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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...

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...

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:...

Rumors in Washington: Is the U.S. Preparing a Special Status for Canadians—and What It Would Mean for the St. Lawrence Valley

Watertown Post January 23, 2026

Rumors in Washington: Is the U.S. Preparing a Special Status for Canadians—and What It Would Mean for...

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...

Watertown at a Crossroads: One City, Many Futures Jeff Grahm

Watertown at a Crossroads: One City, Many Futures

Watertown Post January 18, 2026

By Watertown Post Staff A lively discussion on Jeff Graham’s radio program on 1240 AM, billed as...

Greenland Is the Next Alaska — and Fort Drum Is Right in the Middle of It The North Country’s Golden Age

Greenland Is the Next Alaska — and Fort Drum Is Right in the Middle of It

Watertown Post January 11, 2026

Watertown Post — Opinion & Analysis By Hans Wilder Every few generations, America faces a choice:Sit still...

Earthquake Shakes Upstate New York — Ancient Fault Rumbles Awake Near Chazy A Rare Rumble in the North Country watertownpost.com

Earthquake Shakes Upstate New York — Ancient Fault Rumbles Awake Near Chazy

Watertown Post October 14, 2025

By The Watertown Post Staff | October 14, 2025 Residents across the Lake Champlain Valley got a...

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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

Rumors in Washington: Is the U.S. Preparing a Special Status for Canadians—and What It Would Mean for the St. Lawrence Valley

WATERTOWN POST OPINION

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

Watertown at a Crossroads: One City, Many Futures

Greenland Is the Next Alaska — and Fort Drum Is Right in the Middle of It

Earthquake Shakes Upstate New York — Ancient Fault Rumbles Awake Near Chazy

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