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The Trade War May Be Building Something Bigger Than Tariffs Editorial illustration of folded United States and Canadian flags beside shipping containers.

Editorial illustration of folded United States and Canadian flags beside shipping containers.

The Trade War May Be Building Something Bigger Than Tariffs

Hans Wilder October 6, 2026

There is a tendency to look at the current trade war between the United States and Canada...

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...

Politics, War and a Nation at War With Itself: Inside an Original 1812 Utica Patriot Historical illustration featuring the August 1812 Utica Patriot newspaper alongside War of 1812 ships, American soldiers, cannons and a Lake Ontario battlefield scene.

Historical illustration featuring the August 1812 Utica Patriot newspaper alongside War of 1812 ships, American soldiers, cannons and a Lake Ontario battlefield scene.

Politics, War and a Nation at War With Itself: Inside an Original 1812 Utica Patriot

Watertown Post August 13, 2026

By The Watertown Post Historical Desk WATERTOWN, N.Y. — More than two centuries before cable news, social...

Ancient Rings in the Swamp: Jefferson County’s Forgotten Mystery That Nobody Can Explain

Watertown Post May 24, 2026

Long before Fort Drum.Long before Watertown.Long before the first European canoe touched the shores of Black River...

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

Hans Wilder February 27, 2026

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

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.

Hans Wilder February 13, 2026

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

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,...

Brothers, Not Invaders: Why Canada’s Facebook “Invasion Maps” Miss the Point Three Canadian military officers in uniform study a large map showing a fictional U.S. invasion route from Ogdensburg, New York through Kingston to Ottawa, marked with red arrows and military symbols.

Three Canadian military officers in uniform study a large map showing a fictional U.S. invasion route from Ogdensburg, New York through Kingston to Ottawa, marked with red arrows and military symbols.

Brothers, Not Invaders: Why Canada’s Facebook “Invasion Maps” Miss the Point

Watertown Post January 28, 2026

Every few years—usually when politics gets spicy or the internet gets bored—Canada does a very Canadian thing:...

WATERTOWN POST OPINION The islands sit just south of Newfoundland, Canada

WATERTOWN POST OPINION

Watertown Post January 22, 2026

Europe in Our Backyard? No Thanks. Let’s be blunt. The Monroe Doctrine didn’t come with a footnote...

Imagine If We Could: A Golden-Age Vision for the St. Lawrence Valley By The Watertown Post

Imagine If We Could: A Golden-Age Vision for the St. Lawrence Valley

Watertown Post January 20, 2026

By The Watertown Post Imagine—just for a moment—if Northern New York stopped thinking of itself as the...

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The Trade War May Be Building Something Bigger Than Tariffs

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

Politics, War and a Nation at War With Itself: Inside an Original 1812 Utica Patriot

Ancient Rings in the Swamp: Jefferson County’s Forgotten Mystery That Nobody Can Explain

The Last Boy of Sackett’s Harbor Battlefield

THEY SAID IT. WE HAVE THE TAPE.

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

Brothers, Not Invaders: Why Canada’s Facebook “Invasion Maps” Miss the Point

WATERTOWN POST OPINION

Imagine If We Could: A Golden-Age Vision for the St. Lawrence Valley

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