A Voice from the Eastern Door
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By Andy Gardner Salmon River applauded their six outgoing senior girls varsity hockey players during their final home game of the season on Monday, Jan. 20. Their graduating members include Karli St. Ann, who wants to study criminal investigation; Rylee Garrow, who wants to study early childhood education; Alexis Seymour, who wants to "go with the flow;" Olivia Moulton, who wants to study political science; Autumn Benedict, who plans to attend Buffalo State and is undecided on a major; and...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks wrapped up an undefeated regular season and will play Alexandria in Section 10 semifinals. The winner of that game will go on to play for the Section 10 title on Saturday, Feb. 1 at SUNY Potsdam. The semifinal game was to have been played Wednesday, Jan. 29, after press deadline for this edition. Salmon River defeated Potsdam, Massena and Plattsburgh to close out their perfect regular season. They squared off against hosts Massena on Wednesday,...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders and Salmon River Shamrocks played a neck-and-neck hockey game that went into overtime and Massena clinched 5-4. After a scoreless first period, both teams rattled off two goals in the middle stanza and then two more each in the third frame before Massena's Mikey Kuhn fired in the game-winner in overtime. Raiders goalie Ben Rogers lent a big hand to their win, finishing the tilt with tally of 39 saves. Salmon River goalie Ryan Oakes Jr. made 18 saves. Alex...
By Andy Gardner Massena split two games against Canton and Potsdam as the Shamrocks were unsuccessful against Malone and Ogdensburg. Tori Jacobs scored 16 points as Massena went on to defeat Potsdam 58-37 on Wednesday, Jan. 15 in Potsdam. Tsiakoseriio David notched 10 points and Nova LeGrow chipped in 11. Julia Basford paced Potsdam with 19 points. In the Monday, Jan. 13 game the Raiders lost to Canton, the final score was quite close -- 52-50. Tsiakoseriio David paced Massena's offense with 18...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks were shut out by the Norwood-Norfolk Icemen 2-0 on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Dominic Zappia Arena in Norfolk. Salmon River netminder Ryan Oakes Jr. stood tall in the net with 27 saves. Ryley Ashley scored what would hold up as the game-winner, with helpers from Jude Lauzon and Robert Voss. Jayden Grant connected for the insurance goal on a play set up by John McCall. Icemen goalie Thomas Cafarella turned aside 22 shots. The Massena Raiders broke open a stal...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks defeated Massena, Malone and Canton to keep a grip on an undefeated 2019-2020 record. Their win over Massena was Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Tom Cavanaugh Arena in Fort Covington. It was a 6-0 shutout performance. Makhia Snyder scored twice to spark the SRC offense. Alexis Seymour scored the only goal the ‘Rocks needed 5:22 into the opening frame, on a play set up by Jaryn Chubb. Carli Cartier turned aside all 20 shots fired her way. Karli St. Ann had a goal and two helpers. Hannah Johnson and K...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Shamrocks and Ogdensburg Free Academy Blue Devils recognized their referees during their Friday, Jan. 17 game. The captains of the teams applauded their refs, Steve Ansari and Brian Gale, to mark Officials Appreciation Week, SRC Coach Shawn Martin said. The two officials posed for a photo with the captains of both teams: Kamea Thomas and Meg Martin from Salmon River, and Hailey Reed, Riley Hough, Gabrielle Morley, Emily Farrand and Celia Henry from OFA. The Blue...
By Andy Gardner Organizers of next month’s Massena Fishing Expo are hoping to start an annual event to link the North Country with the larger national sport fishing community. The event, slated for Feb. 14 to 16, will be in the St. Lawrence Centre’s new expo center. The former wing of the mall that housed Hills, and later Ames, has been renovated and the expo will be its debut. “This will be a celebration of the unique growth of our fishery here in the northeast that makes it the best place to come to fish in the country,” said Massena sport f...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River girls and boys both beat Potsdam, and Massena's girls and boys both triumphed over Gouverneur during the week of Jan. 6. In Potsdam on Friday, Dec. 10, the Shamrocks jumped out to a 45-18 halftime lead and nailed 12 three pointers en route to a 61-52 win. PJ Ghostlaw led the offense with 14 points, including four of their three-point shots. Clayton Jones tallied 13 points. Kyran Skidders and Hawi Francis-Cook each scored 10 points. Donovan Lazore fashioned five...
