WATERTOWN — The folks who operate the Jefferson County Fair won’t be getting a lowered fee to use the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds when the six-day fair is held next month. Read More ⇒
CANTON — A St. Lawrence County grand jury has indicted a Jefferson County man on six felony and two misdemeanor counts related to a fatal October car crash in the town of Pitcairn. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Tuesday was a relatively slow day for election workers across Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Six new COVID-19 cases were reported Tuesday across the tri-county area. Read More ⇒
ELLISBURG — The driver of a four-door sedan was injured after a crash along Interstate 81 on Monday night. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — One person was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning after a crash involving three vehicles and a boat that went airborne off its trailer. Read More ⇒
FORT DRUM — Leaders of the 10th Mountain Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Private First Class Eduardo M. Flores, a missing soldier. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Metro-Jeff Drug Task Force announced Tuesday that it seized nearly $2,000, crack cocaine, heroin and glassine envelopes from an apartment where drugs were allegedly being sold. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The 2021 class leaders of Immaculate Heart Central High School are Rose L. Gonas, valedictorian, and Sarah N. Kamide, salutatorian. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Tuesday is a big day for local government — primary day. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic can start applying for $10,000 grants from the city Friday. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Nine new COVID-19 cases were reported over the weekend across the tri-county area. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Jamie P. Bonanno, of 357 California Road, Gouverneur, was charged by city police Sunday with acting in a manner to injure a child and criminal obstruction of breathing. Read More ⇒
REDWOOD — The mother-daughter tandem finally got to celebrate recognition as Alexandria Bay Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year, months after they won it during a time COVID-19 was everywhere and the manager tested positive for the virus. Read More ⇒
HENDERSON — A treasure trove of local family history has found its home within the walls of the Henderson Historical Society, ready to help those looking into their roots uncover ties to their distant ancestors. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Ryan H. Rickett, 22, of 116 North Indiana Ave., Apt. 1, was charged by city police Saturday with unauthorized use of a vehicle. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — A local club is gearing up to participate in a nationwide event in which groups essentially simulate how people would communicate in the event of having no commercial power. Read More ⇒
The following property sales were recorded in Jefferson County clerk’s office June 7: Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Twenty-one years later, Madonna’s words still ring true: “Music makes the people come together.” Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Until recently, the hundreds of campaign lawn signs that dot the city were the only obvious evidence that 10 candidates are running for City Council in Tuesday’s primary. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Robert T. Schorr thinks that the members of City Council need to increase working together if they want to solve the issues that the city is facing. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Candidate Douglas Rice thinks that the City Council has a problem of not letting residents know what’s happening. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Candidate Patrick Hickey doesn’t think City Council has accomplished enough. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Cliff G. Olney III acknowledged that some people have asked him whether he thinks he’s running against Mayor Jeffrey Smith instead of seeking a seat on City Council. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Incumbent Lisa A. Ruggiero has enjoyed her first term on the City Council. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Candidate Michelle Capone thinks her 23 years working in business development will be an asset if she is elected to the City Council. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Amy Horton, a mother of five, says she decided to run for City Council because there needs to be more recreational and other activities for children. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — City Council candidate Aaron Clemons is tired of hearing that the city and the firefighters’ union still haven’t resolved an ongoing labor dispute after learning that it could go back to arbitration. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — In recent years, perhaps no one has talked at City Council meetings more than candidate Jason M. Traynor. Read More ⇒
ALEXANDRIA BAY — Alexandria Town Supervisor Brent H. Sweet said he and the Town Board have been doing a lot of work to make residents feel like their tax dollars are at work, and said he wants to keep that work going. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Just days after Juneteenth was declared a national holiday, the city of Watertown marked its first official commemoration of the holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — There are three Jefferson County legislators facing primary challenges for their seats this year, more challenges than anyone in county government today has seen at one time. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The north country’s LGBTQ community rallied Saturday and celebrated a full day of Pride around the city. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Tempers flared at Tuesday’s special meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Legislators, and two legislators in particular exchanged terse words at the dais. Read More ⇒
WEST CARTHAGE — Due to a lack of quorum, in part due to attendance at a conference by officials, the monthly West Carthage Board of Trustees meeting was postponed. It is now set for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the municipal building board room, 61 High St. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — The village will host its second public planning meeting for its upcoming 150th anniversary celebration at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — For the past 129 years, the family that owns White’s Lumber has been in the home improvement business. Read More ⇒
ADAMS — Auto dealer William B. “Billy” Fuccillo has died at age 64, according to a published report. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Eight new COVID-19 cases were reported Friday across the tri-county area. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — The Antique Boat Museum, North America’s premier freshwater boating museum, will host the return of the Thousand Islands Concours d’Elegance on June 26. The show, which will have a modified format due to COVID-19, features Sunbeams and Triumphs alongside cars of all makes and models. Read More ⇒
CARTHAGE — Mr. and Mrs. Duane F. Brouty, Jackson Lane, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 17. Read More ⇒
RODMAN — A trailer is a total loss after it burned to the ground Friday morning on Pork Hill Road. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — City firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at a home on South Rutland Street on Thursday afternoon that killed two pets. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Erica Turck is making some big changes to the Atman Juice Bar she’s owned in the Lincoln Building for the past four years. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — Rich Clarke is walking through the French Bay Marina and everyone has a comment when they see a photographer following him around the docks. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A Jefferson County Court jury Wednesday acquitted a Watertown man of seven violent felony counts stemming from a May 2019 incident. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The organizer of this weekend’s local Juneteenth celebration proclaimed that “it was a long time coming” that the historic event that ended U.S. slavery was finally becoming a national holiday. Read More ⇒
HAMMOND — The Thousand Islands Land Trust is hosting a Summer Solstice Walking Meditation at the Chippewa Bay Preserve Nature Trail next week. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Five new COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday across the tri-county area. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Ann M. Laparr, 54, of 112 N. Hamilton St., was charged by city police Tuesday with second-degree harassment and second-degree criminal trespassing. Read More ⇒
DEXTER — The 2021 class leaders of General Brown Central School are Allyson Wargo, valedictorian; Libby Malcolm, salutatorian; and Ashley LaMarche, outstanding vocational student. Read More ⇒