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212 Years After the Battle of Sackets Harbor, History Is Still Bigger Than One Mayor General Jacob Brown in War of 1812 military uniform standing beside Tom Homan in modern attire, with Sackets Harbor and Lake Ontario in the background.

General Jacob Brown in War of 1812 military uniform standing beside Tom Homan in modern attire, with Sackets Harbor and Lake Ontario in the background.

212 Years After the Battle of Sackets Harbor, History Is Still Bigger Than One Mayor

Watertown Post May 18, 2026

Watertown Post EditorialBy Hans Wilder WATERTOWN, NY — On May 29th, 1813, Sackets Harbor was not just...

Harbor Divided: Mayor Freezes Out Homan, Puts Sackets Tourism on the Line Sackets Harbor, Tom Homan, and a Risky Political Bet for a Tourism Town

Harbor Divided: Mayor Freezes Out Homan, Puts Sackets Tourism on the Line

Watertown Post March 31, 2026

Sackets Harbor, Tom Homan, and a Risky Political Bet for a Tourism Town By The Watertown Post...

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...

The Movie That Almost Was: How Politics Killed a Sackets Harbor Film Before the First Scene About ten years ago, there was a plan on the table to make a movie in Northern New York. Not a Hollywood blockbuster, not some green-screen spectacle filmed in Vancouver pretending to be somewhere else. A real film about a real place: The Battle of Sackets Harbor during the War of 1812.

About ten years ago, there was a plan on the table to make a movie in Northern New York. Not a Hollywood blockbuster, not some green-screen spectacle filmed in Vancouver pretending to be somewhere else. A real film about a real place: The Battle of Sackets Harbor during the War of 1812.

The Movie That Almost Was: How Politics Killed a Sackets Harbor Film Before the First Scene

Watertown Post March 5, 2026

By The Watertown Post About ten years ago, there was a plan on the table to make...

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...

Renewable Push, Rural Pushback: Farmers and Local Leaders Raise Alarms Over New York Energy Siting Farmland Under Pressure

Renewable Push, Rural Pushback: Farmers and Local Leaders Raise Alarms Over New York Energy Siting

Watertown Post January 17, 2026

WATERTOWN, NY — A growing number of farmers, landowners, and rural residents across Northern New York say...

Hochul Channels MAGA in State of the State, Sending Shockwaves From Albany to Fort Drum Hochul announced that New York will move to eliminate state taxes on tipped income — a policy first championed nationally by President Donald Trump and now spreading like wildfire through working-class America.

Hochul announced that New York will move to eliminate state taxes on tipped income — a policy first championed nationally by President Donald Trump and now spreading like wildfire through working-class America.

Hochul Channels MAGA in State of the State, Sending Shockwaves From Albany to Fort Drum

Watertown Post January 14, 2026

By The Watertown Post StaffJanuary 14, 2026 ALBANY — New York Governor Kathy Hochul walked into her...

Watertown Residents Outraged Over December Electric Bills — Delivery Fees Higher Than Usage, Aging Powerlines Still Hanging Like Laundry in a Third World City

Watertown Post December 30, 2025

FOR THE WATERTOWN POSTBy Hans Wilder Watertown residents opened their December electric bills expecting a seasonal bump...

A New Look, A New Message Digital Media USA - Hans Wilder

A New Look, A New Message

Watertown Post October 13, 2025

The Black Suit Era: Power Has a New ColorBy Hans Wilder | The Watertown Post When President...

No Gas, No Heat, No Sense: Hochul’s Electric Pipe Dream Leaves the North Country Out in the Cold A North Country family in sweaters and blankets gathers in a cozy living room during a snowy winter, with an electric heater in the corner and snow visible outside.

A North Country family in sweaters and blankets gathers in a cozy living room during a snowy winter, with an electric heater in the corner and snow visible outside.

No Gas, No Heat, No Sense: Hochul’s Electric Pipe Dream Leaves the North Country Out in the Cold

Watertown Post October 1, 2025

Watertown, NY—If you’re thinking about building a new home anywhere in the North Country, get ready to...

Sackets Harbor

212 Years After the Battle of Sackets Harbor, History Is Still Bigger Than One Mayor

Harbor Divided: Mayor Freezes Out Homan, Puts Sackets Tourism on the Line

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

The Movie That Almost Was: How Politics Killed a Sackets Harbor Film Before the First Scene

The Last Boy of Sackett’s Harbor Battlefield

Renewable Push, Rural Pushback: Farmers and Local Leaders Raise Alarms Over New York Energy Siting

Hochul Channels MAGA in State of the State, Sending Shockwaves From Albany to Fort Drum

Watertown Residents Outraged Over December Electric Bills — Delivery Fees Higher Than Usage, Aging Powerlines Still Hanging Like Laundry in a Third World City

A New Look, A New Message

No Gas, No Heat, No Sense: Hochul’s Electric Pipe Dream Leaves the North Country Out in the Cold

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