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Today is Governor Kathy Hochul's annual State of the State address. Watertown Daily Times Capitol Bureau Chief Alex Gaul...
01/13/2026

Today is Governor Kathy Hochul's annual State of the State address. Watertown Daily Times Capitol Bureau Chief Alex Gault will be there. Click the link to watch live on NNY360.com

Governor to speak on child care, ghost guns and more

The future of the golf course will again be up for discussion Monday night. Read more ⬇️
01/12/2026

The future of the golf course will again be up for discussion Monday night.

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WATERTOWN — Not too many months before the new season is supposed to begin, the new City Council will discuss the future of the Thompson Park Golf Course on Monday

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01/11/2026

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“You might be feeling anger, moral outrage, shock, grief. These are signs you have a conscience, you have a soul,” a loc...
01/11/2026

“You might be feeling anger, moral outrage, shock, grief. These are signs you have a conscience, you have a soul,” a local minister said during the vigil for a Minneapolis woman shot and killed by an immigration agent last week.

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POTSDAM — A memorial vigil for Renee Nicole Good drew about 170 mourners to downtown Potsdam on Saturday.

The CSL Welland was the last upbound freighter of the season to pass through the Thousand Islands Sunday on her way into...
01/11/2026

The CSL Welland was the last upbound freighter of the season to pass through the Thousand Islands Sunday on her way into Lake Ontario. Back in 2018 we sent reporters on the CSL Welland to report on life on the Seaway. Here's that story from 2018. Photos are Watertown Daily Times photos from Clayton to Tibbets as the Welland made her way to . The Welland is enroute to Toronto. St. Lawrence Seaway Ship Watchers Network

https://www.nny360.com/news/life-on-a-laker-a-seaway-trip-on-the-csl-welland/article_6096461d-60a0-5e25-843a-1414c7784469.html

Today's Bill's game is extra special for this Watertown family.🏈 Read more ⬇
01/11/2026

Today's Bill's game is extra special for this Watertown family.

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WATERTOWN — Two weeks ago, 10-year-old Edward Godek got sick at the most inopportune time for a Buffalo Bills fan.

Hochul wants to add billions more to the Child Care Assistance Program that helps cover costs for low-income families an...
01/10/2026

Hochul wants to add billions more to the Child Care Assistance Program that helps cover costs for low-income families and launch a pilot program to work with county governments to grow universal, year-round, child care. But it’s not evident how the governor plans to fund these expensive undertakings.

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Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul wants to make broad investments in child care and early childhood education, and this year will push to make sure that pre-k programs for 4-year-olds are

The vigil will start at 4 p.m. today in Ives Park.
01/10/2026

The vigil will start at 4 p.m. today in Ives Park.

POTSDAM — There will be a vigil in Ives Park on Saturday for Renee Nicole Good, who was killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on

The North Country Music Project is partnering with Harmonny Performing Arts Community for “Celebrating the Life and Lega...
01/10/2026

The North Country Music Project is partnering with Harmonny Performing Arts Community for “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Chuck Martuzas” on Sunday afternoon at The Strand in Watertown.

“You’ve got to appreciate the past to make the present more relevant,” Music Project volunteer Walter Young said.

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WATERTOWN – The North Country Music Project will honor the life and legacy of a renowned north country musician Sunday who died more than four decades ago.

Lake Effect Progress of Northern New York hosted a rally today in Watertown to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, a M...
01/10/2026

Lake Effect Progress of Northern New York hosted a rally today in Watertown to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis resident who was shot and killed Wednesday by a federal immigration agent.

WATERTOWN ‒ Lake Effect Progress of Northern New York hosted a rally from noon to 1 p.m. today on the island at Public Square to demand justice for Renee Nicole

North country football players are well represented on the All-State team released this week.🏈 Read more ⬇
01/09/2026

North country football players are well represented on the All-State team released this week.

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The north country football players were well represented on the All-State team released this week.

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The story of the Watertown Daily Times as a newspaper dates back to 1861, evolving from the weekly New York Reformer, which had been established in Watertown eleven years before. With the advent of the Civil war, and the necessity of getting news quicker being an urgent matter, a daily paper was created.

The original daily Reformer of 1861 was a four-page publication of about 1,500 circulation during the Civil war and less in the years following. It was edited from offices at the east end of the Paddock Arcade and moved into a new location on Arcade Street in 1861. The paper took its present name in 1870, although at that time it was by no means certain that the publication would survive its financial difficulties.

The newspaper did survive the financial perils of the 1870s and grew to prominence under the editorial leadership of Harold B. Johnson, who joined the city staff at age 22 in 1904. Mr. Johnson became editor in 1919 and acquired the business in 1932. The newspaper is now in its fourth generation of family ownership moved to Washington Street in 1962. The paper has the largest news gathering staff in the north country, and covers news in Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Oswego and Franklin Counties. It is Northern New York’s leader in reporting and advertising in print and online.

“The printed word possesses substance. Newspapers seek to provide as news that which has authenticity and thereby will stand up in contrast to the babble of misinformation.” -John B. Johnson, editor and publisher, 1949-2002.