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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...

THEY SAID IT. WE HAVE THE TAPE. This isn’t about scoring partisan points. It’s about memory. Political memory is short — unless someone insists on lengthening it.

This isn’t about scoring partisan points. It’s about memory. Political memory is short — unless someone insists on lengthening it.

THEY SAID IT. WE HAVE THE TAPE.

Watertown Post February 13, 2026

Watertown NY By Hans Wilder There are moments in politics when the spin machine runs so hot...

“Watertown Man Types 400-Word Rant — Didn’t Notice Link Said ‘Full Story’”

Watertown Post February 12, 2026

Watertown Post EditorialRead First. Rage Later. If you spend more than five minutes scrolling Facebook these days,...

Watertown at a Crossroads: Scale Back at the Top — or Tax the City Into Utter Decline? Most are trash not the Watertown Post

Watertown at a Crossroads: Scale Back at the Top — or Tax the City Into Utter Decline?

Watertown Post February 11, 2026

WATERTOWN, NY — The warning signs are no longer subtle. Property taxes are climbing. Assessments are rising....

AI ‘Enhanced’ Image Clouds the Facts in the Pretti Shooting The Viral “Enhanced” Image

AI ‘Enhanced’ Image Clouds the Facts in the Pretti Shooting

Watertown Post January 28, 2026

Investigative Report | Watertown Post The Truth Behind the Pretti “Enhanced” Shooting Image — What Really Happened,...

An Open Letter… About That Letter The Jumping Goat

An Open Letter… About That Letter

Watertown Post January 16, 2026

By Watertown Post Staff Somewhere between a radio dial and a drive-thru line, a strongly worded, single-spaced...

The Watertown Facebook Wars: When “Nosy Neighbors” Meet the Free Market

Watertown Post January 16, 2026

By Watertown Post Staff There comes a moment in every Facebook group’s life when the pitchforks turn...

A Note to Our Readers

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

The Last Boy of Sackett’s Harbor Battlefield

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

THEY SAID IT. WE HAVE THE TAPE.

“Watertown Man Types 400-Word Rant — Didn’t Notice Link Said ‘Full Story’”

Watertown at a Crossroads: Scale Back at the Top — or Tax the City Into Utter Decline?

AI ‘Enhanced’ Image Clouds the Facts in the Pretti Shooting

An Open Letter… About That Letter

The Watertown Facebook Wars: When “Nosy Neighbors” Meet the Free Market

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