The newspaper, which was produced twice-weekly, was last published in June 2019.
The new edition, which will be delivered by mail, will be edited by veteran newsman and longtime city resident Matt Curatolo with the help of The Journalâs perpetual sports editor Dave âDocâ Shea.
Itâs not entirely correct to say that Mr. Shea is returning. Heâs never left.
Mr. Shea has been a figure on the sidelines of sporting competitions in St. Lawrence County ever since legendary Journal Publisher and Editor Charles âChuckâ Kelly hired him in 1973.
Mr. Shea retired in 2018, but it didnât stick. Nine months later, he was back on the sidelines putting truth to the saying, âIf you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life.â
Nicholas James Patell, 26, of Mannsville, NY, passed away on March 31, 2021 at home. Born in Syracuse to Mary and Thomas Patell, Nick was truly a force to be reckoned with. At five months of age, Nick was diagnosed with Westâs Syndrome which later evolved into Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a disorder which rendered him wheelchair bound, nonverbal, blind, and severely epileptic. Nick surpassed all expectations. Despite being told his disorder would stunt his growth, Nick grew to a towering 6â1â, over shadowing his parents and especially his little sister Alexis, who tapped out at 5â4â. Nick graduated from South Jefferson Central School in 2016, after acinghomeschooling.
Lemon sharks on patrol slightly below the surface at dusk in the Bahamas at a shark sanctuary. Courtesy David Doubilet/Undersea Images
A jaw-dropping report last month in the Journal Nature reported that many species of sharks are at the point of no return.
âWe find that, since 1970, the global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays has declined by 71% owing to an 18-fold increase in relative fishing pressure,â the report reads. âThis depletion has increased the global extinction risk to the point at which three-quarters of the species comprising this functionally important assemblage are threatened with extinction.â
For decades, Clayton residents David Doubilet and Jennifer S. Hayes have come face-to-face with sharks all over the world and they have shared shark tales and other stories of their underwater dives and their encounters with various wildlife for National Geographicâs âLiveâ series all over the world, including two at the Clayton Opera
Anna May Radway Denny, age 93, went home to be with the Lord on January 28, 2021 in the comfort of the home she shared with her son and daughter-in-law,
Last fall, the Northern New York Community Foundation continued a wonderful program to encourage young people to become more engaged in the neighborhoods in which they live.