather Service’s Burlington, Vermont ...

APA’s top lawyer leaves as howitzer hearing looms

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RAY BROOK — The Adirondack Park Agency's top attorney, Damion K. L. Stodola, will be leaving the agency at the beginning of the new year. The departure comes as the APA readies for an adjudicatory hearing concerning a proposed howitzer artillery cannon testing range in the town of Lewis. ...