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The Facebook Expert Who Never Read the Article A satirical illustration of an angry Facebook user furiously typing comments while looking at a Watertown Post article on a computer screen. The exaggerated scene shows the user reacting emotionally before reading the story, surrounded by humorous props emphasizing overconfidence and impulsive social media behavior.

A satirical illustration of an angry Facebook user furiously typing comments while looking at a Watertown Post article on a computer screen. The exaggerated scene shows the user reacting emotionally before reading the story, surrounded by humorous props emphasizing overconfidence and impulsive social media behavior.

The Facebook Expert Who Never Read the Article

Watertown Post July 9, 2026

Watertown, N.Y. — By Hans Wilder There is an interesting question that every publisher eventually asks themselves: “Do...

Social Media Down, Community Still Connected

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Social Media Down, Community Still Connected

Watertown Post June 12, 2026

Looks like Facebook is having some issues today, but the good news is that WatertownPost.com is still...

Illustrated poster showing representatives from multiple American towns named Watertown, including New York, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Tennessee, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Minnesota. The characters stand together in winter clothing holding signs with humorous descriptions of their hometowns. Snowmobiles, pizza, hockey skates, cheese, and patriotic imagery surround a large banner reading “Hello From Watertown, New York to All Our Watertown Family Across America!”

From One Watertown to Another: A Love Letter to Every Watertown in America

Watertown Post May 23, 2026

By The Watertown Post There are cities named after presidents. Cities named after rivers. Cities named after...

Mystery Jets Over Jefferson County? Relax — It’s Just Canada and America Playing Nice in the Sky

Watertown Post May 21, 2026

JEFFERSON COUNTY, NY — Some Northern New Yorkers noticed unusual aircraft activity over Jefferson and Lewis counties...

Sweet Success in Watertown: Why I’m Headed Straight to Three Sisters Candy Jar This Weekend

Watertown Post May 15, 2026

There’s something special about seeing a new small business open its doors in downtown Watertown. While giant...

Black River Rumors, Real Pollution, and the Facts Nobody Should Ignore By Hans Wilder for the Watertown Post

Black River Rumors, Real Pollution, and the Facts Nobody Should Ignore

Watertown Post May 12, 2026

By Hans Wilder for the Watertown Post Every few years in Watertown, the same conversation bubbles back...

Fighting Facebook With Facebook We don’t like Facebook.

Fighting Facebook With Facebook

Watertown Post March 6, 2026

Why the Watertown Post refuses to rely on social media—while still using it as a weapon. There’s...

The Movie That Almost Was: How Politics Killed a Sackets Harbor Film Before the First Scene About ten years ago, there was a plan on the table to make a movie in Northern New York. Not a Hollywood blockbuster, not some green-screen spectacle filmed in Vancouver pretending to be somewhere else. A real film about a real place: The Battle of Sackets Harbor during the War of 1812.

About ten years ago, there was a plan on the table to make a movie in Northern New York. Not a Hollywood blockbuster, not some green-screen spectacle filmed in Vancouver pretending to be somewhere else. A real film about a real place: The Battle of Sackets Harbor during the War of 1812.

The Movie That Almost Was: How Politics Killed a Sackets Harbor Film Before the First Scene

Watertown Post March 5, 2026

By The Watertown Post About ten years ago, there was a plan on the table to make...

The Last Boy of Sackett’s Harbor Battlefield Teenage boy in period clothing runs across a grassy battlefield carrying a large American flag during a War of 1812 reenactment at Sackets Harbor, New York.

Teenage boy in period clothing runs across a grassy battlefield carrying a large American flag during a War of 1812 reenactment at Sackets Harbor, New York.

The Last Boy of Sackett’s Harbor Battlefield

Watertown Post February 27, 2026

-West Palm Beach / By Hans Wilder There are kids who grow up on cul-de-sacs.There are kids...

From “Let the Asteroid Hit” to “No Thanks on the Trump Account” Some of the very same people who once told pollsters they’d take planetary annihilation over a Trump presidency are now quietly refusing to enroll their own eligible children in these accounts.

Some of the very same people who once told pollsters they’d take planetary annihilation over a Trump presidency are now quietly refusing to enroll their own eligible children in these accounts.

From “Let the Asteroid Hit” to “No Thanks on the Trump Account”

Watertown Post February 26, 2026

-West Palm Beach / By Hans Wilder There was a poll not long ago — one of...

A Note to Our Readers

From One Watertown to Another: A Love Letter to Every Watertown in America

Mystery Jets Over Jefferson County? Relax — It’s Just Canada and America Playing Nice in the Sky

Sweet Success in Watertown: Why I’m Headed Straight to Three Sisters Candy Jar This Weekend

Black River Rumors, Real Pollution, and the Facts Nobody Should Ignore

The Movie That Almost Was: How Politics Killed a Sackets Harbor Film Before the First Scene

The Last Boy of Sackett’s Harbor Battlefield

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