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Hans Wilder: Maybe It’s Time to Rethink Garbage Service—and How We Help Residents Find It City of Watertown NY garbage

Hans Wilder: Maybe It’s Time to Rethink Garbage Service—and How We Help Residents Find It

Watertown Post August 6, 2026

By Hans WilderEditor-in-Chief, The Watertown Post Sometimes you have to be willing to change your mind. Anyone...

RFK Jr. Brings America’s Food Revolution to Fort Drum U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Belvedere Bistro grand-opening ceremony at Fort Drum, New York, July 30, 2026. U.S. Army photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Belvedere Bistro grand-opening ceremony at Fort Drum, New York, July 30, 2026. U.S. Army photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs.

RFK Jr. Brings America’s Food Revolution to Fort Drum

Watertown Post July 31, 2026

RFK Jr. was at Fort Drum on Thursday, July 30, for the grand opening of the Belvedere...

Canada Is Becoming America’s Northern Security Problem For those of us who grew up in Northern New York, crossing the border was hardly an international expedition.

For those of us who grew up in Northern New York, crossing the border was hardly an international expedition.

Canada Is Becoming America’s Northern Security Problem

Watertown Post July 31, 2026

Ceuta’s border crisis is a warning that weak enforcement, mass migration and foreign influence can transform a...

New York’s Welfare System Should Be a Bridge—Not a Generational Address A symbolic illustration shows three generations of a family standing at a crossroads beneath the outline of New York State. One path leads into a dark maze of paperwork, benefit cards and dead ends, while the other rises toward education, skilled work and economic opportunity.

A symbolic illustration shows three generations of a family standing at a crossroads beneath the outline of New York State. One path leads into a dark maze of paperwork, benefit cards and dead ends, while the other rises toward education, skilled work and economic opportunity.

New York’s Welfare System Should Be a Bridge—Not a Generational Address

Watertown Post July 24, 2026

By The Watertown Post Editorial Board A compassionate society should help people when they fall. It should...

The Comment Section Knows More Than the Newsroom Wants to Admit A serious blue-toned graphic showing a map of the United States and Canada connected across North America, representing the debate over political and economic unification.

A serious blue-toned graphic showing a map of the United States and Canada connected across North America, representing the debate over political and economic unification.

The Comment Section Knows More Than the Newsroom Wants to Admit

Watertown Post July 24, 2026

By The Watertown Post Sometimes the real story is not in the television report. Sometimes it is...

REUTERS: 14 AMERICANS QUARANTINED AT FORT DRUM OVER EBOLA CONCERNS

Watertown Post July 24, 2026

By Watertown Post Staff FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Fourteen American citizens were temporarily quarantined at Fort Drum...

Thousands of Northern New York Homes May Get Starlink Instead of Fiber New York broadband availability map highlighting the North Country, paired with a rural Northern New York home using a Starlink satellite dish.

New York broadband availability map highlighting the North Country, paired with a rural Northern New York home using a Starlink satellite dish.

Thousands of Northern New York Homes May Get Starlink Instead of Fiber

Watertown Post July 22, 2026

Satellite internet could finally connect remote households—but critics warn the North Country may be receiving a cheaper...

Jefferson County Should Think Huge—and Build a Great Lakes Cruise Terminal Concept image of a modern cruise terminal in Clayton, New York, featuring a large glass-fronted waterfront building, landscaped public promenade, docked cruise ship, marina, and Thousand Islands scenery in the background.

Concept image of a modern cruise terminal in Clayton, New York, featuring a large glass-fronted waterfront building, landscaped public promenade, docked cruise ship, marina, and Thousand Islands scenery in the background.

Jefferson County Should Think Huge—and Build a Great Lakes Cruise Terminal

Watertown Post July 22, 2026

Clayton, N.Y. — By Hans Wilder There are moments when a community can either recognize the future...

A Maniac Killed My Garbage Can—and Changed My Mind About City Trash Service. Why I’m Switching to City Garbage Collection

A Maniac Killed My Garbage Can—and Changed My Mind About City Trash Service.

Watertown Post July 21, 2026

Why I’m Switching to City Garbage Collection By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post Until this week,...

REALITY: Is New York Is Going to Suffer Over Hochul’s Data Center Decision Editorial illustration of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul using oversized scissors to cut a glowing digital ribbon marked “FUTURE,” with data-center servers and sparks in the background.