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Greetings from Colton, NY and the
ROOFTOP OF NEW YORK STATE
aka "The North Country"
Huh? Wherezat?
North of Lake Placid, between Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain.
It's a long way from New London and the ocean.
But ya know what?     It's reeeal quiet up here.    I like it.
One More Peaceful Moment  ||  The Peace of Wild Things
 
CLICK for the Hepburn Library and many useful links
Hepburn Library of Colton, New York
CLICK TO ENTER  for images of the interior
plus many excellent and useful links to Colton, and environs.

North Country Weather
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CLICK for NATIONALGRID home page
NYS ELECTRICAL POWER OUTAGES
Listing by COUNTY
Weather.Com
National Weather Service
NewsWatch50 Watertown
Colton Weather via Google
~DIARY OF A SNOW  SHOVELER~
North Country of New York
Selected Local News/Media:
CLICK forNorth Country Public Radio
COMMUNITY CALENDAR from NCPR (WSLU - Canton NY)

NEWSWATCH 50 || WWTI --- Watertown
WWNY-TV --- Watertown
WPBS-TV --- Watertown
WPDM/99Hits    (Click on NEWS) --- Potsdam
WMSA  (Click on NEWS) --- Massena
The Valley, 96.1 Norwood radio St. Lawrence County News
The WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES
Syracuse.com --- Syracuse
Times Union --- Albany
Mountain Lake CH57-TV

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On-line Info for St. Lawrence County from
North Country This Week
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From Watertown New York
(LINKS from NewZJunky)
CLICK for  Fort LaPresentation info
GO HERE - Links to information about  Fort La Presentation,
its restoration and history in Ogdensburg, New York
 

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ILUFFNY
Official I Love New York State
Tourism Guide
Colton ZIP is
13625
 
Winter Farm bySandra Hildreth
Winter Farm
A water color by Sandra Hildreth - North Country Artist
Poem: A Winter Afternoon - by Linda Kay Harrison - Dec. 2000
Saranac Lake - Ice castle - 1998   ||    Sunrise over our barn - 1998
Testaments to North Country Living
The Sweet Spot - North of Sevey Corners
North Country Public Radio presents:  Ice Storm of '98: A Retrospective
Post Ice Storm '98
 View of our home in Jan. 1998 - Post Ice Storm - Road was finally cleared but still no electricity

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New York State Legislative Branch Contacts:
Representing Colton:
47th Senate District
Raymond A. Meier
47th Senate District map
122nd Assembly District
Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava
122nd Assembly District map

St. Lawrence County Board of Elections

For the uninformed, 99.9% of NYS is NOT New York City.
Breakout the NAVIGATION CHART
And some more maps
COUNTIES OF NYS | NYS MAP |ADIRONDACKS| TOPOGRAPHICAL

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The NORTHERN LIGHTS are very visible here in the north country.
And during August the skies are full of "shooting stars" too.
They are called the Tears of St. Lawrence aka Perseid Meteor Shower.

More North Country Links:
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Check out the CPH   My Healthy News

From NORTH COUNTRY NOW
A verrry long list of links

A strange (and true) tale from rural New York State:
The Ward Boys of Madison County

Frederic Remington Art Museum Link 1
Frederic Remington Art Museum Link 2

Search the GLOBAL ART GALLERY for Remington prints
(No affiliation with the Ogdensburg Remington Museum)

The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake
Great Camps of the Adirondacks
Adirondack Park Visitor Interpretive Centers
ADIRONDACK HISTORY
TAUNY: Traditional Arts in Upstate New York
TAUNY: Related Links
North Country Folklore Online - Northern New York Folklore
The Adirondack Region of Northern New York

The Official Web Site for St. Lawrence County Government
St. Lawrence County - The largest county East of the Mississippi

North Country Guide to St. Lawrence County
Includes link to St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce

Fort Drum, NY

ADIRONDACK GUIDE BOATS

Do you like canoes?
Here is an excellent page by another
former Submariner   Bill Whalen's,  THE OLD
CURMUDGEON BOAT SHOP   It's not in the
Adirondacks, but that's OK - he frequently
canoes here.
Hunting is a passion in 
Northern NYS.
If you're a hunter, check out
The Hunting Trail

Some very good and useful links to other
New York State history/background sites.
  • Long Island: Our Story Home Page
  • New Netherland Project
  • The New Netherland Museum
  • Biography of Henry Hudson, 17th century explorer
  •   Photographer
    Lewis Wickes Hine (1874 -1940)
    The Construction of the
    Empire State Building, 1930-1931

    Okay! Okay! - Well maybe just a few more concessions to the big apple
    The Empire State Building   From Columbia University Library Subject Guides
    NYC SKYSCRAPERS      New York City - History
    Central Park      New York City - Exploring
    NYC b l u e      New York State - Documents
    NYC LINK - Official NYC Site  
    Paperless Guide to NYC
    NYC Reference
    Subway Resources

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    010625-N-0000E-001 New York City, N.Y. (July 2001) -- An aerial view shows a message from Sailors aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) to the citizens of New York during Fleet Week 2001. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Christian Eskelund. (RELEASED) Click for very large image    (400KB)

    I mage source:   http://www.news.navy.mil



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