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Cocaine Across the St. Lawrence: A Northern Border Warning Tom Homan Says Washington Is Ready to Address

Watertown Post September 29, 2026

By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post AKWESASNE, N.Y. — A cocaine trafficking case unfolding along the...

1,200 Shares Later: Northern New York Wants Answers, So Where Is the Local Media? Watertown Post readers have shared the escaped-prisoner story more than 1,200 times, showing just how much concern exists across Northern New York. The concept image highlights the community’s demand for answers while questioning why much of the local mainstream media has paid so little attention to a major public-safety story happening just across the St. Lawrence River.

Watertown Post readers have shared the escaped-prisoner story more than 1,200 times, showing just how much concern exists across Northern New York. The concept image highlights the community’s demand for answers while questioning why much of the local mainstream media has paid so little attention to a major public-safety story happening just across the St. Lawrence River.

1,200 Shares Later: Northern New York Wants Answers, So Where Is the Local Media?

Watertown Post September 29, 2026

Print, camera, microphone, take your pick. Kingston is practically in our backyard. We can literally look across...

Could a Lake America National Parkway Be Coming? Concept rendering of the proposed Lake America National Parkway winding through apple orchards along the New York shoreline, with the wide open waters of Lake America stretching to the horizon.

Concept rendering of the proposed Lake America National Parkway winding through apple orchards along the New York shoreline, with the wide open waters of Lake America stretching to the horizon.

Could a Lake America National Parkway Be Coming?

Watertown Post September 29, 2026

By Hans Wilder | Watertown Post WATERTOWN / WASHINGTON, D.C. The Watertown Post spoke Tuesday with an...

District 21: The Final Bell Brings the NY-21 Race to the TRUMP.one Arcade

Hans Wilder September 28, 2026

By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post The race for New York’s 21st Congressional District has officially...

Cliff Olney and Watertown’s Golden Age Question A suited city official speaks into a microphone while seated at a council desk with papers and glasses in front of him. A Watertown Post logo appears in the upper-right corner.

Cliff Olney and Watertown’s Golden Age Question

Hans Wilder September 27, 2026

By Hans Wilder | Watertown Post Opinion WATERTOWN, N.Y. — As Watertown begins looking toward the 2027...

Northern New York’s Bigfoot? The 1818 “Wild Man” of Jefferson County What makes the story even more interesting is what supposedly happened next. According to the surviving account, hundreds of people spent several days searching the woods for the creature.

What makes the story even more interesting is what supposedly happened next. According to the surviving account, hundreds of people spent several days searching the woods for the creature.

Northern New York’s Bigfoot? The 1818 “Wild Man” of Jefferson County

Watertown Post September 26, 2026

By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post Long before anyone had ever heard the word “Bigfoot,” before...

Convicted Murderer Escapes Kingston Prison, Putting Northern New York on Notice

Hans Wilder September 25, 2026

By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post KINGSTON, Ontario — This one is close enough to home...

The Giant Cross at Stony Point: Northern New York’s History Goes Back to the Age of Explorers A historical illustration showing seventeenth-century French explorers and soldiers kneeling beside a massive wooden cross on the rocky shoreline of Lake Ontario while a Jesuit priest stands nearby holding a crucifix. Muskets, armor and wilderness surround the group as sunlight breaks across the lake.

A historical illustration showing seventeenth-century French explorers and soldiers kneeling beside a massive wooden cross on the rocky shoreline of Lake Ontario while a Jesuit priest stands nearby holding a crucifix. Muskets, armor and wilderness surround the group as sunlight breaks across the lake.

The Giant Cross at Stony Point: Northern New York’s History Goes Back to the Age of Explorers

Watertown Post September 25, 2026

By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post Sometimes you stumble across a piece of Northern New York...

Carney, Big Man on Campus: Tough Talk Meets Netanyahu at 35,000 Feet

Hans Wilder September 25, 2026

By Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post Mark Carney wanted Canadians to believe he was the big...

What Americans Should Know About Cellphone Searches at the Canadian Border Canadian border officer examines an American traveler’s cellphone at a Canada border crossing as vehicles wait in the inspection lanes.