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“I Am Not Asking”: Hochul Draws Line Against Trump as Tom Homan Fires Back Governor Kathy Hochul stood before reporters this week and once again insisted she is done raising taxes.

Governor Kathy Hochul stood before reporters this week and once again insisted she is done raising taxes.

“I Am Not Asking”: Hochul Draws Line Against Trump as Tom Homan Fires Back

Watertown Post May 7, 2026

“I’m not asking.” That blunt statement from New York Governor Kathy Hochul in regard to seeking help...

Hochul Celebrates “Affordable Housing Boom” — New Yorkers Ask: “Affordable for Who?” But across New York State — and especially in places like Northern New York, Metropolitan Watertown, and the Fort Drum region — many residents are responding with the same simple question:

But across New York State — and especially in places like Northern New York, Metropolitan Watertown, and the Fort Drum region — many residents are responding with the same simple question:

Hochul Celebrates “Affordable Housing Boom” — New Yorkers Ask: “Affordable for Who?”

Watertown Post May 7, 2026

Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York has hit a record year for affordable housing production under her...

Metro Watertown’s Housing Market Isn’t Crashing — It’s Freezing Solid Even Northern New York Is Becoming Unaffordable

Metro Watertown’s Housing Market Isn’t Crashing — It’s Freezing Solid

Watertown Post May 6, 2026

The interesting thing about the Watertown / Fort Drum metro is that it’s not behaving exactly like...

This cinematic political illustration symbolizes the collapse of the traditional Republican establishment era associated with Bush, McCain, and Romney. The shattered elephant monument sits among broken columns and debris under a violent storm sky, while in the distance a massive rally bathed in red light represents the rise of a newer populist nationalist movement. Torn American flags, lightning, smoke, and crumbling stone create an atmosphere of political upheaval and generational transformation inside the Republican Party.

“THE RINO RECKONING”: WILL NY-21 JOIN THE MAGA PURGE — OR STAY STUCK IN THE BUSH-ROMNEY ERA?

Watertown Post May 6, 2026

The Republican primary in New York’s 21st Congressional District is shaping up to be more than just...

Watertown Wants to Drop Trash Pickup — But Keep the Golf Course. Maybe the Answer Is Robots. You don’t need robots navigating every snow-covered side street. You deploy them where they make sense: senior housing, tight neighborhoods, downtown corridors, city-owned properties, parks. Places where consolidation saves time, fuel, and manpower.

You don’t need robots navigating every snow-covered side street. You deploy them where they make sense: senior housing, tight neighborhoods, downtown corridors, city-owned properties, parks. Places where consolidation saves time, fuel, and manpower.

Watertown Wants to Drop Trash Pickup — But Keep the Golf Course. Maybe the Answer Is Robots.

Watertown Post May 5, 2026

Watertown is staring down a familiar municipal squeeze. Budgets tighten, services get questioned, and somewhere in the...

Will Watertown Schools Bring Back the Presidential Fitness Test? Fort Drum’s Backyard May Be the Perfect Proving Ground A National Push—With Military Roots

Will Watertown Schools Bring Back the Presidential Fitness Test? Fort Drum’s Backyard May Be the Perfect Proving Ground

Watertown Post May 5, 2026

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — For a generation that grew up timing mile runs on cracked school tracks and...

NY-21 Shockwave: Markets Put Constantino in Commanding Lead as North Country Momentum Builds Graphic showing Anthony Constantino leading with 82 percent over Robert Smullen at 24 percent in a Kalshi prediction market for New York’s 21st Congressional District Republican primary.

Graphic showing Anthony Constantino leading with 82 percent over Robert Smullen at 24 percent in a Kalshi prediction market for New York’s 21st Congressional District Republican primary.

NY-21 Shockwave: Markets Put Constantino in Commanding Lead as North Country Momentum Builds

Watertown Post May 5, 2026

Kalshi Market Signals Anthony Constantino as Strong Frontrunner in NY-21 Republican Primary West Palm Beach, FL., May...

Northern New York Housing Pressure Builds: Foreclosures Climb, But the Crisis Looks Different And in a place like Northern New York — where wages have never kept up with national spikes — that pressure builds faster and hits harder.

And in a place like Northern New York — where wages have never kept up with national spikes — that pressure builds faster and hits harder.

Northern New York Housing Pressure Builds: Foreclosures Climb, But the Crisis Looks Different

Watertown Post May 4, 2026

Foreclosures are climbing again across the country — but this isn’t 2008 financial crisis all over again....

Albany Says “No Fines” — But the Dark Skies Act Already Points to What Comes Next A Law Without Fines — Until It Has Them

Albany Says “No Fines” — But the Dark Skies Act Already Points to What Comes Next

Watertown Post May 2, 2026

There is a familiar line coming out of Albany on the proposed Dark Skies Protection Act: there...

The Warp Speed Blind Spot: A Firsthand Warning, Long Before the Pandemic The Data Question

The Warp Speed Blind Spot: A Firsthand Warning, Long Before the Pandemic

Watertown Post April 30, 2026

By Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Before COVID-19 became a household term, before lockdowns, before vaccines, there was...

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“I Am Not Asking”: Hochul Draws Line Against Trump as Tom Homan Fires Back

Hochul Celebrates “Affordable Housing Boom” — New Yorkers Ask: “Affordable for Who?”

Metro Watertown’s Housing Market Isn’t Crashing — It’s Freezing Solid

“THE RINO RECKONING”: WILL NY-21 JOIN THE MAGA PURGE — OR STAY STUCK IN THE BUSH-ROMNEY ERA?

Watertown Wants to Drop Trash Pickup — But Keep the Golf Course. Maybe the Answer Is Robots.

Will Watertown Schools Bring Back the Presidential Fitness Test? Fort Drum’s Backyard May Be the Perfect Proving Ground

NY-21 Shockwave: Markets Put Constantino in Commanding Lead as North Country Momentum Builds

Northern New York Housing Pressure Builds: Foreclosures Climb, But the Crisis Looks Different

Albany Says “No Fines” — But the Dark Skies Act Already Points to What Comes Next

The Warp Speed Blind Spot: A Firsthand Warning, Long Before the Pandemic

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