By Andy Gardner The Salmon River Lady Shamrocks maintained a perfect record with their 12th 2019-2020 win over Alexandria Bay at home on Friday, Jan. 10. The previous evening, the varsity hockey contingent defeated Plattsburgh 4-3 in a tilt on their home ice, Tom Cavanaugh Arena in Fort Covington. The teams went back and forth right until the end. With the scoreboard knotted 3-3, Makhia Snyder got ahold of the puck and scored what would prove to be the game winner, with just 41 seconds left on the clock. The play was set up by Karli St. Ann...
By Andy Gardner Barbara Montour CPA and Associates are now up and running out of a revitalized century-old building in downtown Akwesasne. Montour, who has been a CPA since 2006, runs an office of four and specializes in small and medium-sized business accounting. Also working in the office are Montour's business partner, Joseph Bowen, and accountants Skasenneo Shenandoah and Allen Terrance. "In Akwesasne and the surrounding community are a lot of small-sized and medium-sized businesses, and...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Now that St. Lawrence Health System is taking over Massena Memorial Hospital, the MMH CEO says he thinks the affiliation will transition Massena into a more modern facility. Voters on Election Day, by a margin of about 19 to 1, approved a referendum for the Town of Massena to transfer MMH’s assets to SLHS. David Bender, an SLHS administrator who is MMH’s CEO through a management contract with St. Lawrence Health, said healthcare is constantly in flux and part of that means independent hospitals are becoming a thing of...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Students at Massena High School now have the option of participating in Newspaper Club. The group will publish a print periodical for students to read in their down time in the school café. The Board of Education on Thursday night appointed high school teacher Andrea Vierno their volunteer advisor. “They want to provide this club as an opportunity of student writing and an awareness of what’s going on in this district,” Superintendent Pat Brady said. Their officers include president Logan Dobbins and vice presid...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Board of Education members debated whether to allow more or fewer student groups to wear cords and stoles at graduation. They are worn around the neck to signify either participation in an academic organization or heritage. There are also stoles for students joining the military. Native American students are also allowed to wear their traditional regalia instead of the cap and gown. Trustee Kevin Perretta thinks the school should take a more conservative approach to which cords and stoles are allowed, opining that they...
BY ANDY GARDNER MASSENA. The Board of Education heard a pitch from a high school guidance counselor on bringing in a therapy dog. Guidance counselor Nicole LaPage said she is still researching how it all would work. What she knows for sure is she would be the dog’s owner and would be responsible for licensing and vaccinating the animal and carrying an insurance policy for it. “I’ve read a lot; I have no experience” “I think this will be a very large learning curve for me. I have read a ton. I’ve joined social media groups where topics are...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. The Town Council will continue to accept written comments on their proposed solar power code as they get closer to adopting a final regulation. The board at their Wednesday, Dec. 18 meeting held a public hearing and received a written comment from one person. Town Supervisor Steve O’Shaughnessy said they will continue accepting written comments through the Town Clerk’s Office, where the draft code is available for review. He said they are looking at voting on a final version at their February meeting. It would govern fr...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Lady Raiders posted a decisive 5-2 victory over Franklin Academy at home on Friday, Dec. 27 and the Lady Shamrocks battled to a 1-1 tie with Clinton the same evening. In the Massena game, the Raiders scored all they needed plus an insurance goal in the opening stanza. Meg Wilmshurst scored the opening goal at 3:17, followed by Millie King just under four minutes later. Brooke Terry punched in what would prove to be the game-winner, plus an insurance goal. The first...
