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Smullen Steps Aside, Setting the Stage for the Real Battle Ahead NY-21 Showdown: Constantino vs. Smullen, Two Paths to the Golden Age

Smullen Steps Aside, Setting the Stage for the Real Battle Ahead

Watertown Post July 3, 2026

-Kingston Ontario, By Hans Wilder The Golden Age Begins… Assemblyman Robert Smullen’s decision to withdraw from the...

Upper Canada Edition: Kingston’s Bryan Adams Puts the St. Lawrence Region Back in the Spotlight From Cape Vincent to Clayton, Alexandria Bay to Sackets Harbor, generations of Northern New Yorkers have spent weekends shopping in Kingston, attending concerts, visiting museums, watching CKWS television, listening to Kingston radio stations, and making lifelong friends across the river. Likewise, thousands of Canadians have crossed south to shop, vacation, and explore Jefferson County.

From Cape Vincent to Clayton, Alexandria Bay to Sackets Harbor, generations of Northern New Yorkers have spent weekends shopping in Kingston, attending concerts, visiting museums, watching CKWS television, listening to Kingston radio stations, and making lifelong friends across the river. Likewise, thousands of Canadians have crossed south to shop, vacation, and explore Jefferson County.

Upper Canada Edition: Kingston’s Bryan Adams Puts the St. Lawrence Region Back in the Spotlight

Watertown Post July 3, 2026

-Kingston Ontario, By Hans Wilder Whether you agree with his latest song or not, one thing is...

Opinion: Watertown Doesn’t Need More Bureaucracy. It Needs a Sales Team. "Watertown Post" map of Watertown NY 136501

Opinion: Watertown Doesn’t Need More Bureaucracy. It Needs a Sales Team.

Watertown Post July 3, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder For decades, Watertown has spent countless hours debating how to divide the...

Opinion: It’s Time to Bring Back the Rooftop Highway It's Time to Bring Back the Rooftop Highway

Opinion: It’s Time to Bring Back the Rooftop Highway

Watertown Post July 2, 2026

For generations, Northern New York has been waiting for its turn. Back in the 1950s and early...

All Aboard for the North Country: Why a Syracuse–Micron–Watertown–Fort Drum Commuter Railway Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come A sleek modern commuter train modeled after Scandinavian light rail designs travels through flat Central New York farmland past the Micron campus in Clay. A station sign shows stops between Syracuse and Fort Drum, including a proposed Micron station.

A sleek modern commuter train modeled after Scandinavian light rail designs travels through flat Central New York farmland past the Micron campus in Clay. A station sign shows stops between Syracuse and Fort Drum, including a proposed Micron station.

All Aboard for the North Country: Why a Syracuse–Micron–Watertown–Fort Drum Commuter Railway Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come

Watertown Post June 28, 2026

By Hans Wilder | Watertown Post Editorial Every once in a while, an idea comes along that...

Can Anthony Constantino Rewrite the Republican Playbook in New York? A large crowd of mostly young adults gathers at sunset waving American flags with a city skyline in the background, representing youthful political participation and patriotic enthusiasm.

A large crowd of mostly young adults gathers at sunset waving American flags with a city skyline in the background, representing youthful political participation and patriotic enthusiasm.

Can Anthony Constantino Rewrite the Republican Playbook in New York?

Watertown Post June 28, 2026

By Hans Wilder | Watertown Post For years, political analysts have repeated the same story about New...

Opinion | The Frankenstein the Democrats Built Is No Longer Taking Orders The Democratic Party isn't having a family argument anymore. It's looking more like Thanksgiving dinner after someone brings up politics—and the turkey leaves the table.

The Democratic Party isn't having a family argument anymore. It's looking more like Thanksgiving dinner after someone brings up politics—and the turkey leaves the table.

Opinion | The Frankenstein the Democrats Built Is No Longer Taking Orders

Watertown Post June 28, 2026

-West Palm Beach By Hans Wilder Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has endured for more than two centuries because...

Opinion | The Spoiler Candidate Myth and Why the Math Still Favors the Golden Age

Watertown Post June 26, 2026

-West Palm Beach By Hans Wilder One of my favorite myths in politics is that every so-called...

Editorial: Dear Canada — You’ll Still Have Your Maple Leaf A realistic front porch displaying the Canadian Maple Leaf and the American flag flying side by side in bright daylight, representing friendship, shared heritage, and a vision of North American unity.

A realistic front porch displaying the Canadian Maple Leaf and the American flag flying side by side in bright daylight, representing friendship, shared heritage, and a vision of North American unity.

Editorial: Dear Canada — You’ll Still Have Your Maple Leaf

Watertown Post June 26, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder To our friends across the St. Lawrence River, especially those in Kingston...

Watertown Post Editorial: While NY-21 Dominates Headlines, Don’t Overlook NY-24 Map of New York's 24th Congressional District highlighted in orange with blue Watertown Post header and footer, showing the district extending from Jefferson County to the Niagara region along Lake Ontario.

Map of New York's 24th Congressional District highlighted in orange with blue Watertown Post header and footer, showing the district extending from Jefferson County to the Niagara region along Lake Ontario.

Watertown Post Editorial: While NY-21 Dominates Headlines, Don’t Overlook NY-24

Watertown Post June 25, 2026

-Watertown NY By Hans Wilder Much of the political oxygen in Northern New York has been consumed...

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Smullen Steps Aside, Setting the Stage for the Real Battle Ahead

Upper Canada Edition: Kingston’s Bryan Adams Puts the St. Lawrence Region Back in the Spotlight

Opinion: Watertown Doesn’t Need More Bureaucracy. It Needs a Sales Team.

Opinion: It’s Time to Bring Back the Rooftop Highway

All Aboard for the North Country: Why a Syracuse–Micron–Watertown–Fort Drum Commuter Railway Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come

Can Anthony Constantino Rewrite the Republican Playbook in New York?

Opinion | The Frankenstein the Democrats Built Is No Longer Taking Orders

Opinion | The Spoiler Candidate Myth and Why the Math Still Favors the Golden Age

Editorial: Dear Canada — You’ll Still Have Your Maple Leaf

Watertown Post Editorial: While NY-21 Dominates Headlines, Don’t Overlook NY-24

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