10 years ago
April 13, 2011: Verizon customers in the Hammond area are set to get improved reception for phone, high-speed Internet and television services. The Town Board approved an application and a special use building permit for Verizon by a 4-0 vote at Monday eveningâs meeting, paving the way for a six-foot microwave satellite dish to be added to a 300-foot-tall tower on Don A. Ceresoli Jr.âs property at 316 Oak Point Road.
25 years ago
April 13, 1996: Two roads planned to the west of the city of Watertown could relieve the traffic woes of shoppers and industrial park employees in the area. One would run from Red Lobster Restaurant on Arsenal Street Road north to the Coffeen Street Farm and Garden Center on Coffeen Street Road. From the same Coffeen intersection, the other road would provide a second entrance to the industrial park.
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 4:39 pm
Another 20 new cases of COVID-19 were reported today in St. Lawrence County, bringing the total number of confirmed positive cases to date to 6,754.
A total of 152 cases are active, according to the St. Lawrence Department of Health. For a map showing number of cases in each town, visit www.stlawco.org or visit the SLC Public Health Facebook page.
To date, 6,508 cases have been released from isolation. Six cases are hospitalized and 94 deaths have occurred since the pandemic began, according to the state Department of Health.
As of April 4, 273,500 COVID-19 tests have been performed, according to state officials.
OGDENSBURG â For nearly 24 years, Arlene Berry has worked in the cafeteria at Ogdensburg Free Academy. Monday was no different for Ms. Berry as she celebrated her 90th birthday by doing what she always does â going to work.
Ms. Berry, 90, is an area native and graduated from Hammond Central School in 1948. Soon after graduation, she began working at United Helpers Cedars Nursing on Route 37.
âArlene was a person of few words, but her actions spoke volumes,â retired United Helpers Cedars Nursing employee Beverly Addison said of her time working with Ms. Berry. âShe just simply was a good person; you knew when you worked with her your day would go right. She was an employerâs dream, such a hard worker and so devoted to her jobs.