By Andy Gardner The Massena Raiders and Salmon River Shamrocks varsity girls basketball teams faced off on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The Raiders came out ahead 54-15. Massena took off early, leading 10-4 after the first period and 31-11 at halftime. Layla Bingham led Massena with 11 points. Shaylena Mandigo scored seven points. Six points apiece came from Tsiakoseriio David and Tori Jacobs. Aryssa Hopps and Nova LeGrow scored five points each. Hayleigh Armstrong, Savannah Gauthier and Kailey Peets...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA -- Massena’s sport fishing promoter says Fishing League Worldwide is asking for a unique spectacle when they bring their title championship to town this summer. Also, FLW is looking to sanction competitive fishing teams at local schools. Don Meissner, with whom the town contracts to promote Massena as a fishing destination, said he’s been talking with FLW officials “almost every day” about the summer tournament. It will feature the top 50 anglers from the FLW circuit competing for a $200,000 top prize. “They’r...
By Andy Gardner Tsiakoseriio David sparked the Massena offense with 18 points as the Raiders girls varsity contingent went on to a 55-41 home win over the St. Lawrence Central Larries on Saturday, Dec. 28. Massena got out to a 15-8 lead after the first quarter, increasing that to 28-16 at the half and 39-24 after three frames. Tori Jacobs scored 10 points. Aryssa Hopps tossed in eight points. Kailey Peets scored six points and Nova Legrow came through with six. Laylah Bingham and Hayleigh Armstrong each scored four points. Abby Lemieux scored...
By Andy Gardner Twinleaf hosted their breakfast with Santa the weekend of Dec. 14 and 15 in both Akwesasne and Fort Covington. They brought the event to their diner on state Route 37 on Sunday the 15th. In addition to kids getting to meet Santa, the diner served breakfast and a Christmas dinner. Richard Laffin, who filled in Santa's boots, said he enjoys the gig and is in his second year doing it. "There was a good turnout. Some of the kids are afraid at first," he said. "One girl, we had to...
By Andy Gardner More than 100 friends and relatives showed up to watch Massena High School's three instrumental bands perform their yearly holiday concert. The program had some last-minute shuffles, with the orchestra being moved to the opening spot. They performed three songs – "The Christmas Song" followed by "Christmas Concerto" second movement. They closed with an orchestral arrangement of "Applause" by world-renowned pop singer Lady Gaga, the closing tune of her 2013 LP "Artpop." It feature...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Massena Memorial Hospital is expected to be privatized by Jan. 1. MMH CEO David Bender at the December MMH board meeting said they’ve received a certificate of need to establish the new non-profit MMH, which will be operated by St. Lawrence Health System. The new entity will be called Massena Hospital. “We look to have our final day of operations (as a public hospital) on 12/31/2019,” he told the board. “We are on track for a Jan. 1, 2020 start up” under St. Lawrence Health. Massena Memorial Hospital Foundatio...
By Andy Gardner Salmon River came in second place at their annual Christmas tournament at Tom Cavanaugh Arena in Fort Covington, and one of their skaters was named co-MVP. The Shamrocks hosted the Ogdensburg Blue Devils, New Hartford Spartans and Queensbury Spartans for a weekend of hockey Dec. 13-14. Salmon River's Tim Cook Jr. was named co-MVP, along with OFA's Kelson Hooper. OFA won first place with seven points (1-0-1). Salmon River was second with six points (1-1). New Hartford and...
By Andy Gardner MASSENA -- Massena Memorial Hospital predicts an $806,000 loss for the first three months of 2020, but only if they are still a public hospital. Their chief financial officer said if they can get their privatization and affiliation with St. Lawrence Health System completed by the end of this year, “it should be zero.” At the Monday, Nov. 18 MMH board meeting, CFO Pat Facteau said the $806,000 is based on conservative estimates of revenues and expenses for the first quarter. Part of that debt includes what they owe to the New...