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Among a grid of faces, a silent talking head is interrupted: “You’re muted.” Streamed live online or posted as video conference links, public meetings look and sound different from pre-pandemic town hall and school cafeteria gatherings. The global and ongoing COVID-19 health crisis has ushered virtual meetings to the fore of government operations, inviting public participation through screens and chat boxes. In the year since the first wave of the pandemic, and like people around the world, public meetings have undergone a sort of existential crisis: What exactly constitutes an...

OGDENSBURG — By the summer a historical marker will inform passersby of the significant role Ogdnesburg residents play in women’s suffrage.

OGDENSBURG — City Council will hold its first meeting of 2021 Monday night at the new meeting time of 6 p.m.

OGDENSBURG — City Council agreed Monday night to a three-year deal to provide security at Ogdensburg International Airport, but not before the chairman of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority board made it clear the cost is high. “The Bridge and Port Authority considers the city of Ogdensburg to be our partner,” Vernon D. “Sam” Burns said. The authority has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic and the closure of the Canadian border, Mr. Burns said. The contract is very similar to the current contract and calls for $185,000 paid annually in monthly installmen...