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OGDENSBURG — With the return of the Ogdensburg Journal next month, the city now has a third “official” newspaper.

OGDENSBURG — Following a heated debate about the language of fellow councilors, City Council voted Thursday to censure councilor Michael B. Powers. On April 12, during a regularly scheduled council meeting, Mr. Powers engaged in a back-and-forth with City Manager Stephen P. Jellie over a section of state education law. “Save your f---ing — save your comments, man,” Mr. Powers said to Mr. Jellie during the April 12 meeting. “You know what, save your condescending comment...

OGDENSBURG — After City Council was unable to pass a resolution Monday night allowing the city manager to enter into a lease agreement with the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority for a proposed city beach on authority land, council on Thursday night was able to pass the resolution. Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly earlier this week called for the Thursday night special council meeting to vote on the censure of councilor Michael B. Powers, which also passed, and to authorize City Manager Stephen P...

OGDENSBURG — City Council on Monday night was unable to pass a resolution allowing the city manager to enter into a lease agreement with the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority for a proposed city beach on authority land. Last week, City Manager Stephen P. Jellie, to the full OBPA Board of Directors, presented the city’s proposal to reopen the beach behind the OBPA administrative office near the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge. Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly and Deputy Mayor John A...

OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority Board of Directors took no action Thursday on the city’s proposal to open a beach on authority land this summer, but is expected to send City Council a counter proposal in time for its Monday night meeting. City Council, during its March 24 meeting, passed a resolution setting a goal to open a city beach by July 1. The resolution, which was passed unanimously, states that the least expensive and quickest way to achieve the July 1 g...

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 12:45 pm Dear Friends of Ogdensburg, I spend a lot of time thinking and wondering when my Democratic Party is going to stop being so negative against everything Ogdensburg, and start supporting the progressive vision we have For a Better Ogdensburg. It just strikes me, unfortunately, that the majority of our opposition seems to come from the local and county Democratic committees. Most recently the Democratic board of the port authority came out ...

OGDENSBURG — The re-establishment of a city beach on Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority land has caught the attention and support of a north country senator. State Sen. Patricia A. Ritchie, R-Heuvelton, sent a letter to OBPA Executive Director Steven P. Lawrence last week in support of City Council’s goal to open a city beach by July 1. In her letter to Mr. Lawrence dated Friday, Sen. Ritchie said she was recently contacted by city leadership, which requested she voice her support o...

OGDENSBURG — City Council voted on a number of resolutions at Monday night’s meeting, all of which passed unanimously.

OGDENSBURG — The creation of an ad hoc committee to draft an updated community development plan for the city lost its momentum, one councilor said Monday night.

CANTON — The tri-county region is preparing for the upcoming election season, highlighting women who have broken barriers in local government and how they are encouraging others to pursue the same path — to run for office and make a difference in their communities. Women are achieving record numbers of representation in politics, but despite these strides, women still hold only 39% of local government seats, according to government data reported by Represent Women. The upcoming electi...