Pulitzer Prize-winning alum to speak at SUNY Canton Commencement

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who began his journalism career in the North Country will deliver the keynote speech at SUNY Canton's 110th commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12 in the Roos House Convocation, Athletic and Recreation Center. John G. Maines III, who attended SUNY Canton from 1976 to 1977, earned the South Florida Sun Sentinel newspaper its first Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2013 with his groundbreaking investigative report about speeding by Florida off-duty police officers.

Yet another candidate seeks Stefanika s seat

The large pool of candidates vying for Rep. Elise M. Stefanik's congressional seat continues to grow as Greenwich Democratic Town Supervisor Sara Idleman announced her decision to run Thursday. “I gave it serious thought and decided I would run and jump in near the first of the year,” Idleman said in a phone interview Thursday afternoon.

Opening forum of congressional race has civil tone

But Finley, speaking at a forum at SUNY Adirondack on Thursday evening, said he didn't view the arrangement as being outnumbered. Finley, a beef cattle farmer and real estate broker from St. Lawrence County, compared the forum to a gathering of acquaintances at a restaurant.