The Orchestra of Northern New York hopes its two “Comfort and Joy” holiday concerts offer a bit of a respite from the pressures of the pandemic. Read More ⇒
Watertown Daily Times features writer and occasional “Guy on a Bike” columnist Chris Brock shares his third annual “Views From the Road” photo montage. Read More ⇒
WINTHROP — There were doubters in the 1970s when Edward Joseph Carr decided he was going to plant an apple orchard on his property here along County Route 49 in a region not usually associated the fruit being able to thrive. Read More ⇒
A while ago, Joseph L. Rich gave me a call and suggested I join him and one of his close friends for lunch. Read More ⇒
We’ve been doing a lot of sniffing here lately. Read More ⇒
Most of the problems today’s parents are experiencing in the course of raising children are due to a faulty “parent-view.” Just as one’s worldview consists of attitudes, values and expectations concerning the world and his or her place in it, a person’s parent-view is primarily constituted o… Read More ⇒
The first day of autumn is bringing cool, rainy weather with the temperature at 51 degrees this morning. Read More ⇒
Do you want to feel more full and satisfied when you eat? Who doesn’t? Isn’t that part of the joy of eating? A recent study outlined in Food & Nutrition Magazine (Vol. 10, Issue 4) indicated that people who ate more whole grains had less hunger and desire to eat, plus higher fullness and… Read More ⇒
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When I realized this article would be printed on Sept. 11, it gave me pause. What could I possibly write about that would adequately represent thoughts about this day? For my generation, it is a day that everyone remembers exactly where they were and what they were doing — like the John F. K… Read More ⇒
It took me two days to watch a documentary that was an hour and 15 minutes long. I tend to lose consciousness when the action is slow and the dialogue ends. “School of Housewives” was slow, but good. Read More ⇒
It’s all over the web, that “grit” thing. Seems like every day, I get some promo for a webinar on how to get more grit, project more grit, or get in touch with your inner grit. So allow me to enlighten the reader on how to help your child acquire grit. Read More ⇒
It’s appropriate that Gregory J. Lago, a storyteller who carves, paints, pounds, sculpts, cuts and engraves his tales into a dizzying array of mediums, has titled his featured exhibit after a well known ballad. Read More ⇒
I’m sitting in a hotel restaurant in Pittsfield, Mass., enjoying the hoppy, piney fragrance of a tall imperial IPA when I sneak a glance over at my brother-in-law, Ryan. He’s moments into his first taste of 413 Farmhouse Ale (Big Elm Brewing, Sheffield, Mass.), and it’s not going well. Read More ⇒
Clichés are a cliche for good reason, right? Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The film “Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” was the No. 1 movie in U.S. box office charts on the June 19-20 weekend and a sibling team with roots in Watertown is a major part of its success. Read More ⇒
It is such a pleasant morning outside. The temperature is just right. Read More ⇒
The elderly man climbed out of his Honda CRV parked along the State Street curb in Heuvelton, clutched his cane and started his steady trek up a small incline to the village diner. The morning sun was behind him, casting his shadow to the sidewalk slightly ahead of him, as if his legend was … Read More ⇒
Late last month, I was sitting in a fold out chair at the McVean Center Gymnasium at Jefferson Community College, freshly vaccinated twice over, holding a little 15-minute timer in my hand and thinking about sedentary objects. Read More ⇒
Last Wednesday, April 7, was National Beer Day, and you couldn’t pick a better day, or a better week for it. Baseball season is finally here, the sun was shining just about every day, and the mountains of snow that have been piled up on street corners and have grayed like my beard since the … Read More ⇒
Eric J. Youngs has a passion for firewood that could be a result of his Scandinavian lineage. But it was a book published in 2015 that became a best-seller in Europe that lit his artistic flame. Read More ⇒
Jeramy K. Freeman wants you to believe in yourself and dream big. Read More ⇒
Last Sunday afternoon, Valentine’s Day, in a photo studio upstairs at Watertown’s Paddock Arcade, Kristie Stumpf Rork gathered some friends to say bye-bye to her boobs. Read More ⇒
Sometimes it takes an outsider to truly appreciate the inside framework of where we call home. Read More ⇒
On the walls of her Sackets Harbor home, Caroline M. Baker has mementos of her dad Harold Stott, a longtime automotive mechanic in Harrisville. Read More ⇒
This column will wrap up my columns for 2020. We wish all of you God’s richest blessings in the new year 2021. Read More ⇒
So long, 2020. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — For John R. Northrop, the means of earning a living and the vehicle for his success has always been a focus on family. Read More ⇒
So … how’s everyone doing? Read More ⇒
I have to be honest with you guys. I could use a beer. Read More ⇒
This year’s bicycling season has seen more riders on the road and on trails due to the pandemic. In May, I reported on the local bike shortage caused by more people taking up the pursuit. Read More ⇒
When Watertown native Michael J. Leoni hit the streets of Los Angeles six years ago to gather insight into the teen homeless issue of the city where he lives, he expected it to be a short project and to the point. Read More ⇒
One of the toughest things about having kids during the COVID-19 pandemic is trying to find ways to entertain the kids when places like parks and beaches — God, especially beaches — just look like overcrowded disease factories. Read More ⇒
It’s a little after 10 a.m. on a Monday, and I’m playing some board game or another with my boys and trying to put some coffee in my face when the youngest, Ben, decides he wants to go to the playground. Read More ⇒
“People are paying more attention to tweets (not the Twitter kind).” Read More ⇒
I’m sitting outside on our driveway, surrounded by Ben’s chalk drawings and about a half dozen small plastic Lego figures and otherwise faceless toys — all of which Ben calls “Mario.” Read More ⇒
Louise Pierce of Norwood, who turned 94 on Friday, is no stranger to quarantine life. Memories flooded back to her a few weeks ago when she read an article in the Watertown Daily Times by Indanapolis-based columnist Lori Borgman who, in the column, recalled her father-in-law, Hub, and his qu… Read More ⇒
On a recent Friday night working on the Times’ design desk, I sent my final page for the evening, checked in with the rest of the staff to see if there was anything left for me to do and I quickly retired from work a good 15 feet to my refrigerator and I cracked open a bottle of Unibroue’s g… Read More ⇒
It all started with such promise. Read More ⇒
I’m not a person who thinks very much about the future. Read More ⇒
It’s the holiday season, and they call it a whole season for a reason. Read More ⇒
Q: I’m already dreading the holidays. Our 8-year-old is a very excitable child and our family is expected to attend numerous holiday get-togethers at the homes of family members. When he’s included in events where there’s lots of excitement and anticipation in the air, he has a reputation fo… Read More ⇒
I-PASS is the nifty system where you stick a gizmo to the windshield of your car and automatically pay tolls from an online account, which lets you forgo stopping at toll booths and fishing around for money to throw in the basket. Read More ⇒
One of the many pleasures of my first trip to Flashback Brewing Co., 1309 State St., Watertown, a few weeks back is a 10-minute conversation about the merits (there are so many) of a runny egg. Read More ⇒
It’s 4:45 a.m. as I sit by the kitchen table writing. The boys already left for work. Their bags are packed and ready for our departure to Kentucky at 1:30 p.m. They will work a half day, come home, shower, and be ready to go. Read More ⇒
As tourists from a cruise ship strolled about the village of Clayton’s downtown on Sept. 12, murals along James Street stopped them in their tracks. Cell phones popped out of pockets to capture photos of the colorful scenes of river and early village life painted on the outside walls of the … Read More ⇒
Let’s get this out of the way up front … I’m not much for camping. Read More ⇒
On July 20, 1969, millions of people around the globe watched as Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon. Read More ⇒
We have entered the month of August and the sun is shining this morning as I sit writing at the desk. I am by the east window, but the wraparound porch keeps the sun from shining in the windows. It makes nice sleeping with the cool evenings. Read More ⇒
One of the things I hate about being sick is the side effects of medication. Read More ⇒