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The Antique and Classic Boat Society is at home for a 50th anniversary show, starting Monday in Clayton.
09/14/2025

The Antique and Classic Boat Society is at home for a 50th anniversary show, starting Monday in Clayton.

CLAYTON — In its 50-year history, the Antique and Classic Boat Society, which has 52 chapters in the U.S., Canada and Europe, has never hosted one of its Vintage Boat

This is the first natural flake graphite project to be commissioned in the United States in almost 70 years.
09/13/2025

This is the first natural flake graphite project to be commissioned in the United States in almost 70 years.

GOUVERNEUR — The first natural flake graphite project in the United States in almost 70 years was commissioned on Friday in Gouverneur.

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09/13/2025

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Check out scenes from Lewis County's inaugural Renaissance Faire! Organizers said the faire brought in about $20,000 to ...
09/12/2025

Check out scenes from Lewis County's inaugural Renaissance Faire! Organizers said the faire brought in about $20,000 to support Youth Of Lewis County.

Read more at wdt.me/RenFaire

There is some common ground across the political aisle today: New York and national figures are calling for an end to th...
09/12/2025

There is some common ground across the political aisle today: New York and national figures are calling for an end to the political violence.

The brutal and very public murder of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on Wednesday prompted a wave of bipartisan alignment, as New York state and national figures called for an end

New York is racing to meet booming demand for electricity, especially from data centers needed for artificial intelligen...
09/12/2025

New York is racing to meet booming demand for electricity, especially from data centers needed for artificial intelligence, and there’s strong interest in meeting that demand with nuclear power.

Bloomberg News reports ⬇️

Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul is appealing to the White House for help fast-tracking a plan to build a nuclear reactor in the state.

The Fort Drum community joined others across the country holding 9/11 commemorations today. “It’s a heavy day, a lot of ...
09/12/2025

The Fort Drum community joined others across the country holding 9/11 commemorations today.

“It’s a heavy day, a lot of lives were lost, and I think one way we can remember and honor them is by pushing ourselves and putting ourselves through something difficult," Capt. Michael Ventura said.

FORT DRUM — Over 1,400 Fort Drum community members gathered outside Magrath Sports Complex on Thursday to participate in the annual 9/11 Remembrance 5K Run, commemorating the events of 24

Deb Reid was part of a Guilfoyle Ambulance Service team that responded in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, s...
09/11/2025

Deb Reid was part of a Guilfoyle Ambulance Service team that responded in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, spending five days at ground zero. She has done nearly 20 memorial stair climbs since then.

You can join this year's Thousand Islands 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb Saturday at the Dulles State Office Building.

WATERTOWN — As in the past two years, Debra L. Reid will take part in the third annual Thousand Islands 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb on Saturday at the Dulles State

The grand opening sign, which marked the occasion in February, is still hanging on the Madison Barracks building.
09/10/2025

The grand opening sign, which marked the occasion in February, is still hanging on the Madison Barracks building.

SACKETS HARBOR — The village’s only grocery store abruptly closed last 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.