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The Massena and Salmon River boys lacrosse teams went head-to-head in a May 12 overtime thriller. Meanwhile, the two schools' girls teams won all of their games except one over the week of May 6 to 12. After the host Raiders and visiting Shamrocks racked up 11 goals apiece over the course of 48 minutes, Gage Fiacco fired in an unassisted goal 2:40 into overtime to garner a 12-11 win for Massena. Salmon River took an early 7-2 lead after the first quarter, and ratcheted up to 9-3 by halftime. The...
Massena and Salmon River's baseball and softball teams saw mixed results in more than a dozen combined games for the four squads over the week of May 6 to 12. The Lady Raiders edged past hosts Potsdam by a single run on May 11. Massena pitcher Ieronhenehtha Point struck out two batters and walked three, giving up 12 hits and seven errors. For Potsdam, Taylor Benda struck out two, walked one and allowed five hits. Brittany Streeter and Skyler Trumble each batted singles and scored two runs. At...
Two Mohawk brothers were harassed by police and pulled from a college tour at Colorado State University after their presence made a parent “nervous,” according to stories that have been making international headlines. Thomas Kanewakeron Gray, 19, and his brother, Lloyd Skanahwati Gray, 17, originally from Akwesasne, had saved money and traveled seven hours from their home in Santa Cruz, N.M. to the school in Fort Collins, Colo. Upon arriving in the new city they became lost, but found their way to CSU thirty minutes late for the scheduled tou...
The Massena school district is starting a mentoring program for male Native American students through a federal program called “My Brother’s Keeper.” Stephanie Allen, the district’s curriculum director, told the Board of Education on May 3 that the Obama-era program is designed “to eliminate opportunity gaps and achievement gaps we’re seeing with male students of color.” “At Massena, that would be our Native students,” she said, but added that the Trump administration is no longer funding it. “So we don’t have as long as we would like.” The p...
Massena Memorial Hospital could add chemical dependency treatment beds early in 2019. The comment comes from MMH CEO Bob Wolleben, on the heels of a Department of Health memo where state regulators waived limits on how many addiction treatment beds a hospital can offer. Through Dec. 31, the department is waiving the five-bed limit at acute care hospitals. They will decide whether or not to extend the waiver. Opioids have claimed numerous lives northern New York and southern Ontario, and one in the first quarter of the following year. The...
Massena and Salmon River boys and girls lacrosse teams continued their 2018 seasons by adding wins over Ogdensburg, Heuvelton, Canton and other teams. Meanwhile, Massena girls lacrosse Coach Jeffrey Slack struck a career milestone with his 100th win. Massena is leading the Section 10 girls lacrosse standings with a 6-1 record, but the Lady Shamrocks are one game behind surpassing or tying them at 5-1. On April 30, Massena trounced the Ogdensburg Lady Blue Devils 15-2. It was Coach Slack's 100th...
After numerous games either canceled or postponed due to weather, Massena and Salmon River baseball and softball seasons are finally underway. The Lady Raiders May 1 opener ended in their 4-3 win over Canton. Massena scored all the runs they needed in the first two innings. Brittney Condon pitched a complete-game win. Kate Furnia was credited the loss. Massena’s Sydnee Caroll went 2-3 at the bat, including a second-inning triple where she drove in three runs. Her squadmate Brittney Streeter rapped a pair of hits. The Lady Shamrocks dropped t...
Salmon River Central School District was among the 50 districts in Upstate New York with the lowest SAT scores, according to a list and database compiled by Syracuse.com. Last year, more than 135,141 students statewide took the SAT. The average total score was 1052. The average score on the evidence-based writing portion of the test was 528 and the math average was 523, according to the list. At Salmon River, 39 students took the SAT with a 995 average score. The ERW average at Salmon was 489. The average on math was 506. Salmon River tied for...
MASSENA -- A new program in the Massena Central School District aims to teach kids to watch their online behavior and raise awareness of human trafficking. Students on March 23 had an entire day devoted to the topics, Amanda Mittiga, a high school English teacher, told the Board of Education at their April 16 meeting. Presenters included Jonel Beauvais, a cultural community outreach worker from the Seven Dancers Coalition, and Mona Romeo, Francine Thompson, Chad Sherman, Racine Johnson and Sky Gould from the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Social Serv...
Hundreds of people showed up for the Psychic and Holistic Fair at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort on April 28-29, which brought together about 20 readers and vendors. The event was in the casino's ballroom, with psychics and practitioners around the edges performing a variety of readings throughout the day. The display was brightened up by vendors selling gems and minerals. Some had brightly colored jewelry and wire wrap gemstone-accented tree sculptures on display Wanda Winters, a psychic...
An Akwesasne boxer is planning a return to the ring on a professional card in North Carolina. Michele Cook will fight in a 130-pound lightweight bout as part of Pretty Girl Promotions' Thursday Night Fights at the Grady Center in Charlotte, N.C. on May 17. Her opponent will be Brittney Artis. Cook, 25, says this will be her fifth professional bout, on top of 20 previous amateur fights. "Really this fight was set up for me to get the rust out, because I haven't boxed in a couple years, so it's...
MASSENA -- Although Massena Central has no funding for an in-school police officer in their 2018-19 budget, district officials say they have not ruled out the idea and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe supports the idea. Massena’s Board of Education on April 16 approved a $54,442,331 budget that would raise $14,835,434 in taxes, .99 percent more than last year. It is subject to voter approval in May. The spending blueprint does not include funding for an in-school police officer, which many school and government officials refer to as a “school resourc...
MASSENA -- Students at J.W. Leary Junior High may soon see big changes to the structure of their school day. The Board of Education heard a proposal on April 16 that would change J.W. Leary Junior High’s school day to four 84-minute blocks, rather than the current eight 42-minute periods. Leary principal Alan Oliver told the board that he believes it will help teachers engage more with students. “It slows everything down, the kids have less classes, the teachers have less prep … hopefully more student-centered curriculum that allows teach...
Despite dismal, unseasonable wintry weather that wiped out a majority of games scheduled for the week of April 16, Salmon River girls lacrosse won two of three games, one of which was a loss to Massena. And the Shamrocks boys lacrosse team maintained a perfect record for the season. The Lady Shamrocks and Lady Raiders are now tied in Section 10 with 3-1 records. After trailing by two goals, the Salmon River girls lacrosse team came back with nine goals in a row and claimed a 12-5 win over...
For the second time, the Akwesasne Animal Society will join up with Canadian veterinary organizations to offer a free spay/neuter and pet wellness clinic. It will be at the Kahwenoke Recreation Center from April 23 to 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Jenna Herne, AAS founder and a licensed veterinary technician, said they will perform the spay and neuter procedures April 23, 24 and 25. On April 26 and 27, they will offer the wellness packages, which includes all vaccines -- rabies, distemper, parvo and distemper, along with a microchip,...
The Akwesasne Library in April is participating in a National Endowment for the Arts “Big Read Month” campaign aimed at getting neighboring communities engaged through reading. Akwesasne and SUNY Plattsburgh libraries have been participating by giving away free copies of “The Round House” by Louise Erdrich with the hope of getting people discussing issues facing Native communities. There are several copies left in Akwesasne, but most have been given out, said library assistant Charity Lazore. “What the Big Read is based on, all the situation...
The emerald ash borer invasive species is expected to kill most, if not all of the local ash trees, but the Tribe’s Environment Division is looking for volunteers for an effort that might slow them down. The invasive species kills every tree it infects, meaning about 14.5 percent of Akwesasne’s trees will be killed or removed over the coming years, according to a document from the Environment Division. The ash tree plays a significant role in Akwesasne and its sweetgrass – splint basket making culture. Aaron Barrigar, one of the Divis...
The Salmon River Shamrocks have improved to 4-0 this season and the Massena Raiders were able win most of their games the week of April 9, but neither the boys nor the girls contingents were able to best Canton. The Shamrocks boys varsity lacrosse team won their fourth game of the season on April 10, a 15-8 decision over the host Potsdam Sandstoners. Salmon River led 6-3 after the opening quarter and improved to 10-6 at halftime then held the competition to two goals in the remainder of the game...
Salmon River boys and girls, along with Massena girls, won all but one of their varsity lacrosse bouts during the week of April 2. The Lady Raiders broke through in overtime to down Immaculate Heart on 8-7 at Mike Nicholas Field on April 7. Abigail Johnson scored the game-winner 3:59 into OT to take the game for Massena. She scored two other goals during regulation. Lindsey Ladue and Cayla Hinkley each scored twice. Gisele Todd turned aside 11 shots. For IHC, Kate O'Neil forced sudden death...
Massena’s girls lacrosse team opened their 2018 season with a win over Heuvelton while the boys started off with a loss to St. Lawrence. The girls game, played at Mike Nichols Field in Massena on March 30, ended in a 17-3 final score. Massena got up to an 11-2 lead by halftime and never looked back. Julia Blair led the offensive charge with five goals and an assist. Abigail Johnson, Claire Tyo, Lindsey Ladue each fashioned two goals and a helper. Meg Wilmshurst scored twice. Cayla Hinkley (one assist), Jenna Oakes, Anna Thompson and Nova L...
MASSENA -- The Massena Central School board are looking at bringing back a program that puts an on-duty police officer in school. The discussion comes in the wake of a shooting in Parkland, Fla. that left 14 students and three staff members dead. At the March 15 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Pat Brady said they are in “preliminary” talks with the Massena Police Department on them providing what is being called a “school resource officer.” “We’re really at the preliminary stage of this. We had a conversation, a meeting with Chief...
After the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe announced they would seek to have disputed lands placed into Bureau of Indian Affairs trust, Franklin County countered and said they are committed to land claim negotiations. Tribal officials say they have filed four applications for a total of six parcels. Two parcels are in Brasher, one, a 143-acre parcel, is in the so-called “Hogansburg Triangle,” and three parcels belong to businesses in Fort Covington. The tribe is preparing another round of applications to include four parcels belonging to a business in...
Organizers of the Massena School district's recent Native American Day were praised by the Board of Education at their February meeting. The meeting came with an announcement that event made a nationally syndicated NPR program, which prompted a man living in the Midwest to send the school's Mohawk Club a cash donation. The event was held in November and brought presenters to the high school for a day of cultural immersion. Later on, members of the high school Mohawk Club along with some of the...
Massena’s varsity girls basketball and boys hockey teams wrapped up their 2017-18 seasons in state playoffs. The basketball team lost to Section 3 champs Jamesville-DeWitt on March 7 at SUNY Potsdam by a 64-29 final score in state Class A playoffs. The hockey squad lost to Victor in state Division I playoffs. Lexis Jacobs and Paige Perry led Massena’s offense with seven points each. Tsiakoseriio David scored two points. Octavia Viskovich scored six and grabbed nine boards. Alyssa Eubank had five points with eight rebounds. Layla Bingham sco...
The Massena Raiders boy’s varsity hockey team are making a run for the state title after beating Canton for Section 10 honors, and later downing Section 2 champs Bethlehem in state quarterfinals. Meanwhile, the Lady Raiders varsity basketball team lost their chance at the Section 10 overall title, but will still compete in state Class A playoffs. The hockey team on March 3 took an 8-3 win over Bethlehem at Bethlehem YMCA Arena. The host team opened the scoreboard 43 seconds into the contest with a Thomas Leibold goal. Ben Chilton then s...
