Governor Cuomo has declared a statewide state of emergency for the duration of the major nor’easter expected to hit the state overnight. [full story]

Street art has changed over the decades, and new forms of self-expression and visual communications are evolving in public spaces. Although they've been around on signs, windows and street light poles for almost a hundred years, street art stickers have emerged as a provocative means to engage passersby. As part of a new exhibit, the walls in the Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University are filled with hundreds of stickers from around the world. "Re-Writing the Streets" explores the international language of stickers - political, social and just whimsical.Todd Moe stopped by the Brush Art Gallery as director Catherine Tedford was assembling the exhibit, with the help of seniors Meg Chandler and Rebecca Clayman. Tedford says street stickers are a democratic form of art and more interactive and contemplative than graffiti."Rewriting the Streets" premiered two years ago at Susquehanna University, and Tedford is hoping the show will travel to a university in Washington next year. She said there are over 800 stickers in the exhibit, which include some from her own personal collection and that of Oliver Baudach, in Germany. [full story]

A federal audit released last week found that the Franklin County district attorney's office mishandled nearly half a million dollars worth of cash. The money was paid out to the county prosecutor over a five-year period by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of an asset-forfeiture arrangement with local law enforcement. Federal investigators say they still don't know where all the money went. [full story]

State Police say a 14-year-old student threatened to shoot his or her classmates at Northern Adirondack Central School in Clinton County. The scare triggered an emergency response over the weekend that ended in the student’s arrest. [full story]

Hundreds of sugar houses across the state will open their doors for the annual Maple Weekend starting Saturday morning. Half the maple syrup produced in New York State comes from North Country farms and forests. There are pancake breakfasts, sugarbush tours and plenty of places to watch bubbling vats of sap and taste the freshest maple syrup.Marcia Rudd is a maple producer in Mannsville, in southern Jefferson County. She's coordinating the annual Maple Weekends in Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and Oswego Counties over the next two weekends. She says her family, which owns and operates Rudd's Maple Syrup, taps 500 trees and usually produces about 300 gallons of syrup each spring. [full story]

Plattsburgh has a new police chief. Ken Parkinson, a 24-year veteran of the city police department, started the job last week. [full story]

The Senate and Assembly will release their one-house budgets early next week, as the March 31 deadline for a new spending plan draws near. They’ve already given some hints as to what the plans will include. [full story]

President Donald Trump has hit a milestone: It's been 50 days since he took office. That time's been marked by huge policy shifts on immigration and trade. There have been widespread protests. The president has fought back, blaming the media for reporting “fake news” and focusing on the negative. It’s a lot to take in. As part of our 100 Days Project, we wanted to know— how have the last 50 days been affecting you? [full story]

Justin case you're watching the thermometer drop and getting antsy about pruning your trees and shrubs, there's no hurry. Especially with the weather this week (New England states broke the record for cold on Saturday, the AP reports), it's not a good idea for person or plants to get stressed about this spring chore. Cooperative Extension's Amy Ivy says there's time. She advises sitting back and thinking through your pruning plan, and she's got some tips. Then wait for a nicer day to actually do the work. [full story]

Landscapes, sun flowers and a mummy are all part of this year's 34th annual Elementary Art Exhibit on display at the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg. The annual show allows the museum to showcase the creative process happening in school arts programs around St. Lawrence County.For most of the young artists, the show is a first opportunity to display their art publicly and in a museum named for renowned North Country artist Frederic Remington. And it's a little overwhelming, too, as parents, siblings and the local media ask questions and the youngsters pose for photos with their art in the gallery. [full story]