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Opinion: Ogdensburg willing to negotiate staffing difference settlement, city manager says

Here are recent Letters to the Editor of NorthCountryNow.com. Letters should be 400 words or fewer and are subject to editing. They can be e-mailed to [email protected], faxed to 268-8701, mailed to North Country This Week, P.O. Box 975, Potsdam, NY 13676 or dropped off at our office, 19 Depot St., Potsdam. Friday, March 19, 2021 - 6:18 am To the Editor: As Ogdensburg Public Library cardholders and avid readers, for years we borrowed books, audio books for our trips, digital books for convenience, and were big fans of partnering with th.

Ogdensburg fire union president urges city to reinstate firefighter, City manager says offer on table

Two CoMo Men Arrested after High-speed chase ends in Sedalia

The suspect vehicle then traveled into Johnson County. At that time the Patrol terminated the pursuit. Then at 1:59 a.m., Pettis County Deputies located the vehicle entering Pettis County, west of La Monte. Deputies attempted a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle, which fled from Deputies. As the pursuit entered La Monte, Deputies were able to deploy stop sticks, which flatted three of the suspect s tires. Deputies pursued the vehicle east on Highway 50 into the Sedalia city limits. Pettis County Deputies in the meantime requested assistance from the Sedalia Police Department. Police shut down intersections on Broadway to prevent innocent motorists from being harmed.

Ogdensburg mayor charged with harassment for allegedly pushing now-retired fire captain

OGDENSBURG — Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly has formally been charged with harassment in connection with an incident where he allegedly pushed a former city fire captain to the ground outside City Hall last year. Mayor Skelly, 61, was charged by state police Wednesday with second-degree harassment, state police Troop B Public Information Officer Jennifer Fleishman confirmed Thursday. He was issued a summons returnable to Fowler Town Court on March 16. Mayor Skelly said Thursday that he plans to fight the charge. “It’s not true and I’m going to fight it,” Mayor Skelly said. According to a complaint filed Dec. 29 of last year in City Court, Mayor Skelly is alleged to have physically harassed a person outside City Hall on Dec. 9, 2020. It was later confirmed the person allegedly pushed by the mayor was now-retired Fire Capt. Gerald H. Mack. The incident was also reportedly caught on camera.

Opinion: Ogdensburg Firefighters Local 1799 welcomes members back; wants third member reinstated

Monday, February 15, 2021 - 11:13 am To the Editor: Ogdensburg Firefighters Local 1799 is happy to welcome back two members who had been unnecessarily laid off by city leaders 1 January 2021. While we are glad to see Firefighters Aaron Charlton and Timothy Stevenson return to duty, we are still disappointed one of our brothers remains unemployed at the hands of city administration, Firefighter Jacob Thornton. Let’s begin with a history lesson. On 1 November 2019, Local 1799 was comprised of 28 men. After the retirement of Firefighter Thomas Beauchamp, membership was reduced to 27. Less than three weeks later, our union signed a contract that promised not only to never replace FF Beauchamp, but also agreed to sacrifice the next three vacant positions, via attrition. For our Union, the agreement represented a first-of-its-kind, contractually agreed upon concession of over 14% of union workforce. While, some of city leadership has lambasted our union for,