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Sunday, April 4, 2021 - 5:05 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Despite some debate over ensuring the need for adequate public review and assurances it would not replace the Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan, Ogdensburg City Council agreed to accept a draft Community Development Plan. Deputy Mayor John Rishe with some help from fellow councilors drafted a 30-page plan. Despite frequent disagreements between factions of the city council, the plan passed 6-0. Councilor Nichole Kennedy was not present. Councilor Daniel Skamperle said while he has so...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 5:21 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Deputy Mayor John Rishe with some help from fellow councilors has drafted a 30-page Community Development Plan which he hopes will be reviewed by the planning board and the public in coming months with adoption anticipated this summer. Rishe called for such a plan not long after being elected, but with a focus on cutting costs, preparing such a document is typically a pricey endeavor. Rishe, who serves as an economic developer at the OBPA, decided to take action on his own. The docu...

Top Ogdensburg officials want to put hundreds of acres of vacant land back on tax rolls. They have their eye on land owned by the psychiatric center and Bridge & Port Authority.

Friday, March 5, 2021 - 6:08 am OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg City Council is asking state and federal officials to help offset costs of the Wastewater Treatment Plant by converting existing loans to grants. “As presently funded, the ratepayers of Ogdensburg cannot afford $22.4 million in loan repayments, and certainly not the additional $5 million in alternate improvements that are still needed to complete the project and have not yet been awarded,” a letter issued to Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, Sen. Charles Schumer, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and State Sen. Patty Ritchi...

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 9:44 am BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – Ogdensburg will pay St. Lawrence County more than $800,000 in delinquent taxes owed, a portion of which has been owed to the county since 2003. The decision to pay the debt was made in a split vote along normal lines with Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly, Deputy Mayor John Rishe and councilors Bill Dillabough and Steve Fisher supporting the measure. Among those opposed was Councilor Michael Powers who urged the city to negotiate the price down with the county. City Manager Stephen Jellie to...