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New York lawmakers want to take your favorite choices out of your vending machines. They need to be stopped.

New York lawmakers want to take your favorite choices out of your vending machines. They need to be stopped.

MASSENA — He may have the interim tag attached to his position, but Mayor Timothy J. Ahlfeld has been busy meeting with and acting on behalf of constituents. Mr. Ahlfeld, a former village trustee, was appointed by the village board to take over as mayor until the November election. Deputy Mayor Matthew J. LeBire had filled in as mayor following the resignation of Timmy J. Currier in February. Among his recent activities, Mr. Ahlfeld, Village Administrator Monique Chatland and Trustee Francis J. Carvel hosted a roundtable discussion with 18 community business members. “We invited I t...

Monday, June 14, 2021 - 5:46 pm BY JIMMY LAWTON North Country This Week OGDENSBURG – City Manager Stephen Jellie says the City of Ogdensburg will lose up to $1.5 million in sales tax revenue after the New York State Assembly failed to pass home rule legislation regarding sales tax distribution. The city plans to begin collecting its own sales tax in 2020, but won’t be able to collect 2.5 percent of the tax generated there without state approval. Instead it will collect just 1.5 percent, that’s a difference of as much as $1.5 million, according to estimates. “The C...

OGDENSBURG — City officials said Friday they are disappointed that home rule legislation pending in the state Legislature that would have allowed the city to collect an additional 1% of