SACKETS HARBOR — Frank Hrynio carried a scrapbook under his arm while he searched for his squad leader’s name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall on Saturday afternoon. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Three City Council members explained their decision to use $2.9 million in fund balance for the new Thompson Park pool as fulfilling a campaign promise to voters. Read More ⇒
NORWOOD — The village is joining other municipalities in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and Lewis counties on the road to energy efficiency and saving taxpayer dollars with the switch to LED street lighting. Read More ⇒
Statistics in a new report from the State Comptroller’s Office highlight the ongoing strength of the north country’s agriculture industry when compared to other areas of the state. Read More ⇒
ALEXANDRIA BAY — The United Parcel Service store in the Price Chopper Plaza has opened, bringing new life to one of the vacant storefronts in the complex. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A standoff between police officers and a Watertown man who refused to leave a Boyd Street apartment on Friday ended peacefully after four hours. But the man now faces several charges for alleged drug and weapons possession and violent offenses. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — State police in Watertown are seeking help in identifying two people captured on store surveillance camera footage so they can be questioned for a larceny investigation. Read More ⇒
CARTHAGE — For the second year in a row Carthage Area Hospital was the recipient of the Healthgrades Five-star Labor & Delivery Excellence Award. The organization took the opportunity to present the award during the hospital’s Community Engagement series “Healthy Babies, Healthy Moms” Ba… Read More ⇒
SACKETS HARBOR — After five years, Tina M. Thornton had all but given up her attempts to bring the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall to the community. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A man wanted for multiple felony sex crimes in Minnesota was caught at the U.S. border after being refused entry into Canada. Read More ⇒
ELLISBURG — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department is investigating whether speed was a contributing factor in a fatal motorcycle accident on U.S. Route 11 that killed a Florida man on Wednesday night. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — An email phishing attack has struck Samaritan Medical Center, although the hospital has taken precautions to secure its systems. Read More ⇒
The agency that manages outflows from Lake Ontario decided to reduce them Wednesday after lake levels fell to 247.7 feet. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A Clayton man will get probation after admitting in court that he held his girlfriend against her will with an infant while he drove 90 miles per hour on County Route 66 in the town of Hounsfield in June. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — City firefighters will be paid nearly $1 million in back pay connected to the five-year contract dispute with the city. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — City police have tracked down the owners of 13 shotguns and rifles found in an SUV stolen over the weekend from Gouverneur. Read More ⇒
ALEXANDRIA BAY — River Hospital has appointed a new chief executive officer, concluding its year-and-a-half long search. Read More ⇒
CLAYTON — Sewer system upgrades expected to prevent sewage discharges into the St. Lawrence River could cost individual users as much as $170 more annually unless the village secures more grant funding. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A Brownville man pleaded guilty in Jefferson County Court on Tuesday to first-degree criminal contempt. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — While perhaps all the debate ended Monday night, the focus of the $3.1 million Thompson Park pool and bathhouse now turns to getting the project off the ground. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Watertown Downtown Business Association and Small Business Development Center are seeking nominations for the 2019 Downtown Business of the Year Award. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Dr. Jonathan R. Oliva began his celebratory remarks about Samaritan Medical Center’s new Center for Women and Children Tuesday by emphasizing how it improved its previous shortfalls. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The city has a financial mechanism to pay for the planned City Hall parking project. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The pool at North Elementary School is open after being closed for one day last week. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A Brownville man faces charges after he was allegedly found in possession of a stolen check. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Four years ago, Councilman Cody J. Horbacz promised voters that he would make sure that the defunct Thompson Park pool would be built. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Like so many of us, the Rev. Leon I. VanWie was saddened to watch a massive fire heavily damage the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral back in April. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Baristas will once again serve steaming gourmet coffee, specialty drinks and breakfast sandwiches from the drive-through window of Brew Ha Ha when it reopens next weekend. Read More ⇒
LOWVILLE — The banks of the Black River and its watershed area are about to undergo a fall cleaning through the 10th Annual Black River Trash Bash being held at five sites during September and October. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Craig O. Copley was sentenced to time served and five years probation Monday in Jefferson County Court. Read More ⇒
A decade after New York state released gold license plates with blue lettering for motor vehicles, the state has opened voting for the its next design. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — From farming and residential to commercial to restaurant row and big box shopping, population growth fueled by Fort Drum has redefined the two-mile strip of Arsenal Street that bridges the city and town of Watertown. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — On Wednesday, a woman approached about a dozen people sitting on a bench and on the floor of the City Hall lobby with a cardboard box of specimen bottles. Read More ⇒
ADAMS — Generations of firefighters have kept the legacy of the Adams Fire Department alive into its bicentennial year this year by preserving artifacts, memories and dedication to community service. Read More ⇒
A little more than four years ago, bones in Ky Sawyer’s left leg shattered as a car crashed into his motorcycle. A defensive tackle then for the Watertown Red & Black, he was heading home from the gym when he was hit by another car and run over. As he laid on the gritty pavement in the i… Read More ⇒
CARTHAGE — For nearly 200 years, Augustinian Academy has offered faith-based education in the greater Carthage area. Although established by the Catholic church in 1885, the school accepts students of all faiths and has a great number of military families. Read More ⇒
BLACK RIVER — Firefighters rescued a dog trapped in the Black River and standing on loose debris gathered at the dam at Poor’s Island Friday night. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Work is moving along on three bridges in the city. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Police raided a LeRay Street apartment Friday morning, leaving with more than $30,000 worth of cocaine, crack, heroin and marijuana. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The one person who may have been most involved in the $3.1 million Thompson Park pool project won’t be at Monday’s City Council meeting to see what happens. Read More ⇒
FORT DRUM — The Army will send the 10th Mountain Division Combat Aviation Brigade, which consists of about 3,000 soldiers, to Afghanistan for its 2019 winter rotation. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — There’s good news and bad news on the JCC Downtown TechSpace Center project. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — In raw numbers, the Diocese of Ogdensburg seems to have a disproportionately large number of sexual abuse cases filed against its priests compared to the numbers filed in much larger dioceses, causing lawyers to look into the role the north country has played for the Catholic Chu… Read More ⇒
While standing under the summer sun, sisters Natalia, Christina and Hannah Morris, of the pop-country trio Southern Halo, said the weather was a “dream” compared to the southern heat they’re used to. Read More ⇒
CAPE VINCENT — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has re-opened its Cape Vincent Fisheries Station public aquarium, accessible fishing site and overnight dockage to the public. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The 100 block of South Meadow Street has re-opened after being closed for about five hours overnight as police negotiated with a reportedly armed man who refused to leave a residence following a domestic incident. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The former deputy garrison commander at Fort Drum and recipient of the Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service award in 2010 will receive the 2019 Athena Award. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — A longtime LeRay Street landmark soon will change hands. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Friends of Thompson Park are thinking about what happens if the park pool project isn’t built. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — The Watertown YMCA evacuated clients from the downtown facility Wednesday afternoon in response to flooding on multiple floors caused by a broken bathroom pipe. Read More ⇒
ADAMS CENTER — The South Jefferson Central School District will receive $25,000 from the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education Program to bolster its agriculture and technology classes. Read More ⇒