April 20, 2026

Jefferson County

Feels Like Six? Sure, and My Coffee Feels Like Champagne Feels Like Six? Sure, and My Coffee Feels Like Champagne

Feels Like Six? Sure, and My Coffee Feels Like Champagne

Watertown Post March 27, 2026
By Joel PilonWatertown Post – March 27, 2026 I’m staring at a bright blue sky. It’s twenty...
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Jefferson County’s Forgotten Revolutionary Story: Carlton Island and the Road to America’s 250th AI-generated historical painting showing American militia rowing toward a British fort with wooden palisades on a bluff at Carlton Island in the St. Lawrence River during the Revolutionary period.

Jefferson County’s Forgotten Revolutionary Story: Carlton Island and the Road to America’s 250th

Watertown Post March 12, 2026
As the United States prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in 2026, many...
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Watertown’s Paychecks Are Rising. So Are Its Taxes. Residents Want to Know Why. Watertown, like many upstate cities, operates with: A limited and aging housing stock Modest population growth Infrastructure built decades ago Rising pension and benefit obligations

Watertown’s Paychecks Are Rising. So Are Its Taxes. Residents Want to Know Why.

Watertown Post February 23, 2026
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — In a city of fewer than 30,000 residents, more than 100 municipal employees earn...
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Rumors in Washington: Is the U.S. Preparing a Special Status for Canadians—and What It Would Mean for the St. Lawrence Valley Rumors in Washington: Is the U.S. Preparing a Special Status for Canadians—and What It Would Mean for the St. Lawrence Valley

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...
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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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