Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. The Massena High School Diversity Club is asking the Board of Education to consider making their graduation gowns a single gender-neutral color. Paul Haggett, who chairs the...

By Andy Gardner Local public health experts and St. Lawrence County legislators discussed concerns about bringing anglers to the area for fishing tournaments who are coming from states that are...

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. A student ex officio member of the Board of Education told members that distance learning due to the pandemic was harder on some than others. Ieronhenehtha Lazore, the...

By Andy Gardner CANTON. St. Lawrence County could be vulnerable to a second wave of COVID-19 due to unnecessary travel to and from high-transmission areas, according to one of the county’s top...

By Andy Gardner Salmon River Central is planning a drive-through June 26 graduation ceremony. Salmon River will have the graduates and family members arriving at specific times. It will be June 26 at...

By Andy Gardner The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on fall high school sports is still largely an unknown. The New York State Public High School Athletic Association is working on giving coaches...

By Andy Gardner CANTON. Local officials are in talks with Bassmaster, who still wants to hold their Elite Tournament in Waddington later this summer, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Lawrence...

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Fishing League Worldwide are trying to hold their tournament in Massena later this year, adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, over the summer. Don Meissner, with whom the town...

By Andy Gardner Massena’s superintendent of schools says he and other regional superintendents will meet June 2 to discuss how to handle graduation for the Class of 2020. “Currently, under executi...

By Andy Gardner While one of Akwesasne’s neighboring communities is in the very early stages of re-opening their economy, a tribal spokesperson says the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s will remain in...

By Andy Gardner Gov. Andrew Cuomo has closed all schools and colleges in New York state until the end of the year. Massena and Salmon River’s superintendents say their upcoming budgets should be...

By Andy Gardner CANTON. St. Lawrence County’s public health director said there is a plan in the works to re-open the local economy in coordination with six neighboring counties: Franklin, Lewis,...

By Andy Gardner No new COVID-19 cases have been reported to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe’s Emergency Operations Center. Three people on the southern portion of Akwesasne have tested positive. One has...

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. The Board of Education approved several hires, leaves of absence, retirements and a resignation at their Monday, April 20 meeting. Appointments include: Nicole Deshaies,...

By Andy Gardner The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne’s grand chief took to the airwaves to warn Akwesasronon that they must abide by social distancing guidelines, even when mourning the death of a loved...

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Town councilors are concerned that Arconic’s plan to bring 100 contactors to town to work on the Grasse River remediation could possibly bring more coronavirus from outside...

By Andy Gardner A Massena Raiders assistant football coach will take over as their new head coach. Austin Coleman teaches social studies at Massena Central and was a standout lineman playing high...

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Although the slate of summer fishing tournaments faces an uncertain future, organizers are still going forward in case they are able to salvage the summer. That includes plans...

By Andy Gardner A former Salmon River principal and Massena Central grad with four decades of referee experience will take over as New York state’s top high school official. John Simons will start...

By Andy Gardner A group of Clarkson professors are getting $200,000 from the National Science Foundation to study how air expelled from the mouth during speech contributes to the spread of the novel...

By Andy Gardner Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a plan to re-open the state economy, beginning with what his office describes as “low-risk” construction and manufacturing jobs. The plan will be...

By Andy Gardner MASSENA. Massena school district officials are waiting on directives from the state on when the school year will end, how teachers and principals will be evaluated, and when the...