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The Diocese of Ogdensburg is moving forward with a program to compensate victims of sexual assault and rape by Roman Catholic priests. But unlike some other Catholic leaders, North Country Bishop Terry LaValley chose not to release names of priests who face credible allegations of wrong-doing.

Solicitor General Barbara Underwood became acting attorney general on Tuesday, taking over for the disgraced Eric Schneiderman, who resigned after a New Yorker article detailed four women who accused him of numerous instances of physical violence.

Debbie Morris decided 10 years ago to turn her passion for chocolate into a business. Now she has two chocolatiers on staff at Barkeater Chocolates and is supplying shops across the Northeast with her products.

Dr. Aileen O'Donoghue teaches physics and astronomy at St. Lawrence University and keeps an eye on the stars for North Country Public Radio. This month, she's watching spring arrive in the night and morning skies - Venus and Jupiter at sunset; Saturn and Mars rising after midnight.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned from office, following allegations in the New Yorker that he was physically violent toward four women who have come forward with their stories.

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is pushing for an anti-bullying measure that would require schools to tell parents when their child is being bullied, or if their son or daughter is behaving like a bully toward others.

President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency, and the federal budget this year includes about $3 billion for drug treatment and prevention programs. But some officials in the North Country have been wondering how that's going to help people here, and when they'll start to see the money. U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said it could be this summer.

There's more trouble for the Saratoga and North Creek Railway that operated until this summer in the southeastern Adirondacks. The Glens Falls Post Star is reporting that the IRS has filed a $1.3 million lien against the company.

The massive, nearly $100 billion a year Farm Bill is usually a bipartisan affair. Rural lawmakers who want farm subsidies and urban lawmakers who want food stamp funding become allies and pass a bill.But this year is different. House leaders are going to need every vote they can get to pass their version. They have the support of North Country Congresswoman Republican Elise Stefanik.

Actor Cynthia Nixon, who is running for governor in a Democratic primary against incumbent Andrew Cuomo, released her tax filings on Friday. She and her spouse earned $1.9 million last year and paid nearly $200,000 in taxes.