We have all had a reminder of the difference between wants and needs. Ogdensburg City Manager Stephen Jellie stated he has prepared the 2021 city budget based on the needs the city can afford. Read More ⇒
While their journey began very late in the year, dozens of English citizens clung to the hope they would arrive safely at their destination across the vast Atlantic. Read More ⇒
It is imperative that the nation including those now in the White House and Congress view the results of the 2020 election in comparison with the results from 2016. Read More ⇒
The Development Authority of the North Country continues to work with municipal governments to broaden its understanding of how well people are being served when it comes to broadband internet. Read More ⇒
I would like to commend the state Department of Environmental Conservation for its young forest initiative on Tug Hill Wildlife Management Area as detailed in the Watertown Daily Times article of Nov. 11. Read More ⇒
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — Former President Barack Obama has some advice for Joe Biden. Read More ⇒
Clues as to how novel coronavirus infection rates may increase after Thanksgiving can be seen in what occurred among our friends north of the border. Read More ⇒
Publicizing information about where cases of the novel coronavirus have been documented in Jefferson County is becoming much more common. Read More ⇒
I am tired. I am sick and tired of a president who is a bull in a china shop, breaking norms of fundamental decency and norms of democratic process and fair play. I am tired of the putrid shadow and practices of Roy Cohn writ large across the country. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — On the rare occasions that Joe Biden emerged from his basement into the daylight in the run-up to the election, he touted his Scranton roots. Read More ⇒
Unbeknownst to most of us, members of various law enforcement agencies spent untold hours over the past two years — including much of what should have been personal time — focused on investigating drug activity in Jefferson County. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — The last two U.S. presidents repeatedly stretched the powers of their office to set policies that Congress had refused to enact. Instead of following their example, President-elect Joe Biden should work with Congress to bring the branches of the federal government to a better balance. Read More ⇒
FAIRFAX, Va. — A total of 16.4 million jobs have been recovered since April when labor markets bottomed amid the state-led novel coronavirus pandemic economic shutdowns, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read More ⇒
There is no question that President Donald Trump has the right to challenge the perceived results of this year’s presidential race. Read More ⇒
The 2020 presidential election is now over. These past four years have been exhausting for all of us. Read More ⇒
Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo found an effective way to diminish residents’ concerns over renewable energy projects. Read More ⇒
I’ve reviewed the latest version of the Lewis County Junkyard Law No. 9-2019 and read that Lewis County Manager Ryan Piche stated in the Dec. 1, 2019, edition of the Watertown Daily Times that this issue will give the county more teeth. It needs to take a bigger bite in adhereing to the non-… Read More ⇒
All right, my fellow white Americans. It’s time we all put up or shut up. Read More ⇒
OGDENSBURG — For more than 30 years, Laura Foster has served the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg. Read More ⇒
Nationwide protests this year over reported cases of police brutality have justifiably led to calls for a review of how to make law enforcement procedures more effective. Read More ⇒
There were visitors at our Bombay home last week. Yes, we actually had guests at our home. Read More ⇒
When the U.S. Army reactivated the 10th Mountain Division in 1985 and assigned it to Fort Drum, one of the goals was to incorporate the soldiers into the surrounding communities as much as possible. Read More ⇒
WATERTOWN — Since early October, an inactive email account of mine has been deluged with messages from the Trump campaign pleading for money. Read More ⇒
One of the major concerns over the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court was her perceived opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Read More ⇒
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Tribune News Service) — The Supreme Court signaled Tuesday during oral argument that it won’t be striking down the whole Affordable Care Act as the Trump administration has asked it to do. Read More ⇒
The following editorial appeared in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise on Nov. 2: Read More ⇒
New York has much work to do to fulfill its goal of expanding broadband internet to underserved areas of the state. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Before election day turned into election week, Democrats hoped for a landslide — a blue wave that would not only make Joe Biden president but would wrest control of the Senate from Republicans. Read More ⇒
GEORGETOWN, Texas (Tribune News Service) — Has any American president faced more challenges than those that will confront Joe Biden when he is sworn in on Jan. 20? Read More ⇒
The first sign of good news concerning voter turnout for this year’s general election was the large number of residents who requested absentee ballots or participated in early voting. Read More ⇒
Public health officials in the north country are sounding the alarm about a spike in new cases of the novel coronavirus, and for good reason. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — With Joe Biden headed to the White House, it’s time for his magic wand. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — Democrats and progressives are beginning to relax and even feel like celebrating, at least a little bit. Read More ⇒
British philosopher John Stuart Mill wrestled with how to justify armed conflict. Read More ⇒
The date at the top of this page tells us today is Nov. 11. Read More ⇒
Well, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Please sit. Thank you. This is without question the latest news conference I’ve ever had. Thank you. I appreciate it very much. And I want to thank the American people for their tremendous support, millions and millions of people vot… Read More ⇒
The huge tower of First Baptist Church has dominated Watertown’s skyline for nearly 130 years. Read More ⇒
While it’s an issue that divided officials, the St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators made the right decision to award a federal grant to a private health care organization to start an outpatient clinic rather than having the county create a new one itself. Read More ⇒
Among the many things I have tried but failed to understand about fellow baby boomers who voted for Donald Trump: why they support a president who walked away from leadership on climate change. Read More ⇒
Despite the Democratic Party’s push for progressive environmental policies like the Green New Deal, climate change was not foremost on the minds of most voters this election cycle, according to recent polling from the Associated Press. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — Damn, damn, damn the polls. Read More ⇒
State officials have expanded an effort they began four years ago to ease the transition of military families coming here from out of state. Read More ⇒
As a rule of thumb, most economists would agree that when a consumer is truly satisfied with the price and quality of a good or service, the seller shouldn’t need to have the federal government pass laws making the transaction mandatory. Read More ⇒
MORGANTOWN, W.V. — China runs on coal. Without it, China never would have achieved the staggering economic growth of recent decades. Read More ⇒
Officials at Massena Central School District are adding to their pool of resources for helping students deal with difficult times. Read More ⇒
ARLINGTON, Va. — South Carolina police scored big on Interstate 85 during Operation Rolling Thunder, an annual campaign to pull over as many drivers as possible on the thinnest of pretexts. Read More ⇒
NEW YORK — Alistair Cooke, the great British journalist who wrote his weekly “Letter from America” — a paean to the United States — for 58 years, reserved some of his most lavish praise for Manhattan. Read More ⇒
For 73 years, the U.S. Marine Corps has been performing one of its most honorable services to the American people. Read More ⇒
WASHINGTON — When it comes to regulating smoking and nicotine products, people want science — not scaremongering. That’s the finding of a recent survey of more than 19,000 adults in 19 countries released by Philip Morris International. Read More ⇒
ARLINGTON, Va. — As the New York Times “revisits” its controversial 1619 Project amid growing criticism, one story has largely avoided the media’s attention: What it’s founder — “journalist” Nikole Hannah-Jones — wants to replace America with. Read More ⇒
There is great hope that Tuesday’s election will lead to demonstrable improvements in the country. Read More ⇒
