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A handshake deal between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to reinstate the comptroller’s powers to audit contracts in the wake of corruption scandals has stalled.

A new book by two North Country artists offers a glimpse of a year in the North Country through words and illustrations. Light Year, a collaboration of artwork by Suzanne Langelier-Lebeda and poems by Dale Hobson, will be released at a reception tonight from 5 to 7 pm at the Adirondack Artists Guild in Saranac Lake. An exhibit that includes paintings and poetry from the new book will be displayed at the gallery through early September.

Stewart’s Shops, based in Saratoga County, is teaming up with St. Lawrence University in Canton to recognize National Ice Cream Month this summer.

Science fiction movies aside, most spiders pose no threat to humans. Their venom may be fatal to small insects, but few species are powerful enough to hurt something human-sized and most are not equipped to penetrate our skin. Most spiders are not even aware that we are there.

As of yesterday, plastic bags aren’t an option when you check out at Wegmans stores in Ithaca and Corning.

The measuring stick for healthy corn is captured in the phrase, “knee high by the Fourth of July.” But in many parts of the North Country, the corn still wasn’t that high in late July. Some fields have big swaths that are completely bare. And corn is crucial to feed cows through the winter.

Massena Memorial Hospital has been bleeding money for years. The taxpayer-owned hospital has seen many management changes recently to try to turn its finances around.