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OGDENSBURG -- Injuries, potential retirements and a lack of firefighters available to fill positions is causing financial troubles for the city. In a presentation Monday City Comptroller Angela …

OGDENSBURG -- City council will move forward with a grant that could offset costs for four firefighters for the next three years. At a recent meeting council agreed to hire Julie Burline of MJ …

OGDENSBURG -- Hoping to maximize grant revenues to help shore up funding for the fire department, Ogdensburg City Council agreed to hire Julie Burline of MJ Burden Inc. at a cost of $10,000. …

Creating a new culture for recruits while providing real-life firefighter training. Those are just some of the goals Watertown Fire Chief Matt Timerman looks to achieve as a new training program being run in the north country is underway.

OGDENSBURG — City Manager Mohideen F. Buharie has authorized the city’s fire chief to hire two firefighters to improve morale and to save in overtime and other costs.

City Manager Mohideen Buharie announced Monday he will let the fire department hire two more people and said the city’s legal team approved the move.

OGDENSBURG — The city’s $6.1 million fund balance will be cut by more than half after the Ogdensburg City Council on Monday night approved $3.3 million in spending.

OGDENSBURG — City Manager Stephen P. Jellie says he has declined a position as an EMS and fire director in Alaska so he could continue his duties in Ogdensburg.