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Feedback: Why Do Things Cost So Much?

High gas prices are eating away at paychecks and have had a ripple effect on the economy by driving the cost of doing business way up.

But where should we point the finger?

In the final part of her series “Why Do Things Cost So Much?, 7 News Reporter Andrea Friedman investigates the root of high gas prices.

Also, be sure to send us your feedback about Andrea’s 3-part report on the rising costs of food, medical care and fuel.

Today's Local News

Get Out Of Town: The Sterling Renaissance Festival

Need a break from the hustle and bustle of the modern world?

How about letting your imagination take you back in time to Elizabethan England.

This week in our summer series “Get Out Of Town”, 7 News reporter Andrea Friedman takes us to the Renaissance Festival in Sterling.

Wednesday’s Briefing: School’s Never Out

At least, not if you’re a member of state government.  Much talk about education in the last day. It’s atop our daily roundup of news from around the state.

Feedback: Massena Man Killed in B-52 Crash Near Guam

The Massena community is mourning one of its own - a decorated Afghanistan and Iraq veteran killed when the B-52 bomber he was piloting crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Guam on Monday.

Air Force Major Christopher Cooper graduated from Massena Central School in 1992.

Feedback: Public Square Can’t Handle Big Trucks

Watertown officials are looking for a new truck route through the city after they learned large tractor trailers can’t easily get through the newly designed Public Square anymore.

Was it a design flaw or part of the plan?

Update: Part Of Route 81 Overpass May Be Damaged Beyond Repair

A portion of the Interstate 81 - Michael Road overpass may be damaged beyond repair, according to the State Department of Transportation.

DOT spokesman Mike Flick told 7 News  Tuesday that two beams, approximately 50 feet long, were bent along their entire length.

Rivera Will Go On Trial For Arson

The case of a New York City man accused of torching an apartment house in Watertown will go to trial this summer.

A trial date was set for August 4 for 30 year old Carlos Rivera, who’s charged with arson and assault in the December fire that destroyed a huge apartment building on Academy Street.

Consolidation Of Polling Places Causes Controversy

A change in where some St. Lawrence County voters will have to go to vote this fall isn’t sitting well with three Canton area communities.

If you normally vote at the Pyrites Fire Station or at the Morley Community Center or at the Rensselaer Falls Fire Hall, you now will have to travel to the Canton Fire Station to have your vote counted.

Trial Date Set For Accused Rapist

A trial date has been set for a Jefferson County man charged with rape.

Last December, a grand jury indicted 31 year old Travis Jordal on charges of second-degree rape and endangering the welfare of a child.

Fallen Soldiers Honored In Iraq

Soldiers at Camp Victory, Iraq, are remembering 25 year old Sergeant Alex Jimenez of Massachusetts and 19 year old Private Byron Fouty of Michigan.

A memorial to the two 10th Mountain Division soldiers stands outside the Multi-National Division - Center headquarters.

Feedback: Watertown Business Cutting 40 Jobs, JCIDA Offers Help

A Watertown manufacturer of hospital equipment is cutting 40 local jobs and sending them to China at the beginning of 2009.

Covidien, formerly Tyco Health Care, told its employees Friday that it would be ending the manufacture of two of its products at its Watertown facility on Faichney Drive.

The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency says it has reached out to help Covidien.