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MASSENA — One school district in the tri-county region had 100% graduation of students in the Cohort Class of 2016 — those who entered ninth grade in 2016 and graduated in 2020 — according to data released by the state Education Department on Thursday. Copenhagen Central School in Lewis County graduated 28 students. Of those, 16 graduated with an Advanced Regents diploma, 10 graduated with a Regents diploma and two graduated with a local diploma. The state’s overall graduation rate increased to 84.8%, up 1.4 percentage points from 83.4% for the 2015 Cohort as of August. Tw...

TUPPER LAKE — Chase J. Vaillancourt-Nadeau, 21, of Tupper Lake, was charged by state police Monday with third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, second-degree menacing, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Police allege Mr. Vaillancourt-Nadeau menaced a victim with a knife inside the victim’s car and prohibited them from exiting the car. Police said the victim was able to get out of the vehicle and Mr. Vaillancourt-Nadeau drove away in the victim’s car. He was arraigned in...

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Thursday, December 24, 2020 - 8:46 am POTSDAM -- The Potsdam Holiday Fund, serving more than 260 families this year, recently received $250 from Casella Waste Systems. The fund provides gifts, warm clothing and food to families with children and senior citizens in the Potsdam area who are in need of assistance during the holiday season. The program serves families in need in Potsdam, Madrid, Hopkinton, Nicholville, Brasher Falls, Chase Mills, Fort Jackson, West Stockholm and Winthrop. Donations to the program are always welcome and appreciated and may be sent to the Pots...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 6:03 pm BRASHER FALLS -- David J. Burnett, 80, passed away Dec.14, 2020 from complications of Covid-19, after a stay of nearly 5 weeks in Canton-Potsdam Hospital. Arrangements are with Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. A memorial service will be held at a later date. David was born Dec. 27, 1939 in Lawrence, to Joseph James and Esther Wells Burnett. He grew up in Hopkinton, leaving home before the age of 13 to support himself by working on farms in the area, boarding with the farmers, and attending various local schools. In 1959, he married Shirley Judwa...