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Watertown’s Future Won’t Be Built With Water Parks Concept rendering of Watertown Public Square at dusk featuring restored historic buildings, decorative lighting, a digital billboard atop an existing building, illuminated storefronts, brick walkways, a fountain, and a vibrant downtown atmosphere focused on economic development and historic preservation.

Concept rendering of Watertown Public Square at dusk featuring restored historic buildings, decorative lighting, a digital billboard atop an existing building, illuminated storefronts, brick walkways, a fountain, and a vibrant downtown atmosphere focused on economic development and historic preservation.

Watertown’s Future Won’t Be Built With Water Parks

Watertown Post June 17, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder Stand in Public Square for a few minutes and really look around....

Glass Half Full: At Least the JB Wise Eyesore Is Finally Gone Concept rendering of a redeveloped JB Wise site in downtown Watertown, New York, showing a modern plaza with landscaped walkways, seating areas, storefronts, and renovated brick architecture

Concept rendering of a redeveloped JB Wise site in downtown Watertown, New York, showing a modern plaza with landscaped walkways, seating areas, storefronts, and renovated brick architecture

Glass Half Full: At Least the JB Wise Eyesore Is Finally Gone

Watertown Post June 15, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder For weeks, the conversation surrounding the demolition of the old JB Wise...

Carney Has Flown Too Close to the Sun on Wings of Luxury Butter CUSMA Reality Check: Canada Needs America More Than Ottawa Admits

Carney Has Flown Too Close to the Sun on Wings of Luxury Butter

Watertown Post June 13, 2026

By Hans WilderWatertown Post Prime Minister Mark Carney is attempting something that no Canadian leader has successfully...

Jefferson County Knows Germany Better Than Germany Knows Jefferson County

Watertown Post June 7, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder One of the things that always amazes me is how many Germans...

First Order of Business for America’s 51st State: Tear Down the Wolfe Island Windmills

Watertown Post June 5, 2026

-Kingston Ont. By Hans Wilder When Canada becomes America’s 51st state, there will be plenty of paperwork...

Maybe Canadians Aren’t Avoiding Northern New York Because Of Trump — Maybe They’re Just Broke Maybe Canadians Aren't Avoiding Northern New York Because Of Trump — Maybe They're Just Broke

Maybe Canadians Aren’t Avoiding Northern New York Because Of Trump — Maybe They’re Just Broke

Watertown Post June 5, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder For months we’ve been hearing the same explanation whenever someone notices fewer...

The Elephant and the Stake: What California’s GOP Surge Could Mean for New York Politics

Watertown Post June 4, 2026

-West Palm Beach By Hans Wilder For years, California Republicans have often been treated like political ghosts....

Opinion: Why Watertown Needs Garage Bars Why Watertown Should Embrace the Garage Bar Movement

Opinion: Why Watertown Needs Garage Bars

Watertown Post May 30, 2026

By Hans WilderWatertown Post Every so often, an idea comes along that makes you wonder why nobody...

NY-21 Debate Raises Questions for Local Republicans as National Political Winds Shift

Watertown Post May 30, 2026

-West Palm Beach By Hans Wilder The fallout from Wednesday night’s Republican primary debate in New York’s...

Border Patrol Pursuit in Watertown Raises Questions About New York’s New Immigration Enforcement Law

Watertown Post May 29, 2026

By Hans Wilder, Watertown Post WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Friday morning’s immigration-related incident in Watertown involving federal Border...

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Watertown’s Future Won’t Be Built With Water Parks

Glass Half Full: At Least the JB Wise Eyesore Is Finally Gone

Carney Has Flown Too Close to the Sun on Wings of Luxury Butter

Jefferson County Knows Germany Better Than Germany Knows Jefferson County

First Order of Business for America’s 51st State: Tear Down the Wolfe Island Windmills

Maybe Canadians Aren’t Avoiding Northern New York Because Of Trump — Maybe They’re Just Broke

The Elephant and the Stake: What California’s GOP Surge Could Mean for New York Politics

Opinion: Why Watertown Needs Garage Bars

NY-21 Debate Raises Questions for Local Republicans as National Political Winds Shift

Border Patrol Pursuit in Watertown Raises Questions About New York’s New Immigration Enforcement Law